This is my first Top Ten Tuesday and the topic this week is “Books With Single-Word Titles”. In no particular order. You can find the host of Top Ten Tuesday here.
- Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick: I absolutely love this book! I think it’s very underrated because I don’t hear anyone talking about it but I would 100% recommend it. It’s clever, funny, and it has some magic elements mixed in without being too over the top or unrealistic. Also, the plot of a girl completely transforming to become a gorgeous model using magic is very relevant nowadays as photoshop is more and more common. It’s very much a drawn-out version of the “Instagram vs Real Life” trend.
- Forever by Judy Blume: I would consider this a modern classic and I feel like a lot of young girls learned about sex from this book. It aims at giving a realistic portrayal of young love and how you think it will last forever which so many young adult novels are still doing. This book is definitely a weird ride.
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell: This is another one of my favorites! What makes this book unique to me is, first of all, that it was one of the first books to feature fangirl culture and I think it really speaks to its audience in that way because most of us relate to being shy and having anxiety in college. It’s very relatable and I don’t use that word loosely. The second thing that sets this book apart for me is that you get to see the main couple together for a large portion of the book, usually, we only get to see them get together at the very end.
- Night by Elie Wiesel: Taking a turn from the previous books on this list, this was one of my favorite books that I read in high school. It’s an autobiography from a Holocaust survivor, it’s well written and paints a good picture of what his life was like within a concise number of pages that really keeps you engaged.
- Geekerella by Ashley Poston: We’ve got two fangirl themed books on this list, interesting. I love Cinderella retellings and this one gives me all of the Cinderella Story vibes. It’s a cute story that combines fairytales and fan culture. Also, I like the wordplay in the title.
- Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith: I don’t really remember this book but since it’s Women’s History Month I thought I’d throw in a more empowering story for girls.
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier: This is a classic romance with a touch of darkness which you get from a lot of romance novels from this time. It’s one of the books I’m currently reading.
- Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy: I ran out of single-word titles so this is a book that I haven’t read but I own it and I’ve seen the movie. Here’s to hoping that the book will be better when I get around to reading it which will be sometime this summer because this feels like a summer read.
I ran out of single-word titles, so for these last 2, I’m going to cheat and give titles that have “The” and then a single word.
9. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren: It’s a really fun summer romance and that’s the only words that describe this book.
10. The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary: There are a lot of mixed reviews for this book but I really enjoyed it. I liked the pacing and it’s one of the few books where I enjoyed both the romance and the individual stories. Also, the alternating perspectives were distinct and well written.
