Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly linkup of book bloggers hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! This week, we’re looking at books, and numbers. Specifically, at books with numbers in their titles. Here are ten of my favorite numerically-titled books.
Hyperbole and a Half: About half the content of this book was already freely available on Allie Brosh’s blog of the same name, but it’s hysterically funny and I highly recommend it. I think of her often and hope she is well.
The Last One: I absolutely loved this book from a couple years ago that tells the story of a woman trying to survive an apocalypse that she thinks is just a part of an elaborately staged reality survival show she’s filming when a virus devastates the world.
The Two Towers: This does suffer a bit from “middle book” syndrome, but honestly all three of the books in The Lord of the Rings are great.
Three and Out: The issues that have plagued the Michigan football program over the past decade or so have been agonizing as a longtime fan, but John U Bacon’s book about the Rich Rodriguez years is fascinating.
Daisy Jones and the Six: This “Behind the Music” style book about a Fleetwood Mac-esque band’s rise and fall just completely captivated me.
The Nine: This look at the Supreme Court in the last years of the Rehnquist Court is a fascinating peek behind the scenes.
Station Eleven: This has become a go-to recommendation, the end of the world book for people who don’t like end of the world books. Haunting and elegant, this is a modern classic.
12 Years A Slave: An absolutely searing account of becoming a slave, written by a free black man who was kidnapped and sold. The movie is just as good.
Child 44: I’m not always super into fast-paced thrillers, but this one scooped me up and took me for a wild ride through Soviet Russia.
1984: An all-time favorite, I’ve been re-reading this one since I was 12 and it still holds up.