Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that currently resides at The Artsy Reader Girl and features bloggers sharing lists on various book topics. The official topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday involved listing characters from different books that the participants believe should team up. While this is certainly a unique list, it wasn’t anything I felt I could contribute to, so I instead went back and did the July 18 topic of books with one-word titles, which I missed a few weeks ago.
This is a simple, yet interesting topic that requires people to list their favourite books whose title is a single word. This actually proved to be a rather difficult list for me to pull together, mainly because there are so many good books out there that have a single word title to them. To make this easier, I tried to limit myself to only one entry from each author or series, although I did fail that in places. Even with this limitation, I still ended up by a ton of books to use, so I went big and instead make this a full 20 book list. I am pretty happy with how this turned out, so let us see what made the cut.
Top Twenty List:
A fantastic and complex thriller set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. All three books in the Eisenhorn trilogy (including Malleus and Hereticus) could be used here, but I decided to feature the first book only as it expertly sets the great series up.
A classic and exceptional piece of fantasy fiction that features one of the best sieges you’ll ever read.
There are several great books in Mark Greaney’s outstanding Gray Man series that have a one-word title, however, my favourite is probably the most recent entry Burner, which was an impressive read from start to finish.
Homeland by R. A. Salvatore
Quite a few of Salvatore’s fantasy books only have one word in the title, however I had to include his very best book, Homeland, which serves a perfect origin story for his most iconic character.
A gripping and exceptional historical murder mystery/legal thriller, Tombland was one of the best books of 2018.
I had to include at least one of the books from Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle on this list, as it is one of my very favourite fantasy series. While all four books in the series could be featured here, I decided to go with Eragon, mainly because it serves as such an excellent introduction to this entire fun series.
A very captivating and entertaining horror that cleverly features sasquatches as a terrifying and intriguing monster.
One of the best novels in the outstanding Warhammer Crime series.
Magician by Raymond E. Feist
One of the seminal pieces of fantasy fiction out there, Magician is a brilliant read that honestly got me into the genre years ago.
A highly entertaining novel that perfectly reintroduces the iconic Star Wars character of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the current canon.
A powerful and moving Warhammer 40,000 novel that shines a whole new light on a unique battlefield in the chaotic future.
An excellent and intense murder mystery set in Nazi controlled Berlin by one of my favourite historical fiction authors.
The first book in Sanderson’s awesome Skyward series, Skyward is a powerful and addictive read about a young girl who attempts to become a pilot to save her planet. The sequels, Starsight and Cytonic, are also very good, and would have been worthy additions to this list.
A quick, compelling and highly entertaining read from the master of fiction, Stephen King.
One of the best entries in the exceptional Gaunt’s Ghosts series of Warhammer 40,000 fiction, Necropolis is an outstanding siege novel that I powered through in no time at all.
Relentless by Jonathan Maberry
While I was tempted to feature the first book in the Rogue Team International series, Rage, I decided to instead go with the sequel Relentless, as it has a much darker story with some major character moments.
A brilliant debut novel that followed a gruff solider as he investigated a sinister disappearance on an alien planet. This was such a great read, and the sequels, Spaceside and Colonyside, would also be worthy additions here.
A hilarious and captivating novel that cleverly parodies classic Star Trek tropes by telling a story from the perspective of a doomed redshirt.
One of the most intriguing and captivating science fiction novels I have ever read, I have so much love for this outstanding novel and its cool time travel concepts.
The final book I want to finish here is the fantastic standalone Star Wars novel, Scoundrels. Set in the now defunct Star Wars Legends canon, Scoundrels is an awesome heist book featuring your favourite rogues, Han, Lando and Chewie.
Well that’s the end of this latest list. As you can see, there are a ton of brilliant books out there at feature a single-world titles and it is amazing the sheer variety of different novels I have read over the years that use this naming convention. I think the above list does a great job capturing my absolute favourite single-word title novels, and I would strongly recommend all the above for anyone looking for an exceptional read.
The Unseen Library 
Homeland has such a cool cover!
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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I usually prefer longer titles, but short, snappy ones are definitely more memorable!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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From this list, I’m familiar with Thrawn because a co-worker was reading it at work.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/the-bs-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-b/
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You found some great titles here!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/top-ten-tuesday-433/
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