Happy Tuesday y’all! Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl has decided the theme for the week be books with adjectives in the title. You would think this would be an easy topic. And maybe it was for some people. I decided to go with a theme within a theme and find 10 colorful book titles!
Adjective noun any member of a class of words that modify nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying
Adjective Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
The books on the list are a mix of books I’ve read and ones I want to read. Though I must admit, there is one that I have no desire to read, and it is the only book that I found with the color as part of the title. The titles will lead you to the Goodreads page and the image to Amazon.
RED
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
- Genre: Middle Grade/Mythology Retelling
- Original Release Date: May 2021
ORANGE
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Genre: Fantasy
- Original Release Date: February 2019
YELLOW
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Original Release Date: January 2021
GREEN
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Original Release Date: January 1987
BLUE
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
- Genre: Mystery
- Original Release Date: March 1928
INDIGO
The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Original Release Date: October 2017
PURPLE
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- Genre: Picture Book
- Original Release Date: January 1955
WHITE
The Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish
- Genre: Women’s Fiction
- Original Release Date: January 2002
BLACK
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
- Genre: YA, Contemporary
- Original Release Date: September 2019
RAINBOW
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- Genre: Picture Book
- Original Release Date: January 1992
And that is my list of 10 colorful book titles! Have you read any of these? Are there any that I should read?
Looking for some more ideas to read? Check out my monthly reading wrap-ups and bookish lists.
Cute solution to the prompt today! I always loved Harold with his special purple crayon. And I think I read that Kris Radish book before or one of her others, too long ago.
I had a hard time with this prompt, too. Maybe because it’s just SO broad? I like what you did with it. Now I’m curious about the one you have no desire to read. When I saw that, I thought the title was going to have “grey” in it. Ha ha!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
’Very nice. I love colourful covers.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-an-adjective-in-the-title/
Ah nice way of doing this week’s prompt!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2022/03/22/top-ten-tuesday-360/
I love your twist on this week’s prompt! There are some great colorful book titles for sure.
My TTT
Wonderful! I love how you did this.
What an excellent topic for today! Very creative. I have read The Rainbow Fish, LOL!
Lovely twist on the topic! The Priory of the Orange Tree is still on my TBR.
Great twist on the topic!PRiory is one I was thinking of getting- I haven’t read a huge fantasy in years- and Blue Train just looks like a cozy little Christie mystery lol.
I really love your theme within a theme here. So many great titles too. 🙂
Nice list, and so colorful. My kids loved reading The Rainbow Fish, when they were little.
I almost went with colors for this week’s topic. I’ve heard a lot of good things about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them.
I literally just bought The Indigo Girl a couple of weeks ago. Several tour guides in Charleston have mentioned the young lady the book is about and it sounded interesting. Plus, I love that cover.
Fun twist on the topic!