"Top Ten Tuesday" is an original feature/weekly meme created on the blog "The Broke and the Bookish". This feature was created because they are particularly fond of lists at "The Broke and the Bookish".
It is now hosted by Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl.
Since I am just as fond of them as they are, I jump at the chance to share my lists with them! Have a look at their page, there are lots of other bloggers who share their lists here.
Super Long Book Titles
An interesting subject this week. It was nice to dig through the titles of the books I read. I found a few that are even longer than these but they are all in German and not translated. So, here we go. The list is in order of longest to shortest title.
72 letters
O'Farrell, John "An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2,000 Years of Upper Calls Idiots in Charge" - 2007
O'Farrell, John "An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2,000 Years of Upper Calls Idiots in Charge" - 2007
58 letters
Jonasson, Jonas "The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" (Swedish: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) - 2009
Jonasson, Jonas "The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" (Swedish: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) - 2009
44 letters
Sterne, Laurence "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" - 1759-67
Smiley, Jane "The All-true Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton" - 1998
Gavalda, Anna "I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere" (French: Je voudrais quelqu’un m’attende quelque part) - 1999
Gavalda, Anna "I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere" (French: Je voudrais quelqu’un m’attende quelque part) - 1999
41 letters
Haddon, Mark "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" - 2003
Dallaire, Roméo "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers" - 2010
38 letters
Xu, Ruiyan "The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai" - 2010
Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel "Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran" (French: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran) - 1999
37 letters
Shaffer, Mary Ann & Barrows, Annie "The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society" - 2008
Haddon, Mark "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" - 2003
Dallaire, Roméo "They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers" - 2010
38 letters
Xu, Ruiyan "The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai" - 2010
Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel "Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran" (French: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran) - 1999
37 letters
Shaffer, Mary Ann & Barrows, Annie "The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society" - 2008
Can you find longer titles in your lists? I'm sure there must be some. Even though I doubt anyone of us would have read this one:
The Hundred-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared sounds like a good story!
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It is an interesting one, that's for sure. An old man who doesn't want to be restricted to the kind of life we often impose on old people. And it's humorous, as well.
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I'd really like to read The Guernsey...Society. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteThat was one of the few titles I saw on almost everyone's list and it sure is a great book to read.
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"The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society" made it to my TTT list as well. I've read that novel twice.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to my TTT post: https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2020/10/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-with.html
I've seen that on quite a few lists, probably the winner of the most read book with a long title. Looking forward to your list.
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Great list! These titles definitely catch the attention.
ReplyDeleteI think that's the intention. ;)
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Great list! I've heard brilliant things about The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
ReplyDeleteAs I said above ^^ already, it's about an old man who doesn't want to be restricted to the kind of life we often impose on old people. Interesting and humorous at the same time. I hope you can read it one day.
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I didn't even think about counting letters! Good idea. The only one I've read on here is GUERNSEY.
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Well, I wanted to make sure I really find the longest ones from my list.
DeleteI believe the Guernsey one was the one most listed in the TTTs, I've seen it a lot.
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Great list! I also have the Curious Incident book on my list!
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I think after the Guernsey books, the Curious Incident one is the second most popular among the long titles. But they are both great books, so no surprise there.
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I love how you included the letter counts. That is very cool! I wish I would have done that.
ReplyDeleteI've seen many different ways of displaying the books on the various lists and sometimes thought the same. LOL. I guess we can all have ideas for the next time something like that comes up. I just had so many and wanted to find the longest ones I've read. And I used "Word Count" in Word. So no big deal.
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What a thorough job you did this week. It's easy to see which titles are the longest after you have figured up the total number of letters in each! Great job.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I love lists and it's not too difficult to find books for the various challenges. It's something I really enjoy. And yes, once you have your long titles together, it's easy to figure out the letters and see which one is longest. But nice to be appreciated anyway.
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'Guernsey' is an ideal fit for this week's topic. I wish I'd remembered to include it especially since it's a great read, too. :) Thanks for the Finding Wonderland visit.
ReplyDeleteTrue, it is a great book. Probably my favourite among those on the list. The one by Jane Smiley is also fantastic, I think you might enjoy that.
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I never thought of counting the numbers of letters. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI had Guernsey on my list too!
As I said to Deanna ^^, we all have different ideas and can use some of the others for the next time a similar challenge comes up.
DeleteI think the Guernsey book is the one that turned up on most pages. It is such a great story, so I'm not surprised.
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