Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.  I’m sneaking in a quick post while my international visitors – the wonderful Tamara Leigh and her son Max – explore a bit more of Melbourne sans tour guides! Love this week’s Top Ten topic! Well, what I love is single word titles. They are succinct, snappy, and often convey so much about the story in so few letters. I must prefer them to wordy titles, that’s for sure. Once again, I scanned my shelves and pulled some great titles to share with you, but I could have included so many more.

Anecdotally, the majority of one word titles are paired with suspense/thrillers, or contemporary stories but Tamera Alexander and Lisa T. Bergren buck the trend with their historical novels – both excellent reads, I might add.

Synapse by Steven James

Centralia by Mike Dellosso

Jaded by Varina Denman

Abduction by Wanda Dyson

Breathe by Lisa T. Bergren

Rekindled by Tamera Alexander (her excellent debut novel!)

Deception by Randy Alcorn

Deadlock by James Scott Bell

Firethorn by Ronie Kendig

Wounded by Claudia Mair Burney

How many of these books have you read? Do you have preference for one word titles too?