Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Single Word Titles

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.

[easyazon_link identifier=”0785225250″ locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Synapse[/easyazon_link] by Steven James

[easyazon_link identifier=”B00PCJVWRE” locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Centralia[/easyazon_link] by Mike Dellosso

[easyazon_link identifier=”1434708373″ locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Jaded[/easyazon_link] by Varina Denman

[easyazon_link identifier=”B00BB2NF30″ locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Abduction[/easyazon_link] by Wanda Dyson

[easyazon_link identifier=”B07MJHMBK3″ locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Breathe[/easyazon_link] by Lisa T. Bergren

[easyazon_link identifier=”B00B5J4XGM” locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Rekindled[/easyazon_link] by Tamera Alexander (her excellent debut novel!)

[easyazon_link identifier=”1601420994″ locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Deception[/easyazon_link] by Randy Alcorn

[easyazon_link identifier=”B000FC2KAG” locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Deadlock[/easyazon_link] by James Scott Bell

[easyazon_link identifier=”B07MK8Z3V3″ locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Firethorn[/easyazon_link] by Ronie Kendig

[easyazon_link identifier=”B00BF4UDIE” locale=”US” tag=”relzrevi-20″]Wounded[/easyazon_link] by Claudia Mair Burney

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