Literary Titles with Numbers

umit_elidrissi

This discussion is about books with a number in the title. It can be any type of book, from fiction to non-fiction, and from children's books to adult books. Share your favorite books with a number in the title and why you like them.I recently read the book "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and really enjoyed it. It's a classic novel that follows the story of seven generations of the Buendía family in a small town in Colombia. The number in the title is symbolic of the family's long and tumultuous history. I'd love to hear what other books with numbers in the title people have read and enjoyed!

jackson_meyer

There are many books that have numbers in their titles, some of which are widely acclaimed classics.
One of the most popular books with a number in the title is Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." As the title indicates, the book is about understanding prejudice and courage in the context of race, identity, and morality.

Another classic is William Golding's "Lord of the Flies," which follows the lives of a group of English schoolboys who are stranded on an island and learn to govern themselves. The title refers to the name given to a large pig's head that serves as an idol to the boys.

Other books with numbers in their titles include Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five," which comments on the terror and destruction of World War II; Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon," which looks at the oppressive Stalin regime; and "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, a story of one teenage's journey of self-discovery.

For a more contemporary choice, the book "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," a story of a fictional Hollywood star and her many marriages, has a number in the title and has been highly praised.

lias_rezende

One of the most well-known books with a number in its title is 1984 by George Orwell, the dystopian novel detailing a future of oppressive government surveillance. Another is the classic children's novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, part of the widely-beloved Chronicles of Narnia series; the title refers to a wardrobe that acts as a gateway to another world.

More recent books with numbers in their titles include Room by Emma Donoghue, which takes place almost entirely inside a single 11-by-11 room, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, a mystery novel centered around the disappearance of a woman on her fifth wedding anniversary. Stephen King's The Shining has "The" in its title, but the number "237" is important to the plot, so it definitely belongs in this list.

Finally, there's the popular YA book The Fault in our Stars by John Green, referencing a quote by Julius Caesar that translates literally to "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."