Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
This week’s topic comes from Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next, and it is book titles that would make great newspaper headlines. It’s a great post idea, and I had to really search to come up with titles that fit the prompt. Here are some of the ones I came up with, and I even added which section of the paper they’d go in:
- Only the Dead Know Peace by Alberto Mansur. I can easily see this being a front-page headline, covering an area known for cartel activity and gang-violence.
- Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita. This would go with current events, and obviously would touch on a widespread power outage.
- A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush. I love a good pun, and this would have to be used if there was a death at a coffee shop, especially if the death was suspicious.
- Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success by Jessica Parra. This clearly goes in the food and recipe section of the newspaper, and would discuss a local girl’s journey to success by using her family’s traditional recipes in innovative ways.
- The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T.L. Huchu. Obviously this would be a story about some kind of mysterious goings-on happening at Dunvegan Castle, silly.
- Engines of Chaos by R.S. Ford. Issues with the car industry, anyone?
- Someone Else’s Bucket List by Amy T. Matthews. I love heartwarming, feel-good stories that make it into the newspaper, and this is one that would absolutely make it. If not to the newspaper, at least to Huffington Post, no?
- Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham. Here’s another post about climate change, or maybe the eruption of a volcano somewhere in the world.
- The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan. With everything going on in the world, I can easily see an op-ed being written about how Hamas and other Islamist terrorist groups co-opt the Muslim faith and twist it for their own ends …
- Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku. Here’s another op-ed that I can see being posted in a newspaper by a woman who is just done with the dating situation in Lagos.
What are some book titles that you can see as newspaper headlines?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
Jessica’s book title is really fun… and I agree, it’d go well with some kind of foodie piece. Also her book looks like it’d be a fun read, too. 🙂
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It’s one of the few on the list that I’ve read, and it’s a fun read too!
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I especially like the headline: NEARLY ALL MEN IN LAGOS ARE MAD.
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That’s such a great book title – it’s what drew me to requesting it in the first place!
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Great list and I loved that you allocated them to sections in the newspaper. I did something similar with mine so great minds think alike there
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Great minds DO think alike! Can’t wait to check yours out.
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A fantastic collection of titles! I like how you saw where the titles would fit into the paper.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/book-titles-that-would-make-great-headlines/
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Thanks! I liked getting creative with this topic.
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A very interesting way to do the list. I enjoyed reading it.
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2023/11/07/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-that-would-make-great-newspaper-headlines/
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Thank you! I had fun figuring out where each of the titles should go in the paper.
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I wish I had thought to put my thoughts on what stories would go with the title on my post 😂
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Maybe next time the topic comes up!
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Yeah 🤣
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That last one does seem perfect for some kind of op-ed — I can see it now! Nice choices.
Here’s my TTT!
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Thank you! This was such a fun prompt to do!
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These would all make great headlines.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.
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Thank you!
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Great idea to choose different headlines for different sections! All of these titles are new to me. I’m definitely going to take a closer look at the mystery/thriller ones.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Thank you, and I’m glad to share some of the mystery/thrillers – I haven’t read all of them yet, but they all sound so good!
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These are all great, but that last one takes the cake! Such a fun article title idea.
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Thank you! Yes, that last one was definitely my favorite of all the titles on my list.
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I would totally read a news article if it were titled A Bean to Die For. Great picks, Leah!
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Right? And it could go in the murder section OR the foodie section! Like omg this bean is to die for! Thanks Julie!
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These are so good but I love “A Bean to Die For!!” 🙂
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I couldn’t resist the chance to work that in! So good to see you back on here again!
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Thank you! It’s slow and I’m so inconsistent but trying!!
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Slow and inconsistent progress is still better than no progress!
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