January, 2010: Books With One-Word Titles

Since January is the #1 month of the year, I thought it would be nice to start out with books with one-word titles. I'm not counting the words "a novel" in the title, because I've never understood why there has to be this distinction. If I'm buying a book of poetry, I know it's not a novel; if I'm buying a book of history I know that this is also not a novel. So I'm not sure really why authors or publishers need to add "a novel" to their titles.

I have a few titles already lined up, and two already read.  Coming up this month (and after I finish them I'll * their titles so I know they were this part of this month's category choice):

Afterimage, by Helen Humphreys

Firewall, by Henning Mankell

Dupe, by Liza Cody

Birdman, by Mo Hayder

Mysterium, by Robert Charles Wilson

Libra, by Don DeLillo

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

and

Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee

Of course, if there's more time, I have a few more lined up, and conversely, if there's not enough time, well, the books I don't get to are still here for me to enjoy later.  I also will be trying to make some effort to diminish the books on my TBR shelves around my house, so there will be books that don't match the topics each month.

I hope this is a good book year.