All About Books discussion

I have an idea for a new book game. similar to "First thing that comes to mind "but each entry has to be a book... It would be interesting to say why you made the connection ...unless it is really obvious... To make it a little more challenging I think there should be just one rule ...no posting of consecutive authors.... So if someone posts a book by Agatha Christie the next posting should NOT be an Agatha Christie book no matter what other connections there may be.

Should be fun!

To summarise:

Post a fiction or non fiction book that links in some way to the previous posting . Any connection is allowed except having the same author.

Feel free to comment on the connection especially if it is obscure or unusual.

Top tip....don't think too hard about it!

I will start us off. The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock

S. wrote: "Should be fun!"
Thanks S

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Necessity of Atheism and Other Essays by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth

The Spire by William Golding

The Warden by Anthony Trollope

(spire=church=church warden)

We could have some very odd connections in this thread!

Actually guessing the connection is almost a game by itself! ;)

The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (do NOT read!)

Jenny wrote: "Actually guessing the connection is almost a game by itself! ;)

The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (do NOT read!)"

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Shadowlands by Brian Sibley

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sánchez Piñol - both authors are from Barcelona

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. (Novel set in Congo)

The King Must Die by Mary Renault - sorry couldn't resist the authors name ;)

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige-Someone must die

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Well, because of Dorothy, I just had to follow with this one (maybe even following the yellow brick road!)

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin -- marvelous book!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. .... The wizard connection obviously but why I chose that particular one.... Can't recall now....

No takers?
Here's my link
The Phoenix and the Carpet such a great story.

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

1984 by George Orwell

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The new dystopia..... Like 1984 I feel Attwood's vision is terrifyingly close to reality but unlike 1984 she manages to inject humour into the story.

Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson

An older tale of transformed humans.

Also set in Russia: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

Both have "Red" in the title

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

The Old Man and the Sea

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö

Out Stealing Horsesby Per Petterson

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - easy this one ;-)

Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Tell No One by Harlan Coban--another woman "disappears"

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

Into Thin Air by John Krakauer.

Airs Above the Ground by Mary Stewart

White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry

(For those unfamiliar with Airs Above the Ground, it features the trained horses of Lipizza)

Bone Girl by Annette Drake featuring a girl, a stallion and a trombone...

I read this recently it's a gentle YA and I enjoyed it very much.

The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver

Both have "bone" in the title.

The Collector by John Fowles - creepy book!

Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson