They say that there is strength in numbers. As for book titles this seems to hold true with me since so many books with a number in the titles have always grabbed my attention when scrolling through the shelves of a bookstore. Here are twenty of my favorite books with numbers as part of their titles.
1. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
2. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
3. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
4. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
5. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
6. The Third Man by Graham Greene
7. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
8. Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
9. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
10. The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot
11. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
12. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
13. Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers
14. Instances of the Number 3 by Salley Vickers
15. The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps by Michel Faber
16. One Day by David Nicholls
17. The Three Day Rule by Josie Lloyd, Emlyn Rees
18. Six and a Half Deadly Sins by Colin Cotterill
19. The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
20. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen
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