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2018 Challenge Prompts - Regular > 31. A book mentioned in another book

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message 1: by Sara (new)

Sara I had some trouble with this one in 2017. A lot of classics work, but many of them I've already read. I may just opt to do a reread of a classic for it this year.


message 2: by Nadine in NY (new)

Nadine in NY Jones | 9546 comments Mod
In The Thirteenth Tale, she reads the entire Sherlock Holmes series in one go, so I'm going to just read the next one in that series that I haven't read yet. I'm up to either The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes or The Hound of the Baskervilles.


message 3: by Stefanie (new)

Stefanie | 30 comments I think I will read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. I just finished All the Light We Cannot See last week, where the main character reads Jules Verne in braille.


message 4: by Rachel (new)

Rachel A. (abyssallibrarian) | 643 comments Not so happy to see this prompt again! I had it in one of my challenges this year and it was a struggle.


message 6: by Anna (new)

Anna (annaholla) Not thrilled to see this one again! (Actually, I still haven't knocked it off for this year.)

I think I'm going to be in the "reread a classic" camp.


message 7: by Nicole (last edited Nov 02, 2017 02:32PM) (new)

Nicole Sterling | 153 comments I agree. I had a hard time finding one to read this year, and I didn't like the book I finally picked for it in the end.


message 8: by Tara (new)

Tara Bates | 1008 comments I love it!! It was one of my favourites this year lol I'll do the same and limit it to a book mentioned in another book I read for the challenge.


message 9: by Anabell (new)

Anabell | 355 comments I think this year I am going to read a book that is mentioned in one of the other prompt books I read.


message 10: by Alta (new)

Alta | 20 comments Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is mentioned in the book The Dinner so that is what I used for this prompt this year.

I just read Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand for the "book with one of the four seasons in the title" prompt for this year, and the book The Goldfinch is mentioned. I will probably read that one for this prompt in 2018.


message 11: by Kenya (new)

Kenya Starflight | 968 comments One of the books I read this year was The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper (a book about an interesting woman). Seeing as it mentioned several other books about the infamous Church, I figured I'd go with one of those (probably Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief since I own it already...).


message 12: by Emanuel (new)

Emanuel | 253 comments I loved this prompt and nextyear I'll try to read a book mentioned in a book published in 2018. It'll be hard.


message 13: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 31 comments Both Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them work for this prompt and they're quick reads. I did the audiobook of Fantastic Beasts this year with Eddie Redmayne reading it.


message 14: by Christophe (new)

Christophe Bonnet I'll probably do what I did this year: read the first book that is referred to in a book I read for the challenge, provided it's conform to my own challenge constraints: previously unread and by an author I haven't read for the previous challenge.

I ended up reading Stevenson's Jekyll & Hyde this year, since it was referred to in Norman Mailer's Why Are We in Vietnam. I must say that it was pretty quick: Mailer was the 4th book I read this year, and Stevenson the 7th.


message 15: by Christine (new)

Christine H | 496 comments My possibles so far are The Good Companions (from Matilda) and Little Fuzzy (strongly recommended by John Scalzi in the excellent Fuzzy Nation.


message 16: by Conny (new)

Conny | 145 comments My pick for this category this year was The Great Gatsby, which is mentioned prominently in both Norwegian Wood and The Hotel New Hampshire, both of which I also read for this year's challenge.
Incidentally, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami is a book with song lyrics in the title and by an Asian author (for the ethnicity prompt).


message 17: by Kristy (new)

Kristy (kristy67) | 53 comments I’m going to read Invisible Man by Ellison. I figure it is important enough of a book that someone has mentioned it at some point. ;)


message 18: by Angela Sunshine (new)

Angela Sunshine (angelasunshine) I read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry recently (for the second time) and he's a bookseller. The author posted a list of all of the works mentioned on her website:


message 19: by Tami (new)

Tami (tamidale) Two books that mention quite a few other books are Magpie Murders (mostly mentions other mystery) and The End of Your Life Book Club (mentions a wider genre of books).


message 22: by Lu (new)

Lu (beltari) | 5 comments Why are we having duplicated prompts? :(
I used The Wind in the Willows for this year's prompt, it's mentioned in the All The Wrong Questions series. There's lots of books mentioned in that series, including Murder on the Orient Express, I know that there's a blog somewhere where someone wrote down all the books mentioned in ATWQ.


message 23: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (alwaysanswerc) If you're a SF/F fan, Among Others is a great book itself, but for this prompt is also a treasure trove of other SF/F books as the protagonist is a voracious reader. There's even a whole GR list for books in this book!


Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads) | 896 comments The Thursday Next series (The Eyre Affair) references a lot of other books (though especially classics, which may be less helpful.

Since I'm probably not going to manage to finish the advanced section of the 2017 reading challenge I'll probably save Three Men in a Boat (referenced in Have Space Suit—Will Travel) for 2018.


message 25: by Stefanie (new)

Stefanie (snowbenton) Alta wrote: "Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is mentioned in the book The Dinner so that is what I used for this prompt this year.

I just read [book:Winter Street|2..."


Thanks!!! I've been meaning to read the Goldfinch for ages :D


message 27: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (sjwthompson) | 36 comments The Mist is mentioned in Under the Dome


message 28: by Allie (last edited Nov 08, 2017 12:32PM) (new)

Allie | 56 comments Behind Closed Doors mentions And Then There Were None, both are really fantastic if you haven't read them!

I think I am going to try to read Murder as a Fine Art, which features the real life author of Confessions of an English Opium Eater as a character.

Quick tip for any Kindle readers out there: there is actually a page that lists any books mentioned in the book you are reading. I have a Paperwhite so I don't know if it works for older Kindle versions, but if you click on the little information button next to the book title when you are in page view it will pull up a window that is titled "About the Book." It has all the basic information like the author and other books, but if you scroll to the very bottom sometimes it has a section called "Mentioned in this Book." It then has a list of all other books talked about in that book without you having to go and search for them.

Hopefully it helps out, this is a tough prompt!!


message 29: by Nadine in NY (new)

Nadine in NY Jones | 9546 comments Mod
I think that doesn't show up in all Kindle files. I download a lot of Kindle books from the library, and maybe 30% of them list the books mentioned within.


message 30: by Fannie (new)

Fannie D'Ascola | 438 comments I'm curious about The Mysteries of Udolpho mentionned in Northanger Abbey.


message 31: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Jerris | 42 comments The Book Thief AWESOME book! Mentions a lot of books!


message 32: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Jerris | 42 comments I am going with "Little Women" !!! I have NEVER read this book!!



message 33: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) | 242 comments Lit Hub posted all the books mentioned in twelve different books, so if you want to get an idea that way:


If you want to take a book that's been mentioned in a book you've read, you might have read one of the books she gives lists for.


message 34: by Nat (new)

Nat I know that Matilda there is a list of books she reads in the library. I don't remember many of them, they might have all been classics, but I used The Old Man and the Sea for the 2017 advanced list prompt.


message 35: by Patricia (new)

Patricia I decided to read The Dispossessed from the book Among Others which I also want to read.


message 36: by Megan (new)

Megan | 361 comments Amanda wrote: "If you're a SF/F fan, Among Others is a great book itself, but for this prompt is also a treasure trove of other SF/F books as the protagonist is a voracious reader. There's even a w..."

Based on that list I'm going to read The Man in the High Castle


message 37: by Chinook (new)

Chinook | 731 comments I stumbled randomly across my choice last year - I read Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between and she mentioned Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, both of which I also read this year.

I’d like to read the book mentioned in a book I read in 2018 again. I may plan to read The Feminine Mystique and A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique & American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s, to fulfil this and the feminism prompt.


message 38: by Lindi (new)

Lindi (lindimarie) Stefanie wrote: "I think I will read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. I just finished All the Light We Cannot See last week, where the main character reads Jules Verne in braille."

Oooo thank you. I like reading a book that's been mentioned in a book I've already read...and I'm about halfway done with ATLWCS.


message 39: by Makayla (new)

Makayla | 7 comments I think I'm going to just see if I can find a book mentioned in something I'm currently reading, or in one I'm reading for the challenge next year. If I don't have any luck I'll be back here! :)


message 40: by Yvonne (new)

Yvonne | 40 comments I recently bought myself The Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Homes by Arthur Conan Doyle for my birthday and I wanted to challenge myself to read it throughout the year. I think I will use it for this prompt.


message 41: by Wendy (last edited Nov 18, 2017 03:58PM) (new)

Wendy (wendyneedsbooks) | 131 comments I think I'm going to read Three Men in a Boat for this one, which is mentioned in To Say Nothing of the Dog--which I will do for either time travel or or another task.

Last year I read Confessions of an English Opium Eater, which was mentioned in Murder as a Fine Art (which Allie mentioned above).


message 42: by Cara (new)

Cara (murf61) | 2 comments I found this list: which has 12 featured books about reading and each book has a list below itemising ALL the books referred to in the main one. There are loads to choose from - I have selected #4 Among Others by Jo Walton which mentions a wide range of Science Fiction and Fantasy novels, and of these I am torn between Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg and The Dispossed by Ursula Le Guin. I will likely go for the Le Guin as I am trying to read only books by women and/or people of colour for this years challenge.


message 43: by Cara (new)

Cara (murf61) | 2 comments Allie wrote: "Behind Closed Doors mentions And Then There Were None, both are really fantastic if you haven't read them!

I think I am going to try to read [book:Murder as a Fine Art..."


Try here for more book choice suggestions. Great resource for this topic


message 44: by Debbie (new)

Debbie (debzanne) | 165 comments Tam Lin by Pamela Dean mentions a ton of classics. I haven't read it in years, but I remember The Wind in the Willows and about a dozen Shakespeare plays.


message 45: by Cornerofmadness (new)

Cornerofmadness | 784 comments thanks for the lithub list. That is very helpful.


message 46: by Chrissy (new)

Chrissy Busick (chrissycracksabook) | 23 comments I am currently reading Blind Spot by Dani Pettrey it mentions Die Trying by Lee Child.

I may read it.


message 47: by JoAnna (new)

JoAnna | 84 comments Since The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend has *so many* books listed, I decided to, once again, use one from there for this prompt. This year, I will be reading "Before I Fall" by Lauren Olivier.


message 48: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 263 comments Amanda wrote: "If you're a SF/F fan, Among Others is a great book itself, but for this prompt is also a treasure trove of other SF/F books as the protagonist is a voracious reader. There's even a w..."

Thank you for this!!


message 49: by Cornerofmadness (new)

Cornerofmadness | 784 comments Jim C. Hines has a series called the Magic Ex Libris where librarians use books to do magic. So there are tons of books within a book here and it works for the prompt involving a bookstore or library.


message 50: by Luke (last edited Dec 02, 2017 04:03PM) (new)

Luke (korrick) An Unnecessary Woman mentions a bunch. You can see the list here: /list/show/8...

My picks (not necessarily from this):

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934


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