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March 10, 2026


top ten books with ordinal numbers in their titles
posted by soe 1:38 am

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic from That Artsy Reader Girl invites us to share ten books with titles that contain ordinal numbers. I wanted to give you just one for each, but capped out of individual numbers I’d read at nine. I’ve doubled up on “first,” which is also the number that appears most in books I’ve listed as to-read.

  1. First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
  2. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
  3. The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser
  4. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
  5. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary by Laura Shovan
  6. Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
  7. Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
  8. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  9. Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
  10. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
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Nicely done, thanks for sharing your #TTT

Comment by Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out 03.10.26 @ 4:22 am

Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies – I had forgotten this was a book.

Thank you for sharing.

Comment by Rebecca Trotter 03.10.26 @ 11:28 am

I didn’t realize there was a novel called Miracle on 34th Street.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/first-or-last-book-titles/

Comment by Pam @ Read! Bake! Create! 03.10.26 @ 1:53 pm

I haven’t really paid attention to titles with ordinal numbers in them, but I believe “first” is the one I’ve seen most, too. It makes sense since it’s a lot more interesting to be the first to do something than, say, the eleventh!

Happy TTT!

Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

Comment by Susan (Bloggin' 'bout Books) 03.10.26 @ 9:42 pm

I need to get caught up on Jasper Fforde soon.

Comment by Lauren @ Always Me 03.11.26 @ 9:22 am



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