Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by Jana of That Artsy Reader Girl! Today’s topic is about titles featuring ordinal numbers, which are numbers like first, second, third, hundredth, etc. According to what I found for a more specific definition:

An ordinal number is a number that indicates the position or order of something in relation to other numbers, like, first, second, third, and so on. This order or sequence may be according to the size, importance, or any chronology.

This is a very challenging prompt, but I managed to find all of these books on my shelves, physically and digitally!

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  • Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  • Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  • Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
  • The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
  • Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
  • These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi
  • The Second Death of Locke by V. L. Bovalino
  • The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
  • The First Binding by R.R. Virdi
  • First-Time Caller by B. K. Borison

From my understanding, “infinite” or “infinity” can be an ordinal number, as well, so I included two books that I own with it in the title.

This was a tough one! I had a whole list of other books here before realizing what I had were not ordinal numbered books, so I had to really scrounge for other ones I had in my collection, but I did it!

7 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers”

  1. lydiaschoch Avatar
    lydiaschoch

    The Fourth Wing has been on so many lists this week!

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    1. Rayna Avatar

      It’s such a popular book, I’d be surprised otherwise!

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  2. Rebecca Trotter Avatar

    The Hundredth Queen looks so good! both the blurb and the book cover.

    The entire series is on Kindle Unlimited💚, if your local library, like mine, does not carry any books in this series.

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    1. Rayna Avatar

      I’ve had the first book on my kindle for yearrrrs! I really need to read it soon!

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  3. shelleyrae @ Book'd Out Avatar

    I didn’t think of infinite as ordinal – clever!

    Thanks for sharing your #TTT

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  4. Susan Avatar

    Wow, I’m impressed that you found all those titles with ordinal numbers in them on your shelves! I didn’t even attempt this prompt, ha ha.

    Happy TTT!

    Susan

    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

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