Book haiku
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Recent book haiku
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Dr Maxwell and
her team must intervene to
protect the timeline.
(passion4reading)
No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor
Buildings and *sinful
items* go up in flames in
St Mary's latest.
(passion4reading)
Moiraine, Suian, Lan join
Begin fight against Dark Lord
Dragon is reborn
(islanddave)
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
What's happening here? / Some kind of plot or intrigue / I'll go back to sleep (davidwil)
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Two girls - pampered, slave
Both fighting to change their lives
They escape their bonds
(sushitori)
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu
Teenage Gay Panic
Summer In Austria, With Her
Alas, She Is A Vampire (Rbach1989)
The Odyssey by Homer
Greek hero of Troy
Takes long time getting back home
Having adventures.
(pickupsticks)
The Odyssey by Homer
Son wants his Paw home;
Paw away on business trip—
Sneaks home for bloodbath.
(LeBoeuf)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Old Holmes meets his match
She's his child-bride and partner
Together they sleuth
(pickupsticks)
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Rich by Thomas J. Stanley
"Spend less than you earn"
should be common sense, but some
still want to spend more.
(legallypuzzled)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Headmaster cancelled
the school sports program so that
four kids could hunt eggs.
(CathWhitney)
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
A missing doctor
A forty-year-old cold case
Team Strike and Robin
(passion4reading)
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
The Game is afoot
Baker Street Irregulars
Lead dangerous lives
(amweb)
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
Bad, bad Leroy Brown
catches the bad guy every time.
Not so bad, in fact. (kiparsky)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Fall-down drunk rides trains.
Witnesses murder? Maybe.
Needs to sober up.
(pickupsticks)
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
1, 2, 3 filles tristes ont laissé passer le train. Rêves et amours morts.
Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
Something's stirring in
London's Underground tunnels.
Grant investigates!
(passion4reading)
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
Peter Grant is on
the trail of an ethically
challenged magician.
(passion4reading)
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
Turns out, jazz is the
foodstuff of life for certain
magical creatures.
(passion4reading)
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
The name's Peter Grant.
I'm a police constable
and trainee wizard.
(passion4reading)
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Complex plot features
river gods and goddesses,
old magic and ghosts.
(passion4reading)
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Down by the river:
“Get yer trousers on, you're nicked…
Despite being dead.”
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
Murder by magic
Peter goes undercover
Watch the Faceless Man!
(passion4reading)
Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson
De l'herbe en sous-sol
Un projet immobilier
2 terribles chiens
(Tiercelin)
An Obvious Fact by Craig Johnson
Des armes en plastique
Rassemblement de motards
L'Ours a-t-il un fils?
(Tiercelin)
Depth of Winter by Craig Johnson
Le mal absolu
Dans la chaleur du Mexique
Tient sa fille Cady
(Tiercelins)
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The peril of books
Chivalric elder abuse
Candid Camera? (captainfez)
Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker
Well World sucks you in/Get changed to random creature/Adventure ensues (usuallee)
The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
Death at country house
A secret society
Bundle Brent turns sleuth
(passion4reading)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
L'âme en ce portrait. Miroir d'hier et du jour. Choc et élégance.
/ Oh Miroir, miroir. Dis-moi qui est le plus beau ! Je sais le plus laid.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Miroir, oh, miroir.
Dis-moi qui est le plus beau!
Je sais le plus laid.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
L'âme en ce portrait. Miroir d'hier et du jour. Choc et élégance.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Scout recalls her youth
Mad dogs, rabid mob threaten
Lawyer Dad defends.
(pickupsticks)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Dad says it's O.K.
To kill a blue jay. But not
A mockingbird. Why?
(pickupsticks)
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
We'll get an orphan,
He can help with the farm work.
Oh-oh -- she's a girl.
(SylviaC)
Nothing Else Matters by Patricia St. John
All's well that ends Well.
Restarting Reality.
Nothing else Matters.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Elinor reasons,
Marianne catches a cold
And Lucy gets Bob.
(thorold)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
One of five women,
Finding a man for herself
with wit, pride and love.
(DeusXMachina)
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
It turns out the jerk
Really has a heart of gold.
Plus, he’s rich! (Eye roll.)
(Carnophile)
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
Who is Anomie?
Strike and Robin trawl Twitter
in the search for clues.
(passion4reading)
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Two cons kill family.
Reporter relates the tale
In fiction format.
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran Strike is
asked to investigate a
suicide – was it?
(passion4reading)
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
A missing author
turns up murdered – Cormoran
Strike investigates.
(passion4reading)
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran Strike plays
a dangerous game of cat and
mouse with a killer.
(passion4reading)
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Characters stick in
my memory: Estella,
Joe, Miss H. And yours?
(ed.pendragon)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A fireman burns books
But then he dares to read one
And goes on the lam
(DarrylLundy)
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
3 crimes, 3 amies,
Sur les bords de la Tamise,
Cherchez l'aviron
(Tiercelin)
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
Murder among monks
Ganache and Francoeur will fight
Not all is resolved
(Nodosaurus)
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Four inquisitive,
sharp OAPs solve crimes in
Kent murder hotspot.
(passion4reading)
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
That which we desire / Will destroy us, unless / We can set it free.
Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo
North Bath in turmoil
Sully's son and friends struggle
Who is the dead man?
-Bing AI
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An alpine meadow / Sweet scent of grass and flowers / Below - the abyss. (KangarooRat)
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An artist doomed,
Consumed by helpless longing,
He needed Prozac.
(hillaryrose7)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Student with an axe:
Napoleon or madman?
Siberian gaol.
(Michael.Rimmer)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Good boy gone bad in
this novel: comic version
removes most drama.
(legallypuzzled)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Young murderer
Meets pious prostitute
No hilarity
(starwing)
The Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge
Milo must ferry
the souls of the Dead and find
his purpose in life.
(passion4reading)
The Death-Cloud by Schachner Nat
Told in 31
Set in 1992
When we have death rays
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
If he had waited,
The crown might have come to him,
Legitimately.
(hillaryrose7)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
"Love moderately,"
said the Friar to the kids.
Wish they had listened.
(Carnophile)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Is it star-crossed love?
Should the Friar have hosed them?
A little of both.
(hillaryrose7)
Othello by William Shakespeare
Self-hating black man
Goes medieval on blonde wife
OJ's fav'rite book?
(citygirl)
Othello by William Shakespeare
A viper's hissing,
Destroys a man's happiness,
A faithful wife slain.
(hillaryrose7)
To Hold the Bridge: Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond by Garth Nix
A selection of
imaginative tales in
various settings.
(passion4reading)
England's Forgotten Past: The Unsung Heroes and Heroines, Valiant Kings, Great Battles and Other Generally Overlooked Episodes in Our Nation's Glorious History by Richard Tames
Interesting snippets
from England's past: from Offa's
Dyke to Greek islands.
(passion4reading)
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
He leaves home to sail
He ends up marooned alone
finds Friday and leaves
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Does it still count as
a British School Story if
they camp the whole time?
(CathWhitney)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Just broke into a
bank vault and stole a dragon.
Pretty normal day.
(CathWhitney)
The Pachinko Parlor by Élisa Shua Dusapin
Voyage à Tokyo.
Pour retrouver les anciens.
Et se dire adieu.
Romanzo criminale by Giancarlo De Cataldo
Le Noir, le Dandy,
le Libanais et le Sec,
font main basse sur Rome
(Tiercelin)
Greystone's Creative Hands, Complete Set by Beverley Hilton
In creative spring,
The seventies were tasteless,
Avoid knitting suits.
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Quand les citrouilles chantent,
Narcisse et Lady Macbeth
Entrent dans la danse.
Blood Wedding by Pierre Lemaitre
Je suis devenue folle.
Quel est ce sang sur mes mains ?
Suis-je vraiment seule ?
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Boy who hears books talk
is a jerk to his stepmom,
but he learns better.
(yoyogod)
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Long suffering Starks,
betrayal is always near,
beware Lannisters.
(leahdawn)
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Yuppies need nanny
Every last thing is lost
Beware depressed much?
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
There's just one Story.
Cultures add their grace notes, but
There's just one Story.
(Carnophile)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
There's just one Story:
Universal monomyth:
The human Story.
(Carnophile)
Minor Chords and Moody Weather by Frank Flynn
Old lawyer Eddie
Buys gas, drinks scotch, swims naked
Finds his compass home.
Pocket Ref by Thomas J. Glover
Images of nails
From wiring codes to airports
Richter earthquake scale
(jnote797)
Stevie in London
sleuthing an English cold case
young adult drama
(TinaGW)
Diamants, Ben Laden,
tout se mélange et Lemmer
n'abandonne jamais.
(Tiercelin)
The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
Steve Smith's on a quest
Why did Miss Iles go missing?
Decipher the code
(passion4reading)
The creature awakes,
Horrible yet innocent,
Abandonment scars.
(hillaryrose7)
It is dangerous,
To play God with life and death,
Horror the result.
(hillaryrose7)
Monster destruction
Could have been avoided, Vic.
Parental neglect.
(captainfez)
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
Vasya unites Rus'
and helps repel invasion
by Tatar army.
(passion4reading)
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
Choo Choo Engine stood
before Roland the Brave
asking mean riddles.
Ein künstlicher Mensch
sucht Liebe und verzweifelt
und rächt sich grausam
Forscher voll Ehrgeiz
schafft einen Menschen und flieht
und wird schwer gestraft
The novel's message:
"Heaven. Hell. They are both dull.
On Earth, there's sushi!"
(WilliamOrmond)
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Trop mince est la vie. Pour contenir tous nos rêves. Ô grand désespoir.
The Yellow Wallpaper [short fiction] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
She makes her own friends
to escape her depression.
Fall into madness.
(DeusXMachina)
The Robe of Skulls: The First Tale from the Five Kingdoms (Tales from the Five Kingdoms) by Vivian French
Evil sorceress
Needs money for robe, casts spells
On royal children.
(passion4reading)
Trois hommes, la banquise,
le jeune soldat est une fille,
qui accouche et meurt
(Tiercelin)
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Le détective cherche
et soupçonne Constance d'avoir
tué son jeune frère
(Tiercelin)
The Worm Ouroboros by E. R. Eddison
The Worm eats its tail,
Roundly rages the battle;
The Worm's tale devoured.
(Michael.Rimmer)
Je suis
étranger. Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Et je ne pleure pas.
Je suis étranger.
Aujourd'hui, maman est morte.
Et je ne pleure pas.
Binti has left home
The bits of it she carries
See her through the end
(Benona)