The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

No one even looked at me with evil eyes or called me a name! Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are my only hope, Lord Snow. In your father’s name, I beg you. Protect me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Newcharlie had put plants in all the windows—spider plants and ferns and some other ones I don't know the name of. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her gods had names, and their faces were as familiar as the faces of her parents. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And that was worth a million and a half bad names. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

His name was derived from his serial initials, of course, but it was apt, nevertheless, for the SPD models were among the fastest robots turned out by the United States Robot & Mechanical Men Corp. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They must try to confuse their offspring as well, who, I suppose, threaten them in similar ways—always trying to get things straight, always trying to name the unspeakable. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy wanted to go after her and apologize for getting her into trouble, but Layla called her name and waved her over. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Enoch shared his last name with another boy on the team, so the baseball players called him “Big” Washington to differentiate the two. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought he heard it carrying his name from somewhere in the far distance, as if an echo from a memory. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The lines of the reclining seats, the dashboard knobs—I could even read the tiny printed brand name on the buttons of Liam’s shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

‘That sounds like a sort of German name.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There is a clear pattern at play: once a name catches on among high-income, highly educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Together they chose a record with a picture on the front of a man named Duke Ellington playing the piano. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Now there’s an unusual name. Did you run away from home, Bud-not-Buddy?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Silently, he called Amanda’s name, clutching the sweet echo of the word in order not to lose control. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I met a girl named Chelsea who told me about something scary that happened at Oak Hill fifty or sixty years ago. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Afraid that his name might be connected with Booth’s, he fled to Canada. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And finally, the most exciting change: we’ve decided to name this new correspondence the Tattler. After the European magazine all the ladies over there read.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘As for what I wished to say, I have said it: What may you be doing, and what tale can you tell of yourselves? As for my name!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The whole name of Sam’s is Sam’s Fish Box which is a stupid name. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of writing a story about him until John told me the same bum had come up to him a month ago and said his name was Confederate. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you say their names. We’re not going. Don’t you go, neither.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She says, "I'll be in that room again tomorrow from one to three. And if you want to call sometime, my last name is Van Dorn." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s your mother’s name, and I like it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would say simply, “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die,” and then, oh then, the duel. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pravda, or “truth” in English, was the name of the main Soviet newspaper. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We left in a rush, and after about an hour on the road we entered a prison whose name I recognized: Victor Verster. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents make their children sing his name softly over and over every night before they go to bed, and then it’s lights-out, don’t make a sound. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If you assign the wrong names to things, you could make a chicken speak like a man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsworth assured Olmsted that by agreeing to help, he would be joining his name to one of the greatest artistic undertakings of the century. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His name ended with a “z” sound just like my family’s last name. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I spelled my name in a wild rush of letters, trying desperately to redeem my paralyzing shyness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my stuff away and head to my desk, where I find an envelope with my name on the front. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

These names bothered me in sixth grade when I was excited to start middle school and make friends. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As we have seen, eponymy in geography is very rare before the naming of America, and America remained an exception in being named after a commoner. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The editors smash cut right into the reapings, where name after name after name is called. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I called it the “gun,” although it had a fancier name: the hand-held maneuvering unit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again her father’s special name for her was spouting from the mouth of a cocky young man. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the schoolhouse, Mentor, the schoolteacher, gently tutored a mischievous eight-year-old named Gabe, who had neglected his studies to play and now needed help. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then she went across the room to where he sat She bent over the arm of his chair and called his name. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to reading aloud a tragic love poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson—who, I guess, couldn’t figure out how to punctuate his own name. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We’ve got code names for all the guards, usually some feature of their body or personality that lets you know instantly what to expect from them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he asked the man for his name, he couldn't understand what the man on the phone was saying. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I like to say her name real slow. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I have all kinds of names for him in my head, but I keep them to myself. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Niceville, Mississippi, is the name of our town because it doesn’t exist, but we decided a real state name would draw interest. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Was there another baby named Morgan who is now buried on Penikese? Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Helen,” Jack said, “and Jack Junior and Taffy—she’s the baby. Those are my kids’ names. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I knew him immediately, though in the more than five years since I’d seen him last I’d managed to forget his name when Charlie had spoken of him my first day here. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A tremor shook me; it was as though he had suddenly given a name to, had organized the vagueness that drifted through my head, and I was overcome with swift shame. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name of our objective had not been mentioned until two weeks before the actual invasion date. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You seem to have a lot of names.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All the police could do was take down their names. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There is an American filmmaker named Orson Welles who said, “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had never officially changed my last name on my birth certificate to Colvin—it still said I was Claudette Austin. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Their expanded powers permitted them to knock on anyone’s door to pursue an accusation and for random inspections as well, in the name of public safety. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He does have a name, I do not know why, for surely our hearts will feel stabs of sadness when he goes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two months later, at the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, an army sergeant named Joseph Pesek woke up early. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I can’t say her name, but I love her picture.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In play, when just the two of them were together, she gave her little brother names. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He carried code names, passwords, and secret identities in his head, afraid that storing them anywhere else might compromise his agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But his efforts would link his name forever with the issue of nuclear proliferation and cast a shadow over his scientific legacy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

‘Just think of all the new words we’ll gather. I’m going to write down the names of every single fish for you to learn!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

You could tell she was running the name over in her mind and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And then, as it bubbled through the nib, it came a little thick, so that the name Rebecca stood out black and strong, the tall and sloping R dwarfing the other letters. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first topic to be discussed is proper names. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He gritted his teeth, choking to keep his name to himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was a newcomer, a black man in what was historically a white man’s business, surfacing from obscurity with a weird name and odd backstory, hoping to strike a chord with the common Democrat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ben mentioned Evan's name, and before I had time to react, Kia piped in with: "How dare you mention that name in front of my sister?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Because I was twelve, I had to sign consent to the adoption and select my name. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And the names of any the British arrest. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little shrine was built into the corner; Taisin saw the scroll listing ancestors’ names, a spray of dried flowers, a small pot of incense. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was overlaid with a tracery of flowers and leaves wrought of silver and gold, and on it were set in elven-runes formed of many gems the name Andúril and the lineage of the sword. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The count was done by a blind man with your fat friend by his elbow. And Slynt names you a tum- cloak.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There is also this to consider: The name Hitler does not offend a black South African because Hitler is not the worst thing a black South African can imagine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She is the keeper of all these names and numbers now, numbers she once knew by heart, numbers and addresses her children no longer remember. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Electrocution?” yelps a boy in the back, whose name is Austin, I think. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s dark, and I can hear someone calling her name. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more remarkably, nearly 30 percent of the black girls are given a name that is unique among the names of every baby, white and black, born that year in California. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Reading was for me the key to ‘knowledge’; I swallowed facts and dates and names and themes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the car, Mong’s cousin held up her hand for us to stop and said: “All right, nobody gets in without telling me their full name, first and last.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The later pages hold the names of the original conspirators, though one name is conspicuously absent, and another has been removed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sima had one week to “think about it,” which meant she had one week to tell the Committee men the names of all the people in the underground church. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The only thing that gives away that she works there is her name tag. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t specifically remember meeting your father. His name doesn’t ring any bells. I’m really sorry.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fabian asks everyone to make fall leaves for the bulletin board and to write our names on them. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Libby,” I say again, enjoying the feel of her name in my mouth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little farther on there was another name, and then another. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She would point to people, call them out by their first names, sometimes throwing in a last name if it was too common, and she seemed to know who everyone was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This one was a hardcover by a great woman I had heard quoted at Council named Maracle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“So what? His son has everything else going for him. Money, privilege, family name.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were choosing sides now in the schoolyard and Ian’s name was being called—among the first as always. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever my name is, you have to touch me there.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Harry. . . maybe Moody thinks Snape put your name in the Goblet of Fire!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next step was launching a living thing, a dog named Laika, in Sputnik II less than a month later. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Rosenblatt—” “That name hasn’t applied to me for decades. You can call me Rain.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“That is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard! How did I not know this? I thought your last name was Aberdeen.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never keep all these names straight,” he says at one point to Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He helps me choose the brightest blooms—not just violets, but daisies and roses and lilies and others I can’t remember the names of. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I shall call him Galahad, like your first name.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, when it was so real, so important to my own life, I had trouble keeping all the names and facts straight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So why are you called Safer? Your mom says you guys named yourselves.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And they aint going to be no luck in saying that name, lessen you going to set up with him while he cries.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t remember his name, but he sure was confident. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

What would—Aron, that was the name— what would he do if he knew? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing so many people, Sam’s legs shook and she sat down heavily on the toilet, overwhelmed—but her sister was thrilled, asking everyone’s name as they came in. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the early 1920s, Griffith, a medical officer at the British Ministry of Health, began to investigate a bacterium named Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Who very clearly draws a line through the boy’s name on her clipboard. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Go off and explore a little. Stick together though. When you’re rested, come back and help. Remember our name?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go with the one that has chocolate in the name. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The statue checked the tattoos on their forearms and called each senator by name. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it was the first time I had heard her name. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m an avid reader. I must have read something by you. What are the names of some of your books?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I like it. I’ve gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Chief among these was a handbook by an Army officer named Parker Hitt, an expert who had gone to France to serve with American forces. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After spending a petless year with only one child still living at home, my parents visited a breeder and returned with a Great Dane they named Melina. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a nice gesture, but Candice didn’t care much about having her grandmother’s name on a building. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the 1920s, Knighthood had been handled by an able conditioner named Bob Rowe, one of only a handful of black horsemen training in that era. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband’s name is on all of them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inej checked her knives, silently reciting their names as she always did when she thought there might be trouble. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He cursed and said, ‘We were married exactly one week, Cleo, when you called me his name! I won’t ever forget that.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As its name suggests, this is considered the strongest, most final-sounding cadence. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In 1794, while touring the terrain around the new national capital that would bear his name, he badly wrenched his back while riding. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No! His name is Killer; he tried to end me!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“His name is Yassen Gregorovich. He was born in Russia, but he now works for many countries. Iraq has employed him. Also Serbia, Libya, and China.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Slant’s childhood and youth were spent upon a tobacco plantation presided over by a benevolent widow by the name of Croak and her son, who was of Slant’s age. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The dog, a pesky black Lab named Bark, took quickly to Thomas, hanging at his feet the entire tour. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A grinning kid named Billy Pogo’s knack for being in the right place, at the right time, becomes Unnatural Luck. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The man named Hugh recalled hearing that she was working as a serving maid for a household in Petty France, that colony of French emigres just outside the walls of the city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

My curiosity got the best of me and I moved closer to read the name. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometime, I want to wear a cardigan and have a golden retriever named ... Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front of the cage had a slot for the name of the inhabitant, but no one had bothered to use it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I go back to looking at the names. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

His name was Francis Almones and he had a sad life, for he always made just a fraction less than he needed to live. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all dove into the huge stack of packages, grabbing anything with our names on it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This is true, but it depends on a convention for numbering years and numbering and naming months and days. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In 1784 some of those settlers, led by John Sevier, seceded from North Carolina in the hope of creating a fourteenth state, which they named Franklin. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Like the state of Montana? With a name like that, he’s Chicano?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He composed a few e-mails apologizing to her, but he did not send them because it felt awkward apologizing for something he could not name. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And the reason that was easy is that when we read or hear the name “John” or “Bob” or “Holly,” we don’t even have to think about whether it’s a masculine or a feminine name. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Awkward to write about it without using a name, though. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

To chair the panel devoted to the crucial issues of international inspection and control of nuclear materials, he named Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Labelling an island ‘Lanzarote’s Island’ is not quite the same thing as naming it Lanzarote, and it is unclear when the transition from the one to the other took place—it was certainly after 1385. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Fame has seized her and appropriated her, name, barn, cows and all.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But Dornar is such a funny name,” the King was saying. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dug up a nanny named Whiskers and parked her in Seabiscuit’s stall. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she hurried past, Briony pushed into Cecilia’s hand a piece of paper folded twice and then she squealed her brother’s name and leaped into his embrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

During June and July 1919, the Boston policemen began organizing themselves into an unofficial union they named the Boston Social Club, a move that outraged Commissioner Curtis. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Of his name, though not of his words, did they preach. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Bengali the word for pet name is daknam, meaning, literally, the name by which one is called, by friends, family, and other intimates, at home and in other private, unguarded moments. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This restaurant was at the very end of the long main street and the name of the place was the New York Café. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mom’s voice turns suspicious as she murmurs, “Wait, those names...” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On charts and lists, he recorded their names, their owners, their bearings, and their radio signals. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had the Stark face if not the name: long, solemn, guarded, a face that gave nothing away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

People were running toward us, shouting out the names of their children or shouting at us to “Run! Run!” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mr. Bender, I could leave everything I was behind, including my name. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Let him measure his affection in numbers. What he calls love deserves not the name!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Whatever her name, what she stood for was always the same—love and beauty and every kind of perfection. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I got to have a different life in Dauntless, a different name. I got to be Four, thanks to my initiation instructor. He gave me the name.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

No organs and couldn’t even pronounce my name correctly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I yell out his name over and over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her brother, Mars—Dad and Papi let Sunnie choose the names, and I kid you not, she named the babies Mars and Jupiter—died when they were seventeen days old. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Felix’s name was on the tip of his tongue, ready to tumble out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I was surprised, since I was certain that she knew my name. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That first night, when the baby had finally fallen asleep in their laps, Mr. and Mrs. McCullough spent two hours flipping through the name dictionary. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And my father’s name was Crow at first. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am entirely sympathetic to your reasons for withholding the name of the patient and thus prevent a possible invasion of privacy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Beneath our pictures are our names, ages, favorite foods, and our definitions of Clover City in one word. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps she is too horrible for people to want to name her?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the disaster that has given him his name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why he said her name like that—Buh-Buh-Buh-Betsy. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell our little friend how you came by your name, why don’t you?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She is so nice that she let her five-year-old brother name the competition, as she told us on the flyer. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A single story corresponds with each author’s name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was jealous because I wanted a name like that. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A youth pastor named Jonboy used to roam around the buffet with a group of high school kids, smiling for the old ladies and asking if any of them needed work done on their lawns. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Slowly and carefully he spelled out the letter to Robin, who would not change a word of it, but signed his name with Brother Luke guiding his hand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She finished the S at the end of his name with a flourish and set the piece of canvas aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When Hoagland first mentioned Kwang’s name I only saw his ready image, what everyone else had at hand. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the name of one of these wards was the word “dead.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“This is Leo. It’s a black-and-white photograph of him, but see how someone coloured his hair red? Maybe he was Oberon and Eleanora’s son. That would make his name Leo Marvel!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Since my last name is Washington, they put me in the section with George and Martha. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, different names, perhaps— Jupiter for Zeus, Venus for Aphrodite, and so on—but the same forces, the same gods.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not long ago, one of the world’s top tennis coaches, a man named Vic Braden, began to notice something strange whenever he watched a tennis match. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Saturday night, the team won the state basketball tournament, and Coop was named MVP. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The senders simply forgot that things like names and street numbers were necessary for the successful delivery of mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I shall not mention the doctor’s name, but he is one more reason for a good home book on dog medicine. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many times have you told me that? I saw her, and she’s too little for such a big name.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wrote a poem with her name in the card, which was really hard because there aren’t many good words that rhyme with Maylene. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Only got to use my robe three times. Keep it clean tonight and you can take my name off, use it for somebody else." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a wife named Mary and a son named Billy, and he was frantic with worry about them. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If her name came up, his face grew stony and he’d leave the room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She woke the youth,—his name was Lynceus,—told him all, and helped him to flee. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the city a bold and beautiful young man named Bellerophon was generally held to be his son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some man told her that maybe there was no Mattie Mahony; it was just the name they gave to whatever man was head of the organization. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadowy walls were lined with shelves of large glass jars, in which floated all manner of revolting things Harry didn’t really want to know the name of at the moment. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They obliged, bringing in a new subway director by the name of David Gunn to oversee a multibillion-dollar rebuilding of the subway system. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she didn’t know his name, but he looked familiar. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The less senior of the two was a captain whose name was Gericke. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kouros, the records stated, had been in the private collection of a Swiss physician named Lauffenberger since the 1930s, and he in turn had acquired it from a well-known Greek art dealer named Roussos. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She fills the syllables of my name with pride, triumph, and magic. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had never spoken to me directly that I remembered, and I wasn’t entirely convinced he knew my name. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stood over the boy a moment longer, wondering what his name was, and if he would even survive the night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be simpler, he said, to have everybody enrolled under the same last name. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You ought to hear the droll names he gives the lads he trains." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Makgatho, then eleven, was old enough to know and he had been instructed never to reveal my real name in front of anyone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom screams, and my dad yells my name, but the sound is muffled, like they are far away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I search the couch for the card and see her name again, third on the list. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “Maybe that’s why the name has never changed its emphasis.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I had nine children, I wouldn’t remember their names, either. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’s like a hundred years old and completely senile, but he always remembers my name for some reason. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing had seemed right until she remembered The Scarlet Letter, and the right name came to her at once: Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But we’d call the baby Maureen, a name Mom liked because it was a diminutive of Mary, so she’d also be naming the baby after herself but pretty much no one would know it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You might be surprised to learn that all red oaks are named Red. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She once told me she wished she had given me and my brothers more “traditional” names because she was “kind of over the Japanese thing.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She kept a scrapbook with the obituaries of all the doctors she outlived and could recite the list of names by heart, like a chapter out of Genesis. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, that was the kind of name that was enough to make you forget folks had ever called you Buddy, or even Clarence. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“All right, how about something with his name in it, to remind us of our mission?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We ought to see whether there’s something that draws names to them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not allowed to talk about it, don’t ask me anything,” said one agitated Obliviator, who refused to give his name as he left the Ministry last night. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And she, just like I, according to Miss Merriam Webster, had been named for a dolphin under the sea. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To say her name is to spit on your father’s grave.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m Penelope, but no one ever calls me that and I don’t really like it anyway, so for all intents and purposes my name is Poppet.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sections of Michigan, Kentucky, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri are all experiencing a rain of chemicals in the name of beetle control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The winner’s name shall be enshrined for all time on a plaque in our Chumley Hall of Champions.’” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I was perhaps live or siIyears of age; the dog was named Cloud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each of these leaves clasps, at its center, an iron-containing chemical named heme that can bind oxygen—a reaction distantly akin to a controlled form of rusting. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A nickname from the middle of the name, like a lot of Dutch boys do, rather than the beginning. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The young man's name was Floyd Wells, and he was short and nearly chinless. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name tastes strange on his tongue, the opportunities to speak it aloud falling few and far between. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Well, that’s exactly how it feels when the emcee announces my name for evening wear, and Daddy and I walk on that stage as though we’re gliding on clouds. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her name was Fiona Alexander, and she said she was the head of communications for the hospital. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Looking more closely, she saw the shoemaker’s name written on the insides, in gold lettering that had all but faded: something and sons, it said. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rondon read his Order of the Day, which was to officially name the tributary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Mark well, young man, the name is Orestes.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the yard was empty, and Meggie was too furious to feel frightened of someone when she knew nothing about him other than his name. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She stretches, like the mention of his name wakes her muscles and makes her tummy jump. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every boy in my neighborhood knew my five sisters by name and face. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I say a man named Henry Park. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Spanish I said, “My name is Alma Rivera. My daughter Maribel goes to your school. Is there someone who speaks Spanish?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But something about the way the name looked up on the blackboard intrigued me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The names of the towns or the rivers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Vermont is Volvos and antique shops and country inns with cutely contrived names like Quail Hollow Lodge and Fiddlehead Farm Inn. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He called her name several times, but she did not answer him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“We are intelligent, dignified people. That is why they have deported us. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Alexandras Lukas. I am an attorney from Kaunas.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There are many saints, but they are not inexhaustible, so that we find repetitions in the first namings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Look at me, I got my name from Hemingway’s fishing boat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name cracked as it left my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He wondered what he would name it after its capture. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jasmine doesn’t have anything to say to that, so we keep walking, taking turns shouting Sandy’s name. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Joseph quickly jotted down everything he could remember, names and dates and places, and then he and Frankie listened to more tapes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Admirers hailed Mark Antony as “the new Dionysus,” named for the Greek god of wine and foolishness. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Together, slowly, they sorted and named the threads. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can move his own chair, and he can hold a pencil well enough to write his name. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She blessed without using the name of the Trinity like my mother, and yet her blessing was as holy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently some of the boys in the group had been signing their names in code when they wrote notes to their friends. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The lemonade and bun are delicious and Alphie the new baby is chirping away enjoying his baptism day too innocent to know his name is an affliction. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The children begin to scamper between rows of the dead, over leathery leaves, looking for their own names, a handful triumphant when they are able to claim a grave they are related to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly one of those big fullbacks they have—I don’t even know his name—ran up and grabbed Victor by the hair. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first she intended to hurt this giant so badly he would never forget her name. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He coughed till he could taste the blood and he said her name aloud. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bobby proposed a new approach whereby a match would consist of an unlimited number of games, and the first player who scored ten wins would be named the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered how the woman knew that name, then laughed under her breath at her own foolishness. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When an ancient horse named Hipparion was found to have lived in France and Florida at the same time, a land bridge was drawn across the Atlantic. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Another lady, whose name tag read GAY, turned around. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

George Washington was an officer in the Virginia militia, the small army that Dinwiddie controlled in the king’s name. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason was named Amber, and before her Whitney, and before her Jill and the others. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He slapped the table and said, “My boy, I have some coffee from Honduras that’s got your name on it!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

What a loss to the language it was, incidentally, when they changed the name of Opal Fruits to Starburst. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“It could be worse,” a genial man named Paco consoles her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then why had he said Hazel’s name? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But she called me every single dirty name she could think of. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t that the name of the undercover agent who had stopped him in the rest room? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me. I am being rude. I have not introduced myself. My name is Efraín Pérdido. I am sorry about my abuelito's dog. He meant you no harm,” the young man said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had a mom and dad and they cared, and I had a dog and a best friend named Dante. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I also observed that his name, backward, was the French verb for wearing one’s clothes threadbare, so I told him that as well, with no offense intended as his clothes were fine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was my mind-set until I met a courageous woman named Cheryl Best. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watched him practice writing his name in the dirt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dates are not just named, they are also, like money, decreed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I do,” I said, because I knew the second she started talking about him that it was that kid named August. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The servant had called the monster in the pit something other than “my lord”... some special name or tide. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped using her married name and removed the fine gold wedding ring that he had placed on her finger twenty years before, on that memorable night when Barrabas was assassinated with a butcher’s knife. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asks the mail carrier what her name is. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours passed without his name being called. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “no, that was some other man, that was before you knew your name.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Just make up a name for him,” I suggested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he knew for certain that she would treat the naming of the third Macon Dead with the same respect and awe she had treated the boy’s birth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him say her name before I saw her small frame. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He calls me every derogatory name a girl could ever be called. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Our African first names became our American middle names. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before he opened his eyes, a name formed on my tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A mulberry wood is the kind of place the animals have names and jobs and go on storybook adventures. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her brain swirled with names, Lena, Saba, Leila, ending in a, like her own. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Inspired by what we’d seen, we noticed that other stores we passed also needed to change their names. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Write the letter names of the lines in your staff: Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Miig moved slowly forward, introducing himself and asking for a name in return. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

This was the feather of the golden-breasted woodpecker, the bird that gave its name and chattering cry to this island. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And if I hadn’t had my meltdown, I wouldn’t now have the name of a lawyer known as “the fixer” clutched in my hand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I just ’bout said my name then remembered what Sammy had told me ’bout saying “Elijah” ’round here. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“We do not name it! I never even told Hagrid the name of that dread creature, though he asked me, many times.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I named you after a monster, Mira. I’m sorry. If you don’t like your name, you are welcome to change it.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We keep playing as Dylan goes on and on about which hot beverage he and Samantha should name their firstborn after, and I refuse to be Uncle Ben to any child named Cider. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

‘Wait, Johnny. What is that middle name? It begins with “L.”’ ‘As far as you are concerned, it ends with “L” too.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The names we chose were descriptive, not sentimental: Big Red, Black Mare, White Giant. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Before I was born, he was a missionary in India and that is how I got my first name. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess we need a name, for starters,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“He wanted to know where the name Jiménez came from. I told him.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The landlord introduced the newcomers to the Bree-folk, so quickly that, though they caught many names, they were seldom sure who the names belonged to. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Neat handwritten blocks told their names, where to gather them, when they came in bloom, their medical uses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The result was several distinct species, to each of which scientists have assigned a pompous Latin name. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to my name, she wrote BFF in purple glitter ink. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My face will never be painted with sandalwood paste. Who will rub me with turmeric? My name will never be printed with scarlet ink on a card.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even Vesalius, the first great anatomist of the Renaissance, was not in the business of claiming priority, which is why, for all his originality, there are no parts of the body named after him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The cards from girls are all neatly signed, with their full names, so there will be no mistake about who gave what. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think the sisters just wanted to give us royal names. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Clouds were only named early in the nineteenth century—‘cirrus’ and ‘nimbus’ may sound old because they are Latin, but the Romans had no names for the different types of cloud. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“That’s your momma, boy. Don’t be calling her by her name like you grown.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When they got to the parking lot, Luke jumped out of the car without a word, pretending not to hear Toby call his name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘There was a massive lawsuit pending against her for manipulating investor returns. A man named Royal Rampling is at the helm of it. Ever heard that name before?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

My new doctor’s name is Dr. Fischel, which is appropriate, because he kind of does have a face like a trout. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mason found himself paired with a young surveyor named Jeremiah Dixon and apparently they got along well, for they formed a lasting partnership. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about your name. Florida. It’s a mighty nice name. You probably don’t have any idea how you got it, do you?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“With a name like that, I’ll end up with my eyes gouged out.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The name Virgil doesn’t mean anything to me, but that’s because it’s hard for me to remember names. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I can hear him calling my name as I slam the door behind me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There we are. Now. What is your name?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the day the team was named, it felt like everyone in my corner wilted in defeat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He was the same eighth grader who had named me Mars long ago, those many weeks ago. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I visited a Gore associate named Bob Hen, at one of the company’s plants in Delaware, I tried, unsuccessfully, to get him to tell me what his position was. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pronounced his whole name, letter by letter, in order to convince her that he was alive. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In any event, Lawrence put his name to the statement on June 16, and thereafter never admitted publicly to any misgivings about the result. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Dicey couldn’t make up a new last name, except Smith and nobody would believe that even if it was true. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most people think her name was Helen Lane,” I said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In history class, Gogol has learned that European immigrants had their names changed at Ellis Island, that slaves renamed themselves once they were emancipated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One name that you can use to conduct this search is Esther Martinez. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Unless you want my middle names as well." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Better Piggy than Fatty," he said at last, with the directness of genuine leadership, "and anyway, I'm sorry if you feel like that. Now go back, Piggy, and take names. That's your job. So long." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As she walked back to the kitchen I told her, “Gail is a beautiful name.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lovely names. They will be beautiful ornaments for my bridge,” said Shukra, examining his fingernails. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The small letters beside my name are “AD,” and there’s a dot there too, though I now know I’m not actually Divergent. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The work was overwhelming, all the more so because the processes that it involved could not be called by their true names. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Finally I said, “Crenshaw would be a good name for a cat, I think.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Will I name him? Will I name him? Of course, I will name him, but he will only die like the others. Oh, so sad. Oh, such the tragedy.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She won’t expose herself to the shame of not being able to speak to the administrators in Spanish, or read the paperwork, or even write her name on the form. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her biggest effort will be to learn her students’ names. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On hearing his name, Franklin lifted his troubled, regal head from the recesses of the hatchback, and I saw the black-and-white markings of an English setter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And I hear my name from the other side of the door, which is open a crack. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Felix wasn't worried about the paper with their names coming out of the wallet; he was worried about getting the twenty dollars back in. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette, it turns out, is not the Resistance girl’s real name. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The damage wasn’t discovered until late July, when a wildlife biologist named Paul Atkinson made the grueling ten-mile bush-whack over the Outer Range, from the road into Denali National Park to the Park Service shelter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned to walk on the hard-packed earth outside the cabin, getting up, falling down, getting up again— a small naked creature, who answered to the name of Minta or Minty. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All prisoners in Chattana were tattooed with the name of their prison. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I see. And what is your father’s name?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the name of a little girl in San Juan, she told him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had learned his name quickly and many words that meant something to him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the Megalosaurus, and the name was actually suggested to Buckland by his friend Dr. James Parkinson, the would-be radical and eponym for Parkinson’s disease. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The youngest Wayburn, a toddler named Harris, wailed in his mother’s lap. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mom knew the names of some of them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Walking around Sugar Hill, I do my best to keep hold of the street names, but it’s easier just to remember the landmarks and the turns. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My phone number, my address, my name and what I did with my life will be gone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kenzi's name, though only five letters, was longer than he was. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then one day her mother called, asking if she remembered a boy named Gogol. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He decided they needed names, and since there were five of them, he named them after the Jackson Five. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She’d been named to the US senior team that year, but this was my first time at the ranch with her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Because if he has a name we will mourn him like family when he dies. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t really that many names on it: two sheets, single spaced, three columns across, alphabetical order. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They could even call the names of some of the same people from back there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One time I said, “What do you think my bullfighter name would be, assuming I ever fought with a bull?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I ask, a little too casually, mad at myself for even bringing his name up again. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Names we have been called, names we have been given. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Need I be sayin’ I love you...” he hesitated before calling her by her first name “...Katherine? And is it time you want to think it over?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often felt uneasy coming back at such hours to a place I did not know well and where I was living illegally under an assumed name. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the best I’ve felt since ...” Tally didn’t say his name. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I went to go see Susan Thomas,” I said, but hearing the name only made Grandma wrinkle her eyebrows in confusion. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Along with assorted friends and family members—for a total of forty travelers—they had piled into a luxurious sleeper car, named Benares, provided by the Chicago & Alton Railroad. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He never asked me for my real name, or why a first-ranked initiate ended up in security and instruction instead of leadership. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Outside at the edge of the runway, Queenie, err whatever her name was, stood staring at the wreck of the Luftwaffe bomber. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I knew I should squeeze out a “hi” or maybe “hello,” or maybe even “hello, JT,” but of course he knew what his name was and my mouth was full of peanut butter. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their cats are named like Tutankhamen or Mithridates. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its focal point was the great mound—Monks Mound, it is now called, named after a group of Trappists who lived nearby in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There is a possibility, eventually, of becoming an associate, of the firm incorporating his name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not dealing with children here. Let me tell you what else I know. I know you went to a restaurant called Smokestack Lightnin’ with somebody named Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, what? We can’t pretend that any of us was very attached to this spinner. We don’t even know its name. Except maybe you,” Ripred said to the orange spider. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You gave me my true name. My purpose.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of the good wizards from the castle—no one remembers his name—saw the Witch on her fearsome dragon as they flew across the broken land. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Racetrackers in that era had a peculiar animosity for given names. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hope was looking off to the side, as if someone she missed was calling her name. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do we know the names of the kings of France through history? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

You said, ‘My name is Haley, not Red!’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A woman poured ashes into a mortar and pounded them as she called the names of Vatete's relatives who lived too far away to attend the funeral. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing’s for sure, suds gave me my name. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The note name is the name of the fundamental harmonic of the instrument. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was strange, how Aunty Uju often spoke about the former heads of state, invoking their names with poisoned blame, but never mentioning The General. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The estate was a huge piece of land, acres, encompassing a horse bam, a large vegetable garden, and a pool, tended by a young white caretaker named Harry. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fabyan’s pet project was run by a gracious, silver-haired woman named Elizabeth Wells Gallup. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Hell, this boy signed the name of the Communist Party to the kidnap note. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This one bum who, came over said his name was Dixie. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Bless his heart. Good as gold, that boy is. Don’t bat an eye when kids poke fun at him, calling him names like Pogo.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As I approach the other students with their practice swords, I hear my name whispered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ben said, “I named it, but you can change the name if you want.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I say his name a lot, even though I’m obviously talking to him, because it’s just cool, seriously—Mateo. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even though I was a little boy, I knew this history as well as my own name. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you, The Vigils—yes, I’m saying the name aloud—The Vigils must throw their full weight behind the sale .. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You find a connection between the name and something about the person. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, my dog, Wishbone, heard his name and ran over to Cotton, probably thinking he was about to get something good to eat. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Nikhil is my first name. It got left out for some reason.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their true names were too long for human tongues, said Leaf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was strange, not knowing the woman’s first name. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I mean, the cornballs who named the place thought it was too good to even be called a school. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Hey, our names kind of match,” she said as she chewed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The mustached man was collecting cash and writing down names. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All the names would be listed on the two huge wings of the wall, etched into black granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The other woman, whose name escaped Mariam, looked older than Fariba, and her hair had an odd purple tint to it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But when the priest named the courier that had come to them, I recognized the name.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He did not cry when the man woke him; he did not cry when the police came and tried to ask him his name. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some wore faces he remembered from the statues in the crypts, but they were gone before he could put a name to them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It is the image of their two names on the tag that she thinks of, a tag she had not bothered to save. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who are you? What is your name?” she asked. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“And then your bat recites it back, but using your name. Then there is a feast,” concluded Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only one he guessed correctly was Robert Zimmerman, Bob Dylan’s real name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I associated with Coxsackie was the respiratory virus that had first been discovered in the town, and named for it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was behind him, saying the same word over and over . . . calling ... a name . . . and even then Maniac turned only because he was curious, wondering what everybody was staring at. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a note in the box, too, which Mrs. McCullough had eventually convinced the social worker to let her read: This baby name May Ling. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. The Bishop, he’s called. I think he’s the bishop of London, maybe. Or maybe somewhere else. You just write their name and send it to him.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Its new name was stenciled on the side of its battered gray hull. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She’d gone to camp since she was seven, and still Mr. D pretended not to know her name. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Harry Potter not knowin’ his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of a block of writing describing women’s shelters are Sarah’s name and phone number, as a support person. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I could not deny it; and yet endeavored to, when she demanded, “And the fine Dr. Trefusis don’t have a grout to his name, does he?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I certainly would, Father Abbot. So that’s his name? Silent Sam? Well, he certainly lives up to it.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mom would have told me the actual exact name of it, I remember thinking. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She glares at us for even saying her name. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One writer who signed his name “A Hint” said the cause of the fever was the stinking barrels of rotting garbage routinely found in backyards and basements. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

"Not really,” Jeannette said, "except I was startled to hear that one, a boy, was given the name Paul. That was my father s name.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, Langley centralized its computing operations into a group named the Analysis and Computation Division, created to service all the center’s research operations, as well as to provide computing to outside contractors. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Angel writes @DP, which I know is code for our business name. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The letter went on to describe their five cats—one had only three legs, and they all had peculiar names. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At least his name, Edgar Allan Toad, sort of made up for it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

For example, the note in between D natural and E natural can be named either D sharp or E flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As the coach called names from his list of tryouts, Ben looked around and studied faces as lonely as his. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mon-a-nee,” I said, “I am going to give you a new name. It is Won-a-nee, which fits you because it means Girl with the Large Eyes.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t sign her name, but I liked that. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But was it truly necessary to select such extraordinary names?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The name he shouted was that of the TV character most synonymous with the archetypical skinny, ineffectual, small-town policeman. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very exciting for her, taking his dignity away in the name of love. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t have a name,” said Kuda, who was busily exploring the den. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The engineer is a taciturn, pungent man named Walter Bernd whose pupils are misaligned. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The tapes are marked with the year of the Games and the name of the victor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I add my name to the bottom of the message and mention that any response can be returned via the same man who delivered the letter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She named him—and no one but her sister and his mother doubted her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Before you started that everyone called him his Christian name, Moses. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name was Ben Blake and he was a most amazing fellow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, reading the name from the side of one of them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Melanie didn’t know much about the new girl except that her name was April and that she had come from Hollywood to live with Mrs. Hall, who was her grandmother. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, for now, Ashoke decides to keep the explanation of his son’s name to himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I work with a kid named Charlie whose face is smooth as a girl’s. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The mention of my name on the TV makes us turn toward the screen in unison. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The given names of half the people at the track were complete mysteries. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachite had made a birthday cake for her each year and even taught her how to pipe bright, glossy icing to spell out her name in a sugary cursive. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That day, I answered only the questions as to my name and choice of counsel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wept without sound, and whispered his name, and traced his eyebrows with her finger in the dark. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the brains are selected, I’m not surprised to see Gale’s name on the list. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Fear, certainly: she was just three years old when a B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, forever linking the name Hiroshima with annihilation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He flinches at my last name, then laughs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But it was his name on the placard that really caught Emily’s attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The best I could, I told her the miserable details, careful not to leave anything out: Rosaleen practicing writing her name, the three men taunting her, how she poured snuff juice on their shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like he had a son named Charles Douglas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the summer brought him a letter, with no return name or address, but postmarked from Chicago. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I see them again, they shall have taken new names of their own devising. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A former Navy fraternity, it was now, as Sasha explained, “a fraternity in name only.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In one centerfold, someone named Jack La Lanne tows a rowboat with a rope held between his teeth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, she acted really weird yesterday when I mentioned his name!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mouth is open; I am screaming his name, but I can’t hear myself over the ringing in my ears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Thinking him dead, she kissed him and moaned his name. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of these fractions, the sugars and starches, the alcohols and acids, the emulsifiers and stabi lizers with the strange names, will be made into food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sister McCandless and Sister Price cried out every now and again: “Yes, Lord!” or: “Bless your name, Jesus!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I heard her call me that name, I lost it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My name is Professor Trelawney. You may not have seen me before. I find that descending too often into the hustle and bustle of the main school clouds my Inner Eye.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were many other strange doings and bizarre myths, legends, and fairy tales that, taken loosely together, had wound up giving the town and the Miracle Valley their names. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millie shakes her head and yanks on my hand, pulling me to her bedroom door, which I know is hers because a wooden heart with her name painted in cursive tells me so. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But that dog would always come to the name “Guess” so that’s what we called him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the metal so they could all see my name, engraved in the blade, shining yellow in the setting sun. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her passport, which the Greek government had granted under the condition that she leave the country immediately, bore her mother’s maiden name, Aristos, instead of Stephanides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Often, however, there is no distinction between the two, and either is used, especially Tartarus, as a name for the entire lower region. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balled my hand into a fist and pounded and pounded and pounded, yelling Mr. Charles's name until at last, after what seemed like forever, I could hear him on the other side of the door. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On the edge of tears, he mumbled his name and waited. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I mean, that might have nothing to do with his name. Maybe a wasp stung him on the armpit or something like that.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He knew my name, my brothers, and those of my friends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Only know the sound of my uncle's voice, stopping me before my name is a part of the history—like the ones on the roofs and fire escapes and subway cars. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We finally exchanged real names, though I think he already knew mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Donnelly said, “Look, Betty, I’m sorry for disrupting your practice. Can I just get the last names of the girls?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day all forty were filled in, with names such as Minnie Mouse and Darth Vader and The Swamp Thing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She kept the bonuses from her job in a separate bank account in her name. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"My little birds tell me that Princess Elia cried a . . . certain name . . . when they came for her." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The wind pulled at the paper, and Diana knew it wouldn’t stay in place for very long, but it would be long enough for the cameras to record the names. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just get you to Pianopalooza. Who invented that crazy name, anyway?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Grace could barely say their names without wincing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

‘I want the Queen to dream that nine disgusting giants, each one about fifty feet tall, are galloping to England in the night. She must dream their names as well. What are their names again?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manhattan Doe sounds like a name a celebrity would give her kid, and I'm surely not the child of a celebrity. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Beeston nodded, "The man who runs the Leicester company was with the Chamberlain's Men for a time, back when I was still doing girls' parts—a fellow named Simon Bass." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps on his computer a roster of 1,600 names and addresses, and on each entry is a note describing the circumstances under which he met the person. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned to a kid named David, who was a set decorator. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He has special names for each of my sisters and me, not the hurtful ones other people use, like Termite and bënduka, for Adah, which means Crooked Walker. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be something as small as someone being named River and being an excellent swimmer, or as significant as Valley’s name being the key to their impossible task. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The wizards of Roke give a dark name to wizardries other than their own.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I told him the name of the motel. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because numbers are used in music to identify everything from beats to intervals to harmonics to what fingering to use, this naming system is sometimes less confusing. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

While there was still a king they were in name his subjects, but they were, in fact, ruled by their own chieftains and meddled not at all with events in the world outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In their world, the Twelve Towns, a child’s name was a prophecy, passed down from a grandmother or the Town Gran, their leader. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I find it strange that you have not even asked for my name,” Ignatius snorted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Khoisan make up the group least familiar to Americans, who are unlikely even to have heard of their name. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asked what did I want his name to be. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That Cecile left because Pa wouldn’t let her pick out Fern’s name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bid them welcome in the name of his brother, the King in the North, and asked them to thank the gods old and new for Robb's victories and the bounty of the harvest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In my head, I name her Aunty Silver for her silvery hair. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As they went through the deck, they’d paused over the ones that mentioned someone named Luke. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Who is this Rain? According to her Social Security card, the patient’s name is Rachel Esther Rosenblatt.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He told her, spreading some smoked whitefish on a cracker, that his wife resembled an actress in Bombay named Madhuri Dixit. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Using his South American name of Gerardo Fischer, he wrote in German to Regina from Chile voicing his worries. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of them comes in our yard the most and I don’t know his name at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How she managed to be named Aspirant in the first place I don’t understand. Women have no place in the military.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My parents had no idea what three older brothers can do to the simple name Ha. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Some similar dinners, if there were dinners that could be considered similar, might have calligraphed menus on sturdy paper describing each course in great detail, or perhaps just listing an intriguing title or name. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I asked for the name of the person written on the slip of paper I had. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that he knew my name intrigued me and I decided to take a chance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are there really flags in Chinatown signaling what stowaways have arrived in San Francisco Bay, their names, and which ships they came on? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, you understood! You do understand a bit of German. Wonderful. Well, you can think about a name. Good work, Joana.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She soon divorced him, and whenever her husband’s name was mentioned, she recoiled in horror. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I can remember his name, but there’s no need to mention it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Either one. We figure that Washington Irving and Irving Washington are one man and that he’s using two names just to throw us off the track. That’s done very often you know.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A fourth name was called, and then a fifth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I searched for his name online. I searched every day for it and it never came up, except in a local paper, next to a photograph. He won a poetry contest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

To wit: a little boy named Isaiah has a lot of books at home; Isaiah does beautifully on his reading test at school; this must be because his mother or father regularly reads to him. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I make mental notes so I can remember their names. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The hall was crowded and noisy when they entered, the cushions packed with those whose rank and name were niot sufficient to allow, them at the ceremony. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And...is there a black girl, maybe a slave girl, named Alice living around here somewhere?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That day Burnham wrote to a Chicago architect named W. W. Boyington: “Mr. Root is quite low, and there is uncertainty about his recovery, but still a chance for him.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he imagines the house where Bridget’s husband lives alone, longing for her, with his unfaithful wife’s name on the mailbox, her lipstick beside his shaving things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he had mentioned Jones and Allen by name in his book and praised their selfless behavior. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes two girls from next door would come over to play with me, named Mary Nell and Mary Roan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The man who gave you his name, from the man who gave you your name” is written within quotation marks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said it, with the pause between my age and my name too. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had learned by then to say her name. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the terrible itching that gave the disease its name started, Omakayas wrapped their hands with cloth, bit down their fingernails, anything to keep them from scarring themselves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He thinks about Henry’s voice low in his ear over the phone at three in the morning, and suddenly he has a name for what ignites in the pit of his stomach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Amelia and the Rutland girl, whose name was Prudence Allen, offered to take her shopping for a proper dress, work apron, shoes, and bonnet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He repeats my name and it sounds different on his tongue, like a song. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"I've never heard of someone giving someone a pet for a present without permission and then choosing that pet's name without even asking." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her name had been embossed on the bracelet in glittery silver, making it shimmer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to spoil my stationery by writing the whole truth about our Christmas, so I just told her what I got and signed my name, along with love and kisses. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of every lawyer, every judge, every public official with whose name he was familiar—but the thought of each one of these white men was bitter in his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was no time to learn her name. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But this road had a name, Overview Circle, and a bunch of mailboxes clustered at its beginning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had whispered my name so softly I had hardly heard him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of Sally’s cousins was a good-looking, slender, dark-haired boy named Appy, who later turned out to look like a movie idol and aroused more admiration than the short, comical, chubby Sally. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Dorian ripped it open, and his stomach twisted at the long line of names. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“My parents almost named me Lydia. They went with April.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

On the front is the name of the play, its author, and the date and place of the performance—Thursday, June 23, 2011, at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Bishop, my name is Agent Scott Singleton. I’m calling from the Utah Bureau of Investigation.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

You must give him a name, they told her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But now as I crawled under the fence I did not feel the same. for I had no other name for him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space for father’s name, of course, was left blank, but the clerk had assured her that they’d be able to find the correct document even without it, that the certificates were public record. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She knew the moment she saw them, and before they mentioned his name, that something terrible had happened to Richard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Molly flips open her notebook, runs her finger down the names and dates she’s recorded. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He probably wouldn’t learn my name unless I made it to the NBA. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She said it simply, as if it was her name. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, start. ’Cause my fist got his name on it.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

While Mom gave my name to the secretary, I looked through a glass door at a field full of small wooden shacks. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My avatar’s name, my real name, and my home address were all stored in my private student file, which only the principal could access. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Reckon you call the king by his first name these days." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Toby sat up in his seat, sure she was going to say his name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The word was as terrible as the name Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her emotions welled inside her and she could feel them washing against her insides: sadness and regret and anger and pain and confusion and relief and more she couldn’t name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"And you said you'd name her after me," she said in a voice of wounded reproach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"He's telling people that he has plague cures for someone who needs it. He says he knows that you're injured. He never gave a name, but he must be talking about you." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The names of the guys who got letters from family, girlfriends, kid brothers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s gonna be you one day, Nessy. Your singing is just as good as Vanessa Williams’s. And Miss America’s even got the same name as you. It’s meant to be, baby girl!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For a second I’m worried I didn’t say his name correctly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We had awkward, backward names like Farinango, which our grandparents signed with an X on contracts they couldn’t read. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I searched online for his name, I found a website with a list of public defenders. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

If plain men hide their true name from all but a few they love and trust utterly, so much more must wizardly men, being more dangerous, and more endangered. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she got to the Director of Civil Engineering and read out Dad’s name, the crowd buzzed ominously. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little man, whose name was Harroway, hesitated, produced an unmistakable blush, failed completely to catch Byerley’s eyes, and muttered, “Come on,” to the two policemen. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I hadn't reviewed the trial transcript yet, but I did remember that the judge's last name was Key. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hearing her sigh, Salvador said angrily, “Don’t start that again! Remember, you are my brother. What did I name you in Tijuana?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was too soon for his true name to be bestowed, he thought. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her name sounds so bright and happy, just like Mama Ya-Ya is. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Seriously, I don't know what in God's holy name you're talking about, because pretty much nothing seems to be working out the way I want it to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Their names will be changed on paper; so will the name of the town and the families they’ve worked for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, the name on the first line was in her own hand, large and clear for Prudence to copy. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I only vaguely knew the names of the trees around me, and all I knew was due to Charlie pointing them out to me from the cruiser window in earlier days. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The 588th’s new name became the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wish I knew Feathers’s and Rubio’s last names to bring something of their family back for them too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In this way we exchanged names, from bed to bed: Alma. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She gave a wrong name of course,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible panic that had no name came over her as she realized that many of the sweet babies in the world were born to come to something like this old man some day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pronounced a litany of names to the mass of snakes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice ran her hand along the words of the poem, then traced her finger across James Parker’s name. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No. "My name is Bryan Stevenson. I'm a legal intern with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee, and I've been instructed to inform you that you will not be executed soon." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You know, back then, I worked every lousy job in town, you name it. I was a jack-of-all-trades. I painted houses. I drove cab...” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the only occasion on which della Porta thanks a named individual. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The suspect was a physician whose given name was Mudgett but was known more commonly by the alias H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It’s like when his name was called at the talent competition, the way his mind freezes and goes somewhere else. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I filled out all the necessary sections, my name and address, and listed my mother to be contacted in case I was in an accident. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t, but she had indoor plumbing and her smile was just like her name, Sweet, as she nodded her head to Milkman’s query about whether he could take a bath. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those years, black people were slaves, growing cotton and getting whipped over it—why in the world would anyone want to name a church after it? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harris, who was thirty-one, said there was supposed to be another client arriving on the same flight from Bangkok, a fifty- three-year-old attorney from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, named Lou Kasischke. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His name was Principal Peattie—I’m not lying—and Principal Peattie was there to keep us all in line, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I spot that girl named Tonesha walking past the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He said that the boy’s father—his name was Leon Miller—was in custody and would be charged. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her name was Kaprice Wilson, and she was O High’s attendance compliance officer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was standing next to Lu, and when Coach called his name, I gave him a way to go nudge. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I made sure I said her name good and country like her mama would. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Esperanza had told him that a man named Guillermo was responsible for that; her parents could study the science behind those plants, but were horrible at any gardening themselves. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I look at the name on the screen. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know their names, either, so I had to name them myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t remember all the goblin rebels’ names, so I invented a few. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once when we were freshmen there was this upperclassman named Don Little who had a thing for Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I once had a friend, an extraordinary microbiologist named Wolf Vishniac, of the University of Rochester, in New York. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t remember the other monks’ names, or even the prayers that had been his vocation for decades, but the stories poured from him, and Lazlo listened. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Three days later, we came to that passage in our Talmud class, and for the second time that year Rav Gershenson called out my name and asked me to read and explain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the name didn’t seem to fit exactly. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He looked at me all proud of himself as the cop scribbled down his name. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And the boy. His name is Paul. Paul! This is a sign, Lucy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She told me that her name was Rehanah and that she was the Muslim chaplain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We have taken this journey and arrived at this place in God’s name. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“The same name, too. God is good. Your name means life.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a ship, another one, or a different name at least, that chased Lucky Girl into the storm. It was a big ship. Built for the north... North Run, maybe?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A physicist named Sam Allison sat in the corner of the bunker, a telephone in his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your name is somehow familiar, Mr. Griffin,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many were clapping and cheering, calling out Guy’s name. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A guy named Moon had dropped his gun and shot himself in the eye. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Full name, date of birth, and social security number.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, not wanting to say the name aloud, even at sea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I can look his name up,” I said as she hopped up and followed. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, “I have looked over it. In Heaven’s name, don’t harp upon it!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His towering image stood tall against the cement wall, arms crossed over his chest, his name written in bubbly letters across the front of his favorite hoodie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you want. Something special. You name it. Fishing, hunting, a restaurant, even. Your choice.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the picture, calligraphy script announces my full name—CAMELLIA BEAUREGARD—and my best arcana: AURA. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain, Eugenia Phelan. Just put some lipstick on.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His target was a bespectacled former journalist named Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman of the New York Racing Commission, the governing body of War Admiral’s home turf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Solomon and Ryna were names of people, the others might be also. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a face the sentry knew, but he gave the password anyway and said, “We found him at the sulphur lake. Says his name is Baruch. He’s got an urgent message for Lord Asriel.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The specialists had their own section it seemed, the patients disappearing down a long hall when their name was called. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I said, caught off guard by another crazy name. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each time, reading the account of Akaky’s christening, and the series of queer names his mother had rejected, Ashoke laughed aloud. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio Alger’s books have made his name synonymous with rags-to-riches success, but that was not his personal story. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Is that what you think? Half the time she can't even remember my name." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had a saloon partner named Tom Bird, a half-breed who took a sentimental turn when lubricated by whiskey. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“He probably works around here or lives here or something. It’s not really that common of a name.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

‘Do not speak that name so loudly!’ said Strider. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So now, at the age of sixteen, my name will be in the reaping twenty times. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I knew that the Tiger General was the head of the brotherhood, but how he had gotten that other name—as improbable as it sounded—I did not know. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted him or any of his colleagues to talk with Davidson, Collier’s would have to publish the article without the patient’s name. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The pot was so distracting that hardly anyone referred to the race by its actual name. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donna runs down to open the door and she calls my name. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My name rings out clear as a bell. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She read the name on his lapel tag. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would spend two years as a companion to the captain, a man named Robert FitzRoy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was born, my older brother, Carlton, looked at me and declared to the hospital room, “It’s not a baby, it’s a skeeter!” and from there the name stuck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He gave me the name of a contact at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan who is very helpful in getting a great deal. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giving it a new name didn’t change much. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A good improviser, given the name of a chord, can quickly play not only the notes of the chord but also the scale implied by the chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

About the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning and how Sir Francis Bacon of the peculiar name got it right. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was Fern’s card, but we all signed our names. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

With a seasoned officer named Martinez, I spent the next day on guard at the foot of the tunnel leading up from Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram and Grim always called me Maxwell, though, which is supposed to be my real name, and sometimes I hated that worst of all. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seized by a panic I couldn’t name, I stumbled back from the bar, nearly knocking shoulders with the tattooed man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Below each gay scrap of color was a scientific name in my grandfather’s careful copperplate script. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Though they didn’t know if it would actually happen, physicists had a name ready for this process: chain reaction. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, Eleanor’s sister whispered in the privacy of the marital bedroom, perhaps Dr. Montague—if that really was his name, after all—perhaps this Dr. Montague used these women for some—well—experiments. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

So in the name of slow care, I will speak of how I met her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know his real name, or even if “he” was really a man. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For months no one could mention the daughter's name in his presence, though he kept calling them all "Sofía" and quickly correcting himself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She wanted to call out his name, run to him, and hug him, but she found she could say nothing as he was taken to the far corner of the holding pen and chained there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the neat, double-spaced list, the name “Truitt” jumped out at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, probably you couldn’t have convinced her I even knew her name. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nocturnal cactus flower. Forgot the name, but this one is a flop, I think.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The woman stopped, startled by the sound of her name on someone else’s lips. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Last year, a kid named Dillon said I look like a lion, which was fine with me, since I love those big cats. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You can go over to the Forest Service office and hitch a ride with either Carl, or—what’s that new man’s name?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found Siobhan’s name on that plaque on the park bench—a plaque still fresh and new. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was that weekend too at one of our lingering departure scenes that I learned where he'd gotten his odd, ornate name. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Can’t think of anything better,” she says, and writes the name down in her notebook with plenty of swirls. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The photographer, a retired Central Intelligence Agency agent named Howard Hunt, sat down to take notes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s a kid named Reid in my English class,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My name is Adam Costello,” I explain in a stage whisper, “and I have a fever of a hundred and four, as well as an ongoing syndrome that makes digesting anything living hell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The name of the gallery is Sub-Versions, one of those puns that used to delight me before they became so fashionable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I buzzed once and asked for her by name, but the gruff voice said I had the wrong place. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the Fjerdan word for witch, but he had no name for her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Frankie and I walked across the glade, Meir said my name again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Above these were three other names that belonged to complete strangers as far as Jethro was concerned. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our village was small, and Anatole knew every child by name. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This business of having a name was harder than it seemed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Martin Pagett. Don’t believe I caught your name the other day.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Ah, what ever happened to Jane—what was her last name? You know, your high school friend?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Someone named Woody had been her actual father, and Michael’s father, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Look at Malone,” said a man named Jack one evening. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Only four days had passed since my name had first appeared on the Scoreboard, and one new name had appeared below mine on each subsequent day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the loggers have left inscriptions, their names, their initials, intertwined hearts, short dirty words and crude pictures of women carved or penciled in the wood of the two- by-fours of the walls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They say that if you mention the devil's name, he is likely to appear. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His name, he said, was Adrack Humble, and he had a rock wife and three salt wives back on Great Wyk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Drinks with the names of people,” Desdemona complained to her mute husband back in the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But she was careful never to mention him by name. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harry remembered: It had been the first time Ron’s name had been said aloud by either of them since the day he had left; Hermione had mentioned it when talking about repairing Harry’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They came with woolen caps and names given to them by their mothers, or grandmothers, or somebody’s best friend. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a pen out of my back pocket and start writing down all the names I can think of on a napkin. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I did try to phone you, but your name was not listed." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, in October 1941, she and a friend named Nina found the telephone number of a high-ranking air force officer at his Moscow headquarters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The way I saw it, that was the wrong name for this town. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She found that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named Mary Patterson, with the provision that she was to be freed when she was forty-five. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name was on the tag and his serial number too. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wonders how many times he has written his old name, at the tops of how many tests and quizzes, how many homework assignments, how many yearbook inscriptions to friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say that name, Diana. It’s bad luck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His name is Ongah, and he is an exchange student from Kenya who is writing a dissertation at N.Y.U. on the French symbolists of the 19th cent. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s mother screamed her dad’s name from the first floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now click the name of a ship from the list below . Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was an area of Queens with the unfortunate name of “Flushing.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The original had the obvious questions, like what’s your middle name, your favorite color, most embarrassing moment. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tried screaming the girl’s name again, but the words ripped her throat apart. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The eldest son, named after his father s father, like his dead brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On her way to get the moss she saw one of her neighbors, a lady mouse named Janice who, like herself, had four children. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have only written down six names when Jenna’s father knocks on the door and asks her to come downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The mouse mother, whose name was Antoinette, looked at her reflection and gasped aloud. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Which is fair, since the only things I know about him are that his name is Rufus, he rides a bike, he survived a tragedy, and he wants to be the Mario to my Luigi. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“One purpose was to go see Jimmy,” said de la O, “see Jimmy Stamey’s name on the memorial.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He recorded my name in the Holy Register of true Muslims, and we were ready to part. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And abided by whatever the finger pointed to, for he knew every configuration of the naming of his sister. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he started calling out the boys' names. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I told her what grade I was in, and the names of my siblings. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the morning, she took me out and told me their names—“This is so-and-so, this is so-and-so, this is so-and-so.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Knight of Flowers could not have reached his second name day when Robert slew Prince Rhaegar on the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But he knew his days at Trinity would be numbered if he walked into that group of jubilant guys and told them to erase the fifty beside his name. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I don't want to know her name. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

You put a heart above the i in your name, like you did all through middle school. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But if he knows my name, it’s only right that I know his. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Roza scooped her ancient flowered bag off the belt and trailed the students to a man who held a placard with the name of the university written on it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tell him no and am struck that this is the first time ever he has called me by my first name. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is the man whose name has become both praise and curse at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Early in 1942, a young Soviet physicist named Georgi Flerov sat in the library of a military base in southwestern Russia, flipping through a tall stack of physics journals from the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have to be a short note, no names, but somehow she’d have to know who it was from. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will have two minutes, Bridgette, to name four books written by each of our authors.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The name of the vessel was written on the side in tiny white letters that had mostly flaked off. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When you little, you only get asked two questions, what’s your name and how old you is, so you better get em right. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This is more than a room with my name on a door. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The thread tugs harder, and I stoke the flame with names. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Pea,” said Despereaux, and the name of his beloved was immediately swallowed up by the darkness. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I remember her name was spelled stupid, too. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some people said the lake is named Turtle because it’s round and green like a turtle’s shell. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She taught us the star pictures and what names to call them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another theater employee, named John Peanut for the snack he sold to theater patrons, held the reins of Booth’s restless horse while the actor went inside. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever put your name in that goblet shouldn’t be feeling too happy right now! Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I still remember the day in sixth grade when my teacher, whose name was Mr. Lawson, caught me studying that map of the Pacific when I should have been doing my math. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve solved two problems when I hear Mom say my name in the kitchen. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Only outsiders call us by our proper names. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembers poking his head into Sonia’s room years ago, telling her about his decision to change his name to Nikhil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie obviously made up the speech as he went along, including the name of his armadillo. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Everything went downhill from there because he put two and two together—my name and face were all over the news until like a week ago. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She gets on the loudspeaker, calling the names of the last people to buy tickets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Now listen. You can also say the name of Taiyuan is Bing. Everyone from that city calls it that. Easier for you to say. Bing, it is a nickname.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how I got the name Valentine?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It's cowardly, but I don't want to be reminded that because I have blond hair and the right last name, they're not taking me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When people called his name in English—without doing the right thing with the r’s—he wouldn’t even lift his head. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If the virus had been noticed earlier, it might have been named Kinshasa Highway, in honor of the fact that it passed along the Kinshasa Highway during its emergence from the African forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry lets Alex take him apart with painstaking patience and precision, moans the name of God so many times that the room feels consecrated. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was trying to think of the name of this fellow who had written this music she heard over the radio last winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If she would just say my name, just once . Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, Maybe Khosrou will die here and no one will ever have to say his name wrong. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As Jackson hung the paper at the front of the room, everyone strained their eyes to make out the names. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The woman behind the counter calls out Arthur’s name. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Grandmaster Larry Evans preferred a more neutral explanation: “I think he feels that lending his name to something is beneath his dignity.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I looked up ‘in love with a white girl’ on Google and found an article about that white girl named Cynthia who disappeared in Mexico last summer. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he ever wrote a book, he thought, he would present one person at a time, so that the reader wouldn’t have to worry about memorizing a lot of names. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know there will be no more names because Shay has made it known since Mr. Daniels first announced the election that anyone who runs against her will regret it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I owned a book in which there was a photograph of the Devils Thumb, a black-and-white image taken by an eminent glaciologist named Maynard Miller. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, scared to hear your old master’s name?” said Black. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Holmes had used the name before, to rent a house in Burlington, Vermont. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Schooner, or Brigantine, or whatever the dog’s name was, must have come free from her lead, because she bolted upstairs from the kitchen, barking wildly. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Immediately to the east of Wall is a high grey rock wall, from which the town takes its name. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I agree with that, little brother. We have to find out his last name. Maybe he's a student at the university. Maybe The Registrar can help us find out.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby had refused to append his name, implying his own doubt as to the girl’s paternity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So you could be anyone,” Sarai had said when he told her about the cartload of orphans and not knowing his name. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dr. Thorn’s mouth twisted with distaste when I said the name of my old enemy—a former friend who’d tried to kill me several times. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until he stepped out of the sea, hearing shrieks of surprise and the chanting of his name, that he realized he’d won. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“One kiss from my hammer and no one will care what his name was,” said Arch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had never heard the name Daniel before, and there was no one in the room but us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I hold the kid on her porch and go by the name of Jimmy to a marvelous old woman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her name is Karen Monroe, and she’s a middle-aged white lady who claims she understands what I’m going through. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“And how about you lads? Do you have woofy names also?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I saw my big sister writing one last night. She wrote the name upside down and then put a big red X over it. She said that’s what the court used to do to criminals.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul introduced all the lads of the reception committee—not by their real names, of course. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It always sounded weird to Nathan whenever he heard her actual name. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Soon a former associate of Doe’s named Charles Taylor began fighting against the new regime. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I have enemies all around. Who better to do my work than someone utterly grateful for being granted not only a second chance, but also wealth and the power of my name?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I heard you guys talking in the kitchen the other day. You mentioned someone named Danielle.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“His name is Bill,” the girl said from behind him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dicey wondered if Momma had named Sammy after her brother because he was dead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hearing the name fall from Rafe’s mouth made her eyes fill with tears. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said it was of great value, but that was probably a lie too, like bis name and even bis face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s the strange part—no name; no name on the clothes, no labels on the suits. It’s just like the fellow didn’t want to be traced.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is the man who signed these names in your squadron ?” “Which one? There are two names here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And by lunch, Slim—whose real name was Salem—had twisted the story, told everyone Ty kissed him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My cousin recognized the man’s name—it was his uncle! Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were so numerous, in fact, that someone had built a cabin out of them–hence the name. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ged also spoke low, to use his friend’s true name: “No matter, Estarriol. But this is myself, and I am glad to see you...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because your father don't seem like the type to have a kid named Sunny. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As she had expected, a male officer was named the new head of the unit. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I’d read the first most recently, so I started into Sense and Sensibility, only to remember after I began chapter three that the hero of the story happened to be named Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of Big Richard’s good friends was a guy named Pike, who had dark skin, a moustache, and an easygoing manner. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hearing my name, the pain in my head doubles. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I always wished I had a different name. Besides, my whole family is picking new ones.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

What if I couldn’t convince Marcus to give me the name? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

You don’t usually think a single name can have a space and two capitals in it, but mine does. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The proctor wrote down her mother’s name and promised to check the master records in the Griffin Building. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“If it please you, sir, put down nothing for the surname. I would rather be called nothing than be named only for my race.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I conceded that two names in one day would be expecting a little too much, even from a left-handed artistic genius like Cade Hernandez. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It made Obie uncomfortable to think of that stuff and he shrugged the thoughts away, waiting for Archie to talk, to say the name. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she just changed Park's name to "Tina" every time she lied, it only felt like one big lie instead of a million small ones. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Even referring to us by name rather than with a grunt and a curse was punishable. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Or if you were born during a dry period, you could be named Drought. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’d like to live in a town that has a number in its name. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Eliza dated three guys named Henry, she couldn’t keep her Henrys straight. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig’s mom insists that everyone, including Twig, call her by her first name. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” he said when he signed his name on the last one. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the young Mr Cardinal had been building something of a name for himself as a columnist, specializing in witty comments on international affairs. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look unflinchingly at Fizz’s face, but my lips close up after saying his name. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The hound, whose name was Ota, came with them, his ears perking forward as they left Jilin behind and entered the Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the way down, I gathered his name was Henry, he’d worked for more than a year on the levee, and that there was plenty of work for those that wanted it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff said, “She must have a name. Somebody must know her.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all, she had no interest in their names. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With a name like that, I give him a cowboy hat, a bandana, and a holster. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He declined, saying that he intended to make the name of Cicero as famous as those of Scaurus and Catulus, political giants of previous generations. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

That fellow was called Minotaur—a monster kept in a crazy maze by some fellow named, well, I couldn’t say that fellow’s name if it was tattooed to my tongue. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” she said, “if I am very afraid when you find me, don’t forget to tweak my ears. Call my name and tell me how to get home.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen up! My name is Max! I am one of the leaders of your new faction!” shouts a man at the other end of the roof. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the essence, Mr. W. D. Fard taught that God’s true name was Allah, that His true religion was Islam, that the true name for that religion’s people was Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, I know when it hit me. The night when you shouted out his name from that tree," says Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His mother spoke his name again beyond the door, but he didn’t move. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that every time a person says my name, he or she is recalling the attributes of my name into my very lifeblood. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of course it could have been coincidence, but when you and Joana were named in the article, I knew. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The generals talk about Mexico, where both men fought on the same side, recalling names of long-ago battles like Churubusco and Veracruz. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He returned with a heavy, stolid Owsla sentry named Ragwort, who at first had some difficulty in understanding what it was that the General wanted to know. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your names appeared on the Scoreboard on the same day, just a few minutes apart. So you entered the throne room together, didn’t you?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To my knowledge Bailey’s name hadn’t been mentioned for hours, but we all knew whom he meant. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A sandwich? Is this a dish named in honor of Bartholomew of Sandwich?” she asked, puzzled. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The question was to name the tribe associated with each of the following Native American leaders and name a major accomplishment of one. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For here you were, Big James, named for me—you were a big baby, I was not—here you were: to be loved. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Mabel writes our names below a P.S.—We have wreaths, too!—and adds the score. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was just about to shout Alec’s name when a shadow appeared in front of him, stepping out from behind a tree. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I fight the urge to yell out Auntie Seema's name and see if any of the window curtains pull back to answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If a boy wanted to ask me to dance, he was to walk up to me and first read my name on my heart if he didn’t know me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The name of someone who enters a room and says “Here I am!” instead of “Where are you?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They are strong enough to be who they are, no matter what names they get called. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The volume’s first run sold out in days, a handsome edition with Elijah Lander’s name in gold leaf. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He even posed as a slave catcher named “James Olney,” prying slaves from jail on the pretext of delivering them to their masters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He spoke her name—first aloud in the room and then louder in his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I see no reason why an interesting story cannot be made of it without using her name,” TeLinde replied. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The family called him by his real name—George. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He doubles over, one hand covering his daughter’s name. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

This included religion; they did not name godparents for the children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slay whom your lord names as enemies, and be content. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My name was beautiful when she said it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right,” Brother Leon answered, making the check against the name. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he and his wife, whose name is Margaret Ann, wrap them in a refrigerated shipping bucket, which will keep the flowers hydrated. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“These things you say: a name. Reading. Writing. My father . Why would my mother keep such things from me?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure,” she replied, and named a specific female patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They favor plaid for autumn with matching sweaters in colors named after fruit, like apricot and russet apple. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t remembered him by name, but I recognized him and had even talked with him some. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, not only did that book have fancy swallow-you-up pretty pictures, but it had big, easy-to-read words, except the names, so I could actually read the stories. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

You could see Father’s skin crawl when he heard the name of his archenemy, the chief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I type Arthur Georgia and there’s nothing but randomness, like a girl named Georgia binge-watching every King Arthur movie, and nothing about Post Office Arthur relocating from Georgia for the summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Just so that only her name could be spelled out with these letters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually I learned the names of the major characters and labeled their lines accordingly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A young jockey named George Woolf, aboard for one of these woeful performances, summed up the colt’s mental state in four words: “mean, restive and ragged.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have heard the reeds whisper her name. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“There. If you can find your name on that list, you are welcome to peruse the stacks at your leisure.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He snapped back, “Who cares what his name is? He always tellin people my mother name Helen Lane!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They found themselves crying out the names of their children, feeling the loss as keenly as though it had only just happened, even those to whom it had happened decades ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Tyrion scratched at his scar and tried to recall the author’s name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In America, one could always name whose house one was in; and to live in a house not one’s own was to be less than a man. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After giving his name, he is told to take the elevator to the sixth floor, and then to wait in an empty room, the walls painted a rich dark blue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I even found a poem where she must have borrowed the name “Goldengrove” from. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No harm, no foul,” she said, then dotted the “i” in her name. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s the best name ever. I mean ever in the history of the universe and the world. I totally love it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He was repeatedly acquitted, so Parker had no hesitation about putting his name into the pool when, late in 1864, the Metropolitan Police Department began providing White House bodyguards. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She began to describe this year’s group and its variety of personalities, though she singled no one out by name. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty was the one who named me Red in the first place, and that was good enough for Boston. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would have liked the child named after one of his songs.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s her name or the three shopping bags of food she’s got under her seat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, when guys see his name on the page, I’m sure they’ll sign on.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

However, now, staring into the endless snarl of automobiles, she’s starting to wish they had named her Patience. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would help old ladies get their bags up the steps, ticking and accidentally cussing the whole way, calling them all kinds of names, but they didn't care because everybody had gotten used to it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That was our secret name for the old ladies who had their noses so far up everybody’s business that they couldn’t smell anything but gossip. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She introduced me to a girl in my dorm named Shannon, and we became friends right away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A moment later I realize what’s being chanted is my last name and my heart catapults out of my body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My name is Tristan Strong, and I’ve got a story to tell. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You say your name is Vanessa Martin, right?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her name was Erin and she seemed really nice, but I didn’t want to make friends with anyone. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sing? No. Never heard of nobody name that.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I see the second cousins and great aunts and uncles whose names I barely recognize. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one of his favorite theatrical fantasies, his stage name was Perry O’Parsons, a star who billed himself as “The One-Man Symphony.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And your cool dog has a cool name.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Your tag is your name written with spray paint however you want it wherever you want it to be. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“My name is August,” 1 said, and yeah, I kind of mumbled it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mean Lady Ming wasn’t rankled by the name Fern called her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if there is a restaurant somewhere in the middle of nowhere named Crowded City. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He spelled the name out twice, and tapped his teeth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his head slowly and began reading through the names. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me the name Marjorie. Just write it on a gift card and put it in a box. You see how easy it would be.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime that December I had started dropping the “Aunt” out of her name, mostly because I knew that it annoyed her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, slowly, “we’s all going to be together there. Mama, and you, and me, and Deborah—and what was the name of that little girl who died not long after I left home?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One boy, whose name I forget, had his head down on his desk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Thug said, “Now all that’s left is to give little stuff here a name.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Big Bird is saying that Big Bird is merely a descriptive name of the type of animal he is, and that he wants a particular name. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He calls the name of each knight in a whisper, one by one. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But of all the names this place is called, I love the name Bronzeville. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

My beloved Psyche risked everything in the name of Love. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He said, “It’s good to hear my name in your mouth, boy. If you’d used it before, I could have found you sooner.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

How can a middle name do all that? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You just had to pick the girl with a four-letter A name.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

‘And what may they be? It is a strange name.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Like the president had to be able to rattle off the names of all eleven hundred of his constituents or else he wasn’t qualified. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I took a closer look at one sketch and read the name, Terri Adams, at the bottom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Molly is the name of one horse in the book Animal Farm. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At ten, Monique had begun poring over a mail-order doll catalog as if it were a book—expensive dolls, with names and stories and historical outfits, absurdly detailed and even more absurdly expensive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“In the name of Allah most beneficent, most merciful,” the old fortune-teller whispers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, the name getting caught in the back of my throat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I have not asked your name, sir, nor offered mine.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she came back carrying a thick book with a glossy cover and people's names printed all over it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She loved those children as if they were her own flesh and blood, although sometimes she would call them by the names of those long dead. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Tucked into the envelope is a small piece of paper with the name of my mystery aunt and coded instructions for getting to the commune. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were advantages to Zeitoun and Kathy running a business together—so many blessings, too many to name—but then again, the drawbacks were distinct and growing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I came across these names in newspapers, magazines and books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because Raymond was light-skinned, and I wouldn’t name the father, they all assumed the father was white. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

While trying to work that morning, I was visited by an old friend named Jabavu, a professional interpreter whom I had not seen for several months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But I am positive that he is. The name, Singer. I recognized his race the first time I saw him. From his eyes. Besides, he told me so.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They would ask her name,and she would tell them, My name is Melissa. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Is that your name?” she asks shyly, pointing to Felicia’s left shoulder, where “Otto” is stitched in plain lettering. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You writing down things about us all?” and he called out the names as he found them: Jocko, Slant, Pomp, Isaac, Charles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I 200 — was still blocks away from the pub when I heard a strange sound rising above the hum of generators—someone calling my name. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In Tennessee, names were etched into panels of black granite imported from India. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They began as mutual friends and admirers, even naming fossil species after each other, and spent a pleasant week together in 1868. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When a note was for violin or ’cello or flute she would write the name of the instrument to show. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fate willed it—or perhaps Zeus, who up to now had done little for his love and his child—that they should be discovered by a good man, a fisherman named Dictys. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A cruel maid. My ship is well named. If I steer her onto the rocks in my distraction, you'll have yourself to blame." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mom once told me that my dad had given me an alliterative name, Wade Watts, because he thought it sounded like the secret identity of a superhero. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But in fact she had very little contact with the peasants and was far from knowing each of them by name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The names of cities called to him—Memphis, Wilmington, Gastonia, New Orleans. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even Bing Crosby, owner of a promising colt named High Strike, began goading Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said his name not quite right every time,” Meggie whispered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I found it strange that the nurse should call me Lady Jane when she knew what my name was perfectly well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A thousand nightmares rained through my mind and I was about to shout his name, when I heard him start to laugh. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of them, a tan Jersey named Blind Tillie, was Cold Sassy’s champion milk producer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Colonel Meecham got out of the car and stood watching the train silently reciting the names of the railroad lines tattooed on the sides of the freight cars. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course, by then, all the street names had changed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote down the name in my notebook, and when I looked up, I could see the eagerness in their eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Or else we could be evil high priestesses who are going to offer him as a human sacrifice on the crocodile altar to—what was that evil god’s name?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to forget that every one was named for a girl that Ramsay had hunted and killed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As she walked across the campus, the world moved from shadow to sun, the purple-blue peaks that stood watch over the town shrugging off the mist that lent the Great Smoky Mountains their name. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Each one ...” “Very good. They’re all in the story. The names of some of the plays being performed. You’ve got a good eye.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But the country was also formally called Persia until the government changed the name to Iran in 1935. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

No one would give her a family hall name. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I didn’t even know Dill had the same name as his papaw. He don’t care to talk about his family.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I had my baby, Granny and the doctor told me to print my name on a piece of paper. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But then I got free from that master. The others in the town became my friends. I made a name for myself. I was a great blacksmith. And that’s how I met Sigurd.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Why in God’s name would I do that?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He did not know the name of this horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Sticky told her about his name, and then Kate revealed that she had always wanted a nickname herself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Roan had learned that his wife was having an affair with a man named Roy Bunch. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I asked her where Old Dan was and called his name. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This billionaire philanthropist named Bernard Lutz set it up in conjunction with the public school system, like a school within a school—all you have to do to get in is pass a test. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The headstone marker bears her name and the dates of her life—no “loving memory,” no “beloved wife,” or “daughter,” or “mother.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Toby called out her name, she didn’t answer—just stood there with her arms out, trying to catch the rain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, sir. I'm afraid I’m at a loss, because I never got the privilege of your name.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I try to keep track of the staircases, lifts, and shop names, but the corridors twist and turn with no orderly pattern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably got a longer list of names than any of us.”We all nod, because what do we know, and Addie says she’ll talk to him right after lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finding his buddy’s name would be a chance to be with Stamey again in spirit, and to mourn his untimely death. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The woman’s name is Bridget, and at the bar she sits beside him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So much so that, not long after notation became generally available, we start seeing the names of composers attached to pieces. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It had the compass maker’s name and the date it was made on the inside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She patted me on the hand when she said there was no student by your name registered there. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s just astounding... of all the things to stop him ... but how in the name of heaven did Harry survive?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Over her nurse’s scrubs, Mrs. Montgomery is wearing a sweatshirt with the incumbent county executive's name on it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was dull work, made even duller on the days I was partnered with a fellow named Reggie, an alleged genius unhappy with the course his life had taken. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Aviva may be the one modern Hebrew name that is ready to break out: it’s easy to pronounce, pretty, peppy, and suitably flexible. databases, here is a sampling of today’s high-end names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“My parents named me after Sir Edmund Hillary,” he explains. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

To keep my mind off my troubles I began trying to name all the countries in the world, which I was supposed to know because I’d learned them in geography. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she said the name, Taisin felt something inside her shift—as if a bolt had been thrown back from a door, and now all she had to do was nudge it open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But would he or Chris be named editor of the school paper? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he marked them with their respective names so that all he had to do was read the inscription in order to identify them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was many months since she had mentioned his name to Elizabeth; but now, as soon as they were alone together, she said: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He was an awfully nice man and his name was Mr Godber. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even talked to Layla once, and her sister told her that a guy named Jared had asked her out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The wolf that Bran had not had time to name. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I live in a community where on the walls are the names of fallen comrades of war. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the name of the Fatherland, the girls cooked, cleaned, and mended for the ethnic German families. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I say, ‘What’s your name?’ you just blurt it out, o.k.? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I printed and signed my name and passed the clipboard and pen back to him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Despite its name and its shiny shell, the lantern fly does not actually glow, so Maria's mention of a “flame of light” was probably the result of reflected candlelight. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“He is. And there’s a girl named Shay at school who isn’t very nice to me.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mama looked at the wall clock, a gift from a charity Papa donated to, oval shaped and embossed with his name in gold lettering. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson had just been reading the “Lady of the Lake,” and at once suggested that my name be “Douglass.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Near the bottom of the page, my name appeared. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He marked through my name on his sheet. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

By noon I could write my name, and when Miss Maestas discovered that she was very pleased. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a career woman and her name kept bobbing up in the newspapers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam calls me and Mom names, like, every day. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Although the sisters had kept asking her, she hadn't told them her real name. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rietveld, his family name, was abandoned, cut away like a rotten limb. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Twice in my lifetime I have heard travelers speak of this rat. He bears a name that a fox would be afraid to whisper in the darkness of midnight. Cluny the Scourge!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And every single goat had a name out of Shakespeare! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We realized that the Freedom Writers was more than just a name. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Miserable rotten crud by the name of Tyler Croft. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turned at the sound of my name. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can hear my name being called from all sides. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The ones she used for her poetry name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now for the boys’ names that are turning up these days in high-education households. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The kind of families that used to name their sons Justin or Brandon and are now calling them Alexander or Benjamin. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Tell him we’ll name them after his kids if he stops the work,” said Molly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My name isn’t Offred, I have another name, which nobody uses now because it’s forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The technical name for this was somatic cell fusion, but some researchers called it “cell sex.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He has a name and it’s Oscar, not that I care, though I do like the way Guillermo says it: Oscore! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They had names like “Red,” “Hot Sausage,” “One-Armed James,” and “Chicken Man,” an old drunk who was my favorite. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice in a can tells me his name is Bob Dylan, but as the next song starts, the signal fades. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My father will not stop calling my name! Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The one who never stayed around long enough to even give him his last name? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the packet was the name and address of a stockbroker who worked in Boston and lived in Sharon, Massachusetts. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my new acquaintances, who considerately reminded me that her name was Angela, had Biology II with me the next hour. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My new name and the names of my parents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

For some kids, this was stressful, waiting for their name to be called as the teachers went down the list. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If the name meant anything to him, he did not show it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know all their names, but I waved back and smiled at everyone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The maid's warty index finger slid down the list of names of the patients in Belsize tacked upon the kitchen wall "Greenwood, no breakfast today." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. A name helps to define who we are. It reminds us of our history.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His bride’s name is Eang and she is in her early twenties. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used it for five years and sold it to an insurance man named Rattle. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had named it when she and Papa came to settle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It targets explicit memories, like your name, where you grew up, your first teacher’s name, and leaves implicit memories—like how to speak or tie your shoes or ride a bicycle—untouched.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Geraldine moved up to 147th Street, within walking distance, with her husband, a Navy veteran named Norman, and I got my own room. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He visits here sometimes—that must be your mistake. But his name is Yeste and he lives in Madrid.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“His name is Hermie. See all those shells in there? We bought them for him. At night he gets out of one and puts on another, just like changing clothes.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sure you do. My name begins with the letter M and I live in Italy. You ought to guess this.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A guy named Cobby was on the stoop showing off his new puppy and another guy was pretending like he wanted to buy it to feed to his pit bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"No, this was Aerys the First. The one Robert deposed was the second of that name." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I will call her Ganza, although that is not her real name; I am protecting her identity because of what happened next. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that he gave his real name to a stranger. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shall we have him named a national hero after his tragic death? The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He finds a pen in a drawer and writes his own name across the page as he has been instructed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Last but not least the thirty-fifth computer goes to . . .” and Ms. Gruwell turned to me and said my name. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Civil rights groups have also developed litigation and important coalitions related to the school-to-prison pipeline, inadequate indigent defense, and juvenile justice reform, to name a few. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The man pronounced Bigger’s name over and over again and Bigger felt that he was caught up in a vast but delicate machine whose wheels would whir no matter what was pitted against them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"My father's name is Dunstan Thorn. My mother is Daisy Thorn." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the sound of Mother’s name, I jerk my head around. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s by a great musician named Marvin Gaye. He was very talented but also very troubled. In his song, he says, ‘There’s only three things that’s for sure: taxes, death, and trouble.’” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Because right next to my name, but in the other column, was hers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her name—spoken by this strange being in this strange, lonely place! Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s a pregnant lady on an airplane, she’s named her unborn kid after me by the time the plane lands. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Her name was Ines, just like Tia, but she was quiet and serious, which isn’t like Tía at all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This being so, my trip demanded that I leave my name and my identity at home. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I do, but I want you to tell me your name,” she insisted, widening her eyes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"One bird croaking my name was bad enough," said Jon, "and snow's nothing a black brother wants to hear about." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I read the letter that came to you from the man named Horatio, after you fell senseless and it dropped from your hand,” she confesses. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And now the world would forget his name too, Sansa realized; there would be no songs sung for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We made our way back to the top of Barrow Hill, and I saw how it had come by its name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So proud was the father of his child that he decided that the naming ceremony would be one which would be remembered by people for many years. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

To reclaim his lands, his name, his honor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Compton was even more infuriated to learn that the army had invoked his name to justify its action. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a small maroon motor truck with the name in gilt letters on the sides and the man making preparations to wash it wasn’t Frank, the nice young man with rosy cheeks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a skill like being able to name all the capitals and principal products of South America or recite Scripture or walk on top of a fence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His parents named him after another son who had died as a toddler two years before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the name of justice she would have to find Westing's victim before the others did. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one knows who named the house that has been known ever after as the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know his last name, but it doesn’t matter. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Why did she let her father call her by a name she didn’t like? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

John had the name of a man on Depot Street who let hikers camp in his backyard and use his shower, so I went with him to a gas station while he asked directions. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Quite naturally she considered the stuffs she wove unapproachable for fineness and beauty, and she was outraged when she heard that a simple peasant girl named Arachne declared her own work to be superior. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spooky but Brian began again, pronouncing the names more exactly, pausing between names and figures. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Sherman had probably ridden by here and decided to spare it on the basis of its name, because I’m sure it hadn’t been on looks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we made no songs about it, being content to chant their beautiful names when we thought of the Entwives. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dear Mrs. Carroll, My name is Richard Perry, and I had the good fortune to serve under your husband. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So why you christen your creation with an inferior name?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have changed the names of the family in order to protect them, but in all other respects, everything you will read here is factual. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It took no time for the mysterious name to pass from Soviet mouths to American ears: Sputnik. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Although his name was a household word among Permian fans, he didn’t have season tickets anymore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never did we dream that shortly the bombs would fall on a faraway harbor whose name struck a chill across our own small, landlocked Pearl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to say his name without gagging and mostly succeeded. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“All right. I didn’t mean that. I . . .” “What’s your trouble? You don’t like your name?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they made their way through town, Alex still hadn’t found the right name for his dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Long rows of reclaimed hardwoods and softwoods line the fence in short stacks, too many for me to name since there are more than one hundred thousand kinds. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He got out before the Cold War ended, before missile shields and global warming and September 11 and a second President with only one vowel in his name. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As though it had heard its own name, she felt that extra power twinge within her and winced. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This was a very big and hopeful name for such a sad little creature. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He tries not psyching himself into thinking Delilah is calling and his heart races when he reads her name. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But Diderot’s name for this newly born colossus is not ‘Science’, as we might expect. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"When I learned your name, I thought it was an omen." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Flappily, though, my fears turn out to be entirely unwarranted: during a month of poverty and toil, no one recognizes my face or my name, which goes unnoticed and for the most part unuttered. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie quickly got lost in the names of them all, so she began to give them names of her own making in her mind. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s my father’s,” Harry lied, hoping against hope that it was too dark for Greyback to see the name etched just below the hilt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This man’s son had served under the great Odysseus, gone in the decked ships with him to the wild horse country of Troy—a spearman, Antiphos by name. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only noise to be heard: bare feet slapping pavement and my name being hollered into the night. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The foyer feels cool and dark as they walk down the hall, reading the gold-lettered names and titles on the doors. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in an unsteady voice, he began naming aircraft, not thinking of the individual planes, just letting rote memory do its work, these forgotten phantom aircraft winging out of his brain on their own accord. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was talking one day with one of Volpe’s students whose name sounded familiar. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Gone to a ruin so strange it must be called by another name. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A town called Evreux. We are going to see a man named Monsieur Giannot. He is a friend of the museums.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He called out the names one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled into a small town named Holtville Springs, where there were some tiny stores he could light up at night and restaurants to sit in, ordering meals. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said we had presumed on his hospitality and the good name of the regent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melanie knew right away what she wanted her name to be. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do gym teachers always call guys by their last names? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s hunched over in his chair, staring at his list like the names are giving him a stomachache. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Right, Jamie? Remember that kid we saw in the park after school last year? The kid named August? The one with the face?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad took the clipboard and scribbled his name. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“What in the name of sanity happened here?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means “he who transcends grief.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The phone on Six North is a hubbub of activity, with Bobby and the blond burned-out-type, who I learn is named Johnny, fielding calls from, I assume, their respective female counterparts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the coaches saw his name on the failure report, they quietly snickered. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lake Windsor Downs offers four choices to home buyers, each named after a British royal family: the Lancaster, the York, the Stuart, and the Tudor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What in heaven's name—?" "It's naught," I interrupted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Sweetie taught practically every child in Pine Level their ABCs and how to write their names and how to count to a hundred, using peanuts. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Do not make me say his name. I swore never to speak it again.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

To see DNA is to forget its name or its chemical formula. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We all have a strong prior association between a first name like John and the male gender, or a name like Lisa and things female. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The older one was only fourteen. The next spring the family came back again, and then they stayed. You can see that family name all over this country now, on dozens of mailboxes.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Although he knew many people in the town by name or face, the mute was his only friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If it is a girl, I shall name her Afi, after the one who loved me and helped me find my destiny. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared down at the paper, at me and my brothers' names. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I heard my name for another curtain call. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He gives me this big grin and says, “Good morning. I’m your new neighbor. My name is Penn Webb. What’s yours?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Cora thought that the whites would be loath to give up their freedoms, even in the name of security. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We do not know the agent’s name, and we do not know if she got a hearing before Howe. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So long as I do not know his name perhaps I may still forget him, time will obliterate it, this picture. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better check with that foreman in the factory. What’s his name? Look, suppose you sign those letters like always. I have to go.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was taken around and each person was told my name and age. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Halloo, there, young lady. I am Baron Hoover. And what name do you go by?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Should we come up with a new name for this room? Something other than the Hideout?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Next time you’re definitely going to see your name in the newspaper.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This from a surfman named Mr. Canning, a sailmaker by trade but a surfman, like all of them, with no name but that when a ship wrecked in these waters. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dylan grabbed a boy named Kevin O’Connor, who also has a reputation for being good-looking but not very nice. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her name is mud not just around here, but thanks to ReelTok, all over the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But they went ahead and picked the only name firstborn male Halters have had for a century. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stared at the name above the return address for a few moments longer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

An orderly looked up Tally’s name, flashed her eye again, and told her to wait. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then she met a man by the name of Vincent Allen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

One time Alex attempted to communicate to a mother that her kids were harassing us and calling us names. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Um, my name is Mouse,” he said, leaning down to get to the microphone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can hear the buzz of insects, the calling of a wildcat or wolf, and sometimes the voice of a person, a man or a woman calling out a name or yelling at their children. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had been right in giving a girl’s name to Lurai, for she laid speckled eggs and, with some help from her mate, hatched two ugly fledglings which soon became beautiful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he comes to, I say, Try to touch me again, buddy, and there’s another rock with your name on it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Class,” she says, looking at me, “be sure to sign your name at the top of the card.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I turned to say good-bye to Alice, called her name once. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You been here more than a while now, and Ellen and me don’t know anything but your name.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But Ashima does not believe in crossing out names, or consolidating them into a single book. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slip out of my seat and find myself in front of Kalinda’s house, shouting her name. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was thinking about their name, The Souls. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How many tubes did they have hooked up to him? What was the name of the stuff they were putting into him? Were they giving him blood? What was his heart rate?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The union leader in Coalwood was a man named Mr. John Dubonnet, a classmate of my parents at Gary High School. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The goal of a leitmotif is to help the listener identify the main characters and give each a very short musical pattern, so that every time their name is mentioned, someone plays that pattern. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Her son, named Elihue Micah Whitcomb, provided the schoolmaster with ample opportunity to work out his theories of education, discipline, and the good life. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede recognized the girl’s face, but she couldn’t remember her name. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then during social studies, I turn around to pass back a worksheet to see a quiet girl who transferred into my class last week—I think her name is Skyler—totally staring at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The execution will happen after the new Emperor is named. That might not be for a while yet.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a lump in my throat as I write down my own name, and I don’t even know why. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She might as well give him an alphabetical list of all the names they called her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t think we’d had them long enough for me to get attached; I don’t even remember their names. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Nor have you stopped and told it your name. And yet it knew it. On the moors in Osskil it called you by your name, the name I gave you. It is strange, strange...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Saying her name seemed to cost him something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was no name or address printed on it, though. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They all sat down without so much as a glance at Dimple, still engrossed in their conversation about some dude named Corey on their lacrosse team back home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the baby girl, named Linah, finally arrived, the family was dead broke, and my mother had to beg for money to buy diapers and baby food and medicine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face must be real upset, because Mama calls my name in a way that makes me look up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many Biblical names sound backward, like Rahab, I wonder sometimes if the whole thing was written by a mental freak like me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would it not behoove the Department of Homeland Security to add a name to their roster of dangerous individuals? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But my father did not wake up, nor did he call my name. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I just said I never heard it before and I wondered what the etymology of your name is.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He painstakingly searched for words like “hero,” “bravery,’’ and “rescue,” for all one hundred twelve names. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We’d giggled and eaten way too much ice cream in the name of flavor testing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Until the dawn of his fifteenth name day, when he had been awakened to find his horse saddled and ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to hear her own name reverberating in the auditorium. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then she calls out our names one by one. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In imitation, Pollard took the ring name “Cougar.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I was home in bed that I realized I hadn’t asked him his name. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that hot, beautiful Sunday afternoon, a seventeen-year-old black teenager named Eugene Williams was swimming at the 29th Street Beach on the shores of Lake Michigan. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The chamber itself filled him with odd forebodings he could not name, which eluded him like shadows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the doctors at that first meeting felt they did not know enough about the illness to give it a specific name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

His defeated name remained in bronze on the school record plaque, while Finny deliberately evaded an athletic honor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My second task is to write my name on the inside front cover. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside I thought, But technically she never actually said her last name was Black. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In Miss Penelope Lumley’s day it was the occasion for small boxes of holiday presents to be distributed to the servants, and that is where the name “Boxing Day” originated. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The name of the other, the younger brother, the father, his name is not known. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You will excuse me, Monsieur,” she said, “but may I ask your name? Your face is somehow familiar to me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when customers come back again and again and ask for a girl by name, you know you’ve got something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She told me the names of the dogs. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I take two shaky steps into the water and call out his name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Madame Hoo marked an X and her husband filled in her name and position. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To see,” the poet Paul Valéry once wrote, “is to forget the name of the things that one sees.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Everywhere along the main walls of the camp, people post their names. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It took me a while to get used to calling my old school by its new name. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The dragon nodded, pleased to have found himself a name. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know how he knew about the funeral or even his name. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His name swelled and grew and filled the world like the pounding of blood in Shadow’s ears. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep a low profile because my name and picture were splattered over the front pages of several East Coast newspapers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes weren’t as ratty as the other competitors’; the mere fact that she’d actually heard his name implied he must have been a good thief in Perranth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a dog or a Moo-slim or any of the other names he’d been called by Tad and his friends over the years. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One of the houses of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is named after the Thunderbird. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s eager to explain things to me, name them, display them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the truly remarkable thing were the tiny ink dots moving around it, each labeled with a name in minuscule writing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of “leaders” speaking as themselves, for themselves, now their weighty name organizations attacked Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I’ve been there but someone says my name. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Seven. You can hold to that with some certainty. It’s part of their name, actually. Chaen means seven. Chaen-dian means ‘seven of them.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Redforts were an old name in the Vale, she knew, with the blood of the First Men in their veins. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was the only one in the family who called him by his American name. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He had only one toy to his name—and what was worse, the dumb porkroll didn’t even know how bad off he was. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Even though I was using a fake name, I wondered if the contract might still be legally binding. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the real world, Mommy was “Mrs. McBride” or “Mrs. Jordan,” depending on whether she used my father’s or stepfather’s name, but in Rev. Owens’s church, she was Sister Jordan. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were only trying out names to see how they fit. Nothing is certain.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I have no idea who Sammy is. But Frank asked me if I was sure that wasn’t my name.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tiny blue numbers scattered around the map matched up with business names listed in the margins. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

If Cook is surprised that the Commandant’s son is using my given name, she doesn’t show it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It’s almost as though he’s a complete nonentity, isn’t it?” he crowed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looked—Matt couldn’t quite put a name to it—both relieved and miserable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second was to help users memorize the alphabet by placing the letters in a fixed sequence and giving them easy-to-remember names. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what about this name: Edgar Allan Poe?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The president hears footsteps on the gravel and the familiar voice of former Illinois congressman Isaac Arnold calling his name. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a maiden in Thessaly named Coronis, of beauty so surpassing that Apollo loved her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lorries stop, we climb out—a confused heap, a remnant of many names. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a funny name for a bird. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa’s proper name felt strange coming from my mouth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the boys stepped forward and said their names. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No, I think I would have remembered a name like that.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I could hear my name being called slow. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A terrible nightmare follows, where I’m lying at the bottom of a deep grave, and every dead person I know by name comes by and throws a shovel full of ashes on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A short time later, he took the train to Zurich about one hour away and registered at an upscale hotel there, using an assumed name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Neither can she listen to lists of names. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He would have said the name, but somehow the words caught in his throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Morgan can be your name, too, after Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her last name was Dean, of course, but she didn’t go into it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was the color of a mountain lake—that gem-like shade that didn’t quite have a name. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Or Lanesha’s Bridge? You could build a bridge and name it after you.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had just leaned over to examine a print hung upon the wall, the figure of a woman unclothed, when I heard my name called. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The very next day, she called me by the wrong name. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sandy,” I say again, even though it’s clearly Sandy, and he already knows that’s his name. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The book was turned to the page with Anne Frank’s name, but what got me about it was the fact that right beneath her name there were four Aron Franks. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You cannot be Alyce, for it is a name for a girl.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That translation would help decide each student’s new last name in English. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also assigned his buddy—a man named Bruce Pawlak. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Catelyn had been anointed with the seven oils and named in the rainbow of light that filled the sept of River- run. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Because these names were long, and because they used uncommon letters and combinations like F and MB, they stood out. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The police took our names and classroom number and said they would pick us up that afternoon. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Um, maybe you’ve seen him. His name’s Jack. He’s got freckles and a blue coat. He was with a woman on a sleigh, a witch or an elf? Dressed all in white...” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

If anyone was ever arrested, they were to write a letter to one of the contacts on the handkerchief and say, "My dear" and then the name of their contact. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Well, there would be plenty of time for names. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the chamber was* the great table from which it took its name, a massive slab of carved wood fashioned at the command of Aegon Targaryen in the days before the Conquest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most media outlets, like the New York Times, ESPN, ABC Nightly News, and USA Today, to name a few, would send over production teams to interview me at the Westbrook Foundation in New York. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was such a random name to call me that it cracked me up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“So on that occasion, the woman Coulter will not have heard the name?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I am named after the Mark Twain character, by the way. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soojin has worn it every day since, but now I wonder how it will all be different when she changes her name. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Serenity’s voice says, “Once upon a time, there was a little dog named Bruno.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That lawyer tried to get me to give him a name, anybody who would come in and make an excuse for what happened. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Two steps behind her, I say her name. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He presided over all the Osage sales, and his moniker, Colonel, made him sound like a veteran of World War I. In fact, it was part of his christened name: Colonel Ellsworth E. Walters. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Let's start with your names," the policeman says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Red Corn gave me the names of several Osage who, she thought, might have information about the murders, and she promised to later share with me a related story about her grandfather. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there are said to have been two heroines of that name. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hates having to live with it, with a pet name turned good name, day after day, second after second. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For me, my “X” replaced the white slavemaster name of “Little” which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed upon my paternal forebears. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They utter a bunch of howls and whoops when the announcer says their name. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By fantastic coincidence, a reporter named Eddie Farrell happened to have just taken a seat by the phone while he waited to speak with the stewards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now it is time to hear from Hokey the house-elf, who worked for a very old, very rich witch by the name of Hepzibah Smith.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You did warn me not to name him. But I’ve raised him this far. I don’t think I can kill him.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

No sooner had I pronounced Molly’s name than Bram stood up, turned away, and abruptly walked out of the room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What we had was something new, something that didn’t even have a name. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Placing the box on the counter, he handed the man a ball-point pen, Snuffy made a shaky X, and Nick wrote in his name. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if a beautiful name could somehow cloak this grotesquerie. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The men of the Windblown used what names they would, and changed them at a whim. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It is time for those of us not named by the prophecy to return home. Mareth, Solovet, and I will fly after we rest.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty sounds like a real good name for a stick-up man. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now another rat spoke up, a rat named Sullivan. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning they would open their headquarters at the Washington Athletic Club, name a chairman, and set up teams. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Luke said his name, but Toby was already rolling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She tells me more about Carlos and Griselda's plans, what the due date is, what names she likes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I searched my memory for the actor’s name. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the name tag first, it read “Duncan. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I expect we'll want to know all their names," said the fat boy, "and make a list. We ought to have a meeting." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My name is Elizabeth but no one’s ever called me that. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how do you know,” said Harry, “that those wands—the Deathstick and the Wand of Destiny—aren’t the same wand, surfacing over the centuries under different names?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Where it had lain there was blooming a new and lovely flower, and they called it by his name, Narcissus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papar risked their lives—and lost them in untold droves-r- not in the pursuit of wealth or personal glory or to claim new lands in the name of any despot. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year the whole class had laughed at a boy who couldn’t fill out a form because he didn’t know his father’s name. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we do not come to Elihu’s aid, he will betray our names to the enemy,” the mayor said softly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t been signing Washington Irving’s name to any letters,” said the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After the vehicles were registered in the name of state entities, private drivers were hired, and wanderers like Shin were offered low-cost, no-questions- asked transport around much of the country. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know his name so badly, but I restrained myself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He spit out her name like a piece of spoiled meat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how he figured out where I’d gone, how he found me in the middle of the jungle. I just remember his voice, the way he said my name.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He hightailed it out of there, but didn’t manage to exit unseen. There was a man there, a minor-league ballplayer named Jacob Carlyle. He was the one who came forward as the witness.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

"Yes. I don't know her name or where she is now. But I know for certain who she was." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s good, because this is your sword by right, forged for me by your father, Justin Duarte. He’s the one who crafted it, the one who named it. It’s your family heirloom.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Painted on the bow in red letters was the name MI AMOR. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jimmy said her name and she pulled out her phone, staring at it pointedly. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But it isn’t the fault of their names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see. It’s really a name I had before I was born in this life.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have his name sheet and hadn’t learned my name. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

By the second half of sophomore year, that name clearly no longer fit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She lives up to her name with her diva hair and sunglasses at night. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mind the misspelling of her name that much, but it bothered her when reporters had a lot to say about her appearance. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He rubbed some of the water from the calabash on my forehead and recited more prayers, followed by the proclamation of my name. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the baby was a month old, we gave him a name and shaved his head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am on the list," I told him, "but somebody crossed my name off." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Grandpa had said Cold Sassy’s name would be changed “over my dead body,” and that is exactly what happened. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The younger and smaller cub, still lacking a name, spent the night alone in his cage, in the city menagerie where he was to live. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Several months before he had caused quite a bit of outrage up at the school, and now his name was never mentioned above a whisper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Moving boxes are calling your name,” her muffled voice came through the glass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And when I’m leaving, the German at the desk gives me an envelope with my name on it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So what if the spirits hear us call their names? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Though Mrs. Lapidus does not understand a word, she listens carefully, hears that name again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And there’s probably not a lot of other boys named Blink at this school, I’m guessing.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With due solemnity I whispered my name in her ear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That must have been her name originally—Singing Bird. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a nice Bible name,” I said primly. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at the tender age when I didn’t yet know my real name, I was puzzled by the hypocrisy of celebrating a people everyone looked down on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He runs his hand along the names and waits for Byrd to find her words. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She even put my name on the sign as the featured baker. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He gets back in touch with the bank, and apparently someone named Chad Dewey says that nothing should be up there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I thought it fitting to name them here, along with some of their activities. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had used the ancient name for peculiars, the one Miss Peregrine had taught us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As they plummeted, Jason saw a vast army of monsters spread across the hills - cynocephali, two-headed men, wild centaurs, ogres and others he couldn’t even name - surrounding two tiny islands of demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She repeated the foreign name to herself, holding her American baby in her arms. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Forty-eight hours, starting with oatmeal and prison coffee and a guard named Wilson who tapped Shadow harder than he had to on the shoulder and said, “Shadow? This way.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If that is true, it is a good reason to hold off saying someone’s name after they die. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I want him to have a more familiar name—something laid back and modern, so I can relate to him better. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We get to the clerk’s window and I kiss Arthur’s name on the box before handing it over. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But his face was unshaven, his clothes disheveled, his name unfamiliar, his address not in an affluent area. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Helped my hand reach out to a shelf holding a book with my name, and it saved me from the pain of losing her and from a city I hated. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He repeats the end of his own name over and over: the word dundu. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are kids at school who took that Red Cross class and actually want to babysit. I can get you names. Hire them. I won’t be able to watch them once soccer season starts, anyway.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jesus Christ, oh, Jesus Christ, and the nuns are shocked at the way he takes the name of the Lord in vain. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Basil’s actual name is Herb, but somewhere along the line my brother and I began referring to him as various herbs in our garden. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He graduated to the tail of the family mule, and eventually, hanging off the tail of an obliging horse named Paint, he began to run, a gait that initially caused him excruciating pain. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“What was Granny’s name before she married Grandpa?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very next day, at dinner, he handed me two pieces of notepaper with the name and address of the Mutare Paper Mill. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Farther down, below the salt, were others that Reek knew by sight if not by name: sworn swords and seijeants, soldiers and gaolers and torturers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t fight the urge to halt when he calls my name like that—but I use it to my advantage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When they turned twenty the land’d go over into their name—law said they could do that, put it in their kids’ name at twenty.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

What other sports team names can you think of that refer to armed conflict? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes held as still as a statue and pretended I couldn’t hear or see when my grandpa squabbled with Adele and called her mean names. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Right now, it’s all about exposure. Getting your name out there. Getting your songs on the radio. You’ll make more money in CD sales than you’ll ever make on the tour.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

This hint, this whiff, of the existence of atoms was carried much further by a man named Democritus, who came from the Ionian colony of Abdera in northern Greece. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he was adopted, he might well have a different name now than the one his mother gave him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was at the University learning all manner of names, right? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We passed left last time,” said Billy Goat, whose last name was really Gotleib. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The radio was sputtering and then we could hear the announcer explain about a man named Jackie Robinson—one of our folk playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Spiders and snakes and bugs and bats and you name it—he just wasn’t very fond of any of them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I liked that she said us, though she didn’t even know my name yet. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t bother to say her name, first or last, because you would’ve had to be from another high school or maybe even from out of state not to know who she was. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The mountain had been named for the swirling veils of clouds, the membranes of foggy mist clinging to the peaks, then leaving them covered with snow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids on his team started screaming and backing toward the exit, but the giant named Marrow Sucker threw a ball with deadly accuracy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Selitos knew that in all the world there were only three people who could match his skill in names: Aleph, lax, and Lyra. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As its name suggests, this spell can inflict great mental harm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the Spaniards came they had to give everything they saw a name. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I buy five goldfish and name them all Olly and let them loose in the fountain. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five more years and I could finally vote in an election and not get patted down at airports purely because my last name was Saedi and I had an Iranian passport. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, the word algorithm was a corruption of al-Khowarizmi’s name. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I bet the captain in this song was named Gusty Gale.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear what Pink and Lee Roy and them would say about me and her if they saw her name in the paper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever a substitute teacher pauses during roll call and asks, “Oh, ah, how do you say your name, dear?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure where Max is living now, if it’s the same place or a different one, or if it’s safe to say his name. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You want to know about the dog. Her name is Gretchen.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“When I become a mother, how will I name my daughter?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

After several minutes of opening the wrong doors and bumping into people who hit me or called me names, I was in tears, ready to give up, paralyzed by my fear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the planet’s name was, it was cold. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just wondering,” said Mrs. Richardson, “if you could give me the name of the person who sold the photograph.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And good timing, too. I think your name is up next.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I repeated his name because it took the place of prayer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt it should be unlawful, allowing someone to conceal the name of a parent. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One day they would speak his name as the Foxprince of Thieves! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Since then, The Goober had walked around in a state of apprehension, expecting to see his name on a Wanted sign on the bulletin board, for crying out loud. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unusual names. Doesn’t Prosper mean ‘the lucky one'?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is. So instead I took that, one of Carlyle’s caps with his name in it, and a photograph of him and two teammates, wrapped it all up tight, and stashed ’em somewhere safe.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I grab the brain model and angrily peel back layer after layer on my own, the complicated names sticking on my tongue as I practice them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The document revealed that in the early 1930s, the Gestapo had ordered the arrest of a young scientist named Klaus Fuchs because he was a member of the Communist Party. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you give me your name?” he asked, as he took a cup of wine from her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to tell you my name, or am I supposed to come up with something clever?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“When the missionaries first came, they didn’t think Igbo names were good enough. They insisted that people take English names to be baptized. Shouldn’t we be moving ahead?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Big Creek High School sat on the outskirts of War beside the river that gave the district its name. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Please," Sansa said, "I only meant ... it would be ill luck, Your Grace ... to, to kill a man on your name day." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Where’d you get a name like yours? White people name Negroes like race horses.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would be her basket name or pet name, and would be used until she grew older. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t remember the name of the place, but it was halfway down Port Meadow towards the south. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“How interesting. I have my servant here. His name is, amusingly enough, Logi. Would you like an eating competition with him?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes to utter Papa Legba’s name for help because I recognize that voice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I have named the boy Caleb,” he announced to her finally in a soft voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He writes a name and address on a piece of paper and hands it to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Question one: Why did the Prophet Muhammad’s mother choose his name for him? Why did the mother choose his name? The Prophet’s name? Why?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They dashed from hotel to hotel, scanning the list of names in the registration book and looking for the name "Nicholas." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Do you remember the name of the teacher who was killed at the middle school? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her his name was Paul Farmer, from Florida, and he’d come to Haiti for his own anthropology work, among other things. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia isn’t her real name, but she wasn’t a fan of the name McKenna, and she’s even less a fan of her mom. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A woman named Bess cleans the house and does the washing once a week. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was thinking the same thing I was thinking when I first heard her name—who would name their child Love? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Your silence let her make a confession in your name. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl named Maya and I recently found out that we’re biological sisters. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The authorities discovered among the man's possessions a name that they believe is his. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You get ones with names of universities,’ I remembered. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a show that was created even before I was born, about a really old, really expensive lawyer named Matlock who solved criminal cases for a ton of money. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“This time he didn’t ask why he has my name, he asked if he has my name because his father did not love him.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had taken the alias David Motsamayi, the name of one of my former clients. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She uses his real name, which happens to be my last name. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Apollo gazed into the air, as if envisioning his name on a marquee. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I decided just tonight that I was going to name my first son after you, Dad. Isn’t that a tremendous honor. Aren’t you pleased beyond words. I’m going to call him Taurus or El Toro.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, you’ll have to wait for a name on this one. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ansley’s tongue drove into his ear; she whispered his name, then screamed his name as he bit into her phantom shoulder. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five names in each category don’t appear at all in the other category’s top twenty. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The names, though peculiar, were the easiest because she remembered them well from Betsy’s reading. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was advised that the name Rocinante painted on the side of my truck in sixteenth-century Spanish script would cause curiosity and inquiry in some places. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the two others whose names I thought silently—Miriam and Aaron. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I say, realizing I haven’t called her directly by her name yet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I trained a fellow maybe ten years back, what was his name ... ?” He tapped his head for a moment, then shrugged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally she said, “Crenshaw would be a good name for a cat, I think.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I thought for a second to see if the name rang a bell. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She moved the boy from the lonely list in her head and logged him below Martin and Ethel, even though she did not know his name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

No one's near, so I say, "I got in, and I printed out a long list of names. Can I put it in your backpack?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was too long a pause after he said my name. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was swept into the large room and introduced by my new name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some wanted a fancy name that would touch all the high spots, Revolutionary Party of Dominican Integrity. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the attendant—maybe her name was Gertrude—realized I was just going to be in the way. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I have never heard my father’s name spoken aloud by Madoc before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the dark he did not need a name, so it was easy to forget. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But instead of waiting my turn to use any of these toys, I took my frustrations out on a younger girl who was also named Ashlee. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"I saw your name on a fight poster up in the gym." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In September 1965, a white landlord named Abe Greenberg bought more than a score of properties in East Durham and promptly raised rents, although he had not made any improvements to the dilapidated houses. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A roar went up in the arena as the name of the highest scoring junior gymnast lit the screen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could hear Mrs. G call my name, but I pretended not to hear and just kept walking to the other side of the cafeteria, behind the lunch counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I watch Philadelphia and then so many towns I can’t name pass by my reflection in the window. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I don’t really know how to pronounce these names.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jutta makes a log to match a scale that Werner draws on the tuning coil, carefully spelling the name of each city they manage to receive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He told me the name of his hotel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The one Leo saw in his dream? What was her name?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The name given me by my mother was, “Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joey repeated the name, like he was writing it down. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is Charlie,” I said, and a greasy-haired boy in the front of the class let out a sputtering laugh. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They forget all about the bad girl named Virginia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a branch of a competing Klan group, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, led by a former member of the UKA Klavern, a saturnine housepainter named Lloyd Jacobs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many people assume that naming trends are driven by celebrities. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When my mother came across an unusual one, she would give an “Oh” of joy and tell me its name: daphne, wild heliotrope, pink orchid. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men squint at one another in a way that lets me know I shouldn’t have mentioned that name. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire could hear her murmuring the names—white willow, nettle, meadowsweet, goldenseal—and knew she was pondering what combinations to create. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“In the name of the Republic of ChaCha, we —” The curtains parted with a sudden arrival. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I need to know somebody, at least somebody’s name. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting next to a Fulani fellow by the name of Jalloh, who said he had lived in Freetown. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"When you named me to command the Watch, you told me you wanted plain truth, always." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They ran over to join the group of boys and saw that they had surrounded a bird and were throwing stones at it and calling it names. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It sounded lovely, the name of that Ghanaian town, and she imagined a sleepy cluster of homes on stretches of sweet-scented grasslands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘What was her name? And how come she—a poor sewing woman—was so well learned?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a name is Bod?” she asked. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We occupied the top floor, under the name of Glimmer & Company. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy black volume, amateurishly bound, with no name or title on the cover. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“When you come back you can name your salary,” he said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At age seven I’d taken this statement literally, but the headmistress in the picture was smoking a pipe, and her name was Peregrine, a kind of hawk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The teacher told him that a Jew was not allowed to have a Polish first name. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The first name on the list was Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the name of my hamster, and I was used to saying it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Where did you get such a funny name?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Christian mystics devoted much energy to deciphering the number 666, said by John the Apostle to designate the name of the Beast of the Apocalypse, the Antichrist. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were like supposed to say, ‘Excuse me, can I have your first name and last name?’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

"A pleasure to meet you," I murmur, while trying to figure out why the name sounds familiar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jon named all the birds and flew the prairie falcon from one end of the auditorium to the other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Fuzzy Bandits carried in an old turtle named Crag, who was in the worst shape of all. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They named him Timothy and buried him in a marked grave beside their small camper home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we’ll let him keep his name. Even a prince”— this in her most Terabithian voice—“even a prince may be a fool.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The tests complete, I was given the name of a Dr. Holiday and told that I must see her, at Bellevue, the following week. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

People said that he had come, already named, as a new one some years before, and had brought with him what he knew about trading from the place he had left. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

At the people, too, who have names to be learned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a planet in Sector Twenty-one named Syrinx. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She whispered her names to her pillow, and when she was done she added, “Valor morghulis,” in a small soft voice, wondering what it meant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No school could have more than one of its actors named. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After Stanley taught Zero the final six letters of the alphabet, he taught him to write his name. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Some doors were labeled with store names, others with numbers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the platform they walk from compartment to compartment, looking for their four names on the passenger list pasted to the outside wall of the train. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, you are trespassing on private property. Now are you gonna tell me your name?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally broke into the stand of trees, he called out Toby’s name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The names were familiar, but I had heard so many names in the last week, and I couldn’t match “Paul” and “Marya” with faces. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then she who has such a happy name speaks to me in a despairing voice: “But, Ruthie, I have to admit, the world can be a frightening place sometimes.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The narrator, he found upon reading the first sentence, bore his own name— Ishmael. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even know that was your name! I didn’t even know you when I recorded the song!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Bureau’s Garden City representative, and the agent responsible for a sizable portion of western Kansas, is a lean and handsome fourth- generation Kansan of forty-seven named Alvin Adams Dewey. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still there’s seldom less than a score round the Boss, as they names him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He wrote in the new name he wished to adopt, then signed the form with his old signature. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama did not say that was a good name for a writer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of its name was terrible, and none could speak it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He listened to the music, detecting two popular songs which he particularly disliked, and scrutinized the credits closely to find any names of performers who normally nauseated him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Jenkins seems a little irked at being called by his first name, but he doesn’t say anything. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I keep his name to myself, just in case. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But tell Mr. Falk to come in next time, or send me the names of the books he wants. I don’t know what he wants to read.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could have written to Jackson to say, “Guess what? I forgot your last name.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I say my own name, which is really embarrassing for some reason. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If you look closely at them, you’ll notice that they aren’t really signs at all, but lists of names highlighted in neon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I added that my bologna had a second name. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It sounds like a question, as though he is not entirely sure that it is indeed his name. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The men's names were Miles and Cecil, and they knew all the words to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Dancing Queen,” and every song from West Side Story. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Just at the mention of his name, a smile spread across my face. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

So, to borrow a passage from Sense and Sensibility: “You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fletcher’s lies collapsed immediately—one of those weak religious specimens—and he relinquished the name of his associate on the railroad, a man named Lumbly. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Today, no scientist would dream of publishing a person’s name with any of their genetic information, because we know how much can be deduced from DNA, including the risks of developing certain diseases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She asks my name, and when I tell her, she hoots “Barbara Bush!” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and his partners own two other restaurants with the same name farther up Madison Avenue, but they have never replicated the high- end appeal of the original. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s Tuesday, silly. Squash day. Why is squash the only vegetable that has a game named after it?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“She is mine\\ That is why I named her Myna.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This,” Flora said to the squirrel, "is the little shepherdess. Her name is Mary Ann. Unfortunately, she lives here, too." Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Jack asked me yesterday. What name will I use?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people said it’s named Turtle because it used to be filled with regular turtles. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her one of the firm’s cards with his full name, Benjamin Franklin Blake, written in the corner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its developer was Ernest Lawrence, who had shared his boyhood fascination with electric gadgetry with Merle Tuve, his schoolmate and friend from across the street in a compact South Dakota town named Canton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mayor Harrison too believed he was in love, with a New Orleans woman named Annie Howard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted to honor them all, but couldn’t go on saying their names. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jews, as such, until I got to high school, were all incarcerated in the Old Testament, and their names were Abraham, Moses, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Job, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I liked to mention that I was the great-great-granddaughter of a slave named Jim Robinson, who was probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere on a South Carolina plantation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know some of those other names. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That must be where they got their name. Evidently they took it when they left the plantation. That’s the only thing I can figure.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was this kid at church named Skinny who picked on me. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Your family name is long enough for a song?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I hear it in my mind and place the name carefully to her face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The Edgars were attacked inside the county line, and the—” I catch myself before letting the Spencers’ name slip. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Everyone will know their names, thanks to you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He is a demolition expert and the Barracks was the local name for Barrington Heights, the tallest tower block in our South London borough. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stage name would be Dimple the Dazzling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I used your name but told them to take the gold from my own Gringotts vault. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She did know that for many generations on her mother’s side, every first child who was a girl had been named Petra. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

About that time, over in Logan, a woman named Terryl Warner pulled up in a blue minivan outside a gymnastics center called Air- Bound. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On October 31, John Mitchell, Nixon’s campaign manager, picked up the phone and called a woman named Anna Chennault. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then she names one more crime, my latest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I signed the name Bryce Lynch, then verified my signature with a retinal scan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I named the small town at the base of the Bighorns, near where the Penrose Trail comes out, or down and out. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It occur to either of you that maybe the guy doesn’t want his friend’s name dragged through the mud any more than you do?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She logged the names of vipers, salamanders, rare frogs, tiny snakes native only to faraway islands. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until years later that Ivy realized Taryn’s dad had been a swimmer in college and had taught her the names of all the swimming strokes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I see my mother sinking into a river, and she keeps calling my name.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Polly glanced at the girl who insisted her name was Amari and saw that her thoughts were far from this warm kitchen as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men were frequently identified by their occupation rather than by their last name. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In 1904, Bigheart sent a zealous young lawyer named John Palmer across the country “to keep his finger on the Washington pulse.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t... it — it can’t be you. “Who put your name in the Goblet of Fire, under the name of a different school? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mens names were given to fighters and women’s to bombers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might as well have asked them to name the atomic numbers of all the inert gases. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But they have different birth dates. Also, one has a different name.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Because whoever wrote the note didn’t sign her name. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Jack searched until dark, going in and out of barracks, calling Moniek’s name, but he could not find him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A fine old Limerick name you have there. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

No Upper Middler, which was the name for our class in the Devon School, had ever tried. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pity, he thought, as he signed his name. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Horned Serpent gives its name to one of the houses of Ilvermorny. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it all the attention I’m getting? Because my life would be a lot less complicated if nobody knew my name.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“What kind of rap name is Two Train anyway?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even the sketchy guys who hung out in front of the corner liquor store lit up when they spotted Craig, calling his name and high-fiving him as we passed by. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had remembered the name on the wagon and looked up the address of the vending firm. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked across the room to see who’d shouted my name. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had grown up believing that priests could tell whether someone was telling the truth or not, but Father Stylianopoulos had only nodded and written their names into the church register. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Briony wanted her to say his name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The name Green Lake was a cruel joke. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, that was the name your mother said.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

My memory passed me the Gypsy kid's name. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Both of these people would, years later, know and admire Harriet Ross, though they would know her by a different name. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he had to do, he figured, was name such an outrageous sum that De Young could not possibly accept it, “and as I walked down the street I decided what it would be.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That guy’s name is Leo. And it’s been seventy-something years. It has to be a...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was a white man named Philip Johnson who was the son of a white trader on the reservation and so he could speak “Trader Navajo.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter explains that the organization is trying to deliver items to next of kin of dead soldiers whose names have been lost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When people heard my name, they thought, Don’t try this at home! not gifted. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

And after each poet goes up, who are all just okay, the man finally calls my name. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

So are any other notes in other octaves that have the same name as 1, 3, or 5. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z