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Books With the Most Memorable Titles

List of the Month
August 2023 (see all)
Description
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter... The Unbearable Lightness of Being... Very Far Away from Anywhere Else... Sometimes, a title just stands out. Our List of the Month this August is devoted to the most striking, most memorable book titles we have encountered. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Given the subjective nature of the list, please do not downvote titles.
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
40,040 members
730 reviews
4.2
26 Members
tardis, scampus, kaixo, ReshiBec, charl08, abbottthomas, konallis, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, Pathug50, Stewdar, kleh, igorken, kara.shamy, SF_fan_mae, msemmag, barefootsong, JadrankaCuculovic, asiralh, Julie_in_the_Library, DoomLuz, cleed, mombot, Delameyo, valentina_pelli06
Explanations
Delameyo: Who wouldn't want to know how to jettison oneself far away from the troubles of Earth?
4
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
16,668 members
399 reviews
4.1
17 Members
Euryale, charl08, saskia17, CarltonC, Pathug50, sturlington, igorken, Dilara86, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, asiralh, elahrairah, DoomLuz, KaCatte, Luke.w, melorafaelas, margaretirene
Explanations
elahrairah: From the moment I heard of this book I was captivated. What did it mean? I read it expecting magic and wizards and stuff, what I got was a schooling.
5
I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats
by Francesco Marciuliano
1,183 members
55 reviews
½ 3.7
12 Members
laytonwoman3rd, mwdolls, lahochstetler, muumi, masterdeski, ReneeGKC, Bookish59, al.vick, Hope_H, KaCatte, stevejapel73, Fartomic
Explanations
stevejapel73: Well, because cats.
7
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
11,053 members
251 reviews
4
13 Members
puabi, kaixo, CarltonC, katemcangus, AbigailAdams26, NoPlanetB, JadrankaCuculovic, ManWithAnAgenda, Karen74Leigh, Tosta, slimikin, mombot, hikimore
Explanations
NoPlanetB: Here in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still - But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
9
1066 and All That
by W. C. Sellar
2,685 members
52 reviews
4
12 Members
tardis, scampus, anglemark, EerierIdyllMeme, haydninvienna, merrystar, Pathug50, Stewdar, kleh, djriave, Karen74Leigh, margaretirene
11
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
12,946 members
261 reviews
4
11 Members
anglemark, kaixo, lizzy50usa, saskia17, CarltonC, lestrond, susanbooks, Dilara86, msemmag, mombot, Delameyo
Explanations
lestrond: The title is open-ended - as should be the description of any story.
12
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda
by Philip Gourevitch
3,578 members
65 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
Moloch, ReshiBec, Pathug50, AndreasJ, jemmatcf, Hope_H, GrimFiend1977, elahrairah
Explanations
elahrairah: This was the first one I thought of for this list. A title that stabs you in the heart straight away.
13
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
by T. Kingfisher
1,230 members
80 reviews
4.1
8 Members
tardis, charl08, haydninvienna, masterdeski, merrystar, Doey, al.vick, KaCatte
15
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Douglas Adams
12,449 members
122 reviews
3.9
8 Members
tardis, scampus, kaixo, Pathug50, kleh, barefootsong, cleed, slimikin
16
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
3,112 members
152 reviews
3.9
8 Members
Euryale, CarltonC, Milda-TX, Bookish59, vwinsloe, miller.max, Hope_H, cleed
17
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
41,073 members
539 reviews
4.1
8 Members
vallis-salutis, mwdolls, ReshiBec, Cecrow, sturlington, igorken, vwinsloe, Karen74Leigh
Explanations
vallis-salutis: Now a ubiquitous catchphrase.
18
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Stories
by Harlan Ellison
1,860 members
55 reviews
3.8
8 Members
Hope_H, tealadytoo, msemmag, Karen74Leigh, asiralh, DoomLuz, Fartomic, hikimore
19
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
15,249 members
657 reviews
4.2
7 Members
dara85, ReshiBec, spyrunner, Time2Read2, Delameyo, stevejapel73, margaretirene
Explanations
spyrunner: I only read this because of the title.
stevejapel73: Haven't we all had these days?
21
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
81,374 members
1,461 reviews
½ 4.4
8 Members
sturlington, jemmatcf, kara.shamy, Karen74Leigh, Tosta, DoomLuz, valentina_pelli06, margaretirene
22
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
by Arthur Ransome
1,037 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
tardis, scampus, arethusarose, abbottthomas, c_why, bluemama
23
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
19,951 members
355 reviews
4
7 Members
hipdeep, rarm, lahochstetler, sturlington, sqr3cls3, rfl22338, hikimore
24
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
5,439 members
158 reviews
4.2
6 Members
tardis, arethusarose, charl08, muumi, Stewdar, Delameyo
Explanations
muumi: Most of Gerald Durrell's titles are extremely memorable. A Zoo in My Luggage? The Overloaded Ark? This title can stand in for the entire oeuvre of a master title-maker.
Delameyo: This title came across my radar because the author Gerald Durrell not only spent time in Corfu, but also travelled to my native country, Guyana and described the biodiversity and wonder he encountered. It definitely makes me wonder what kind of people did such journeys around the globe, and appreciate his contributions to wildlife conservation.
25
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
17,158 members
283 reviews
4.2
6 Members
Morphidae, ReshiBec, gmathis, jannon, SF_fan_mae, ManWithAnAgenda
26
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
3,696 members
253 reviews
3.8
5 Members
souloftherose, noveltea, DoomLuz, Delameyo, Fartomic
Explanations
Delameyo: Last name is similar to mine. Young African female author talking about a sensitive, yet poignant relationship in an unexpectedly sardonic way. And the cover!
27
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
by Benjamin Stevenson
1,666 members
80 reviews
3.8
5 Members
souloftherose, Bookish59, olegalCA, Hope_H, RaeCreated
28
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace
4,956 members
74 reviews
4.1
5 Members
cpg, muumi, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, Karen74Leigh
29
Just One Damned Thing After Another
by Jodi Taylor
2,201 members
159 reviews
3.8
6 Members
tardis, Morphidae, ReshiBec, amanda4242, igorken, stevejapel73
30
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
23,024 members
277 reviews
4
5 Members
haydninvienna, CarltonC, katemcangus, AbigailAdams26, cleed
31
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
9,220 members
195 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Morphidae, Hope_H, Karen74Leigh, Tosta, Kathaleen
32
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
by Bill Watterson
4,424 members
25 reviews
½ 4.6
5 Members
charl08, merrystar, Pathug50, al.vick, GrimFiend1977
33
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
by Joan Didion
4,378 members
88 reviews
4.1
5 Members
charl08, abbottthomas, CarltonC, katemcangus, stevejapel73
34
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
41,252 members
991 reviews
4
5 Members
scampus, jannon, tshorrom, KaCatte, stevejapel73
35
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
by Mike Brown
812 members
36 reviews
4.1
4 Members
muumi, raidergirl3, Time2Read2, Hope_H
36
1984
by George Orwell
84,891 members
1,298 reviews
4.2
5 Members
ReshiBec, Cecrow, sturlington, velvetdex, valentina_pelli06
37
Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch
by Rivka Galchen
634 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
rarm, miller.max, kara.shamy, Tosta
38
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
23,612 members
337 reviews
3.8
4 Members
tina1969, Karen74Leigh, DoomLuz, Luke.w
39
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by Charles Yu
2,341 members
140 reviews
½ 3.4
4 Members
karenb, ReneeGKC, asiralh, KeithChaffee
40
The Celery Stalks at Midnight
by James Howe
2,452 members
22 reviews
3.8
4 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, muumi, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
muumi: I've always liked this title. Not enough to read a children's book about vegetarian vampire bunnies, but enough to smile about it.
41
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
8,609 members
727 reviews
3.8
4 Members
muumi, VenusofUrbino, ReneeGKC, hikimore
42
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
24,773 members
301 reviews
4.1
4 Members
mwdolls, tshorrom, mombot, Delameyo
43
Get Off the Unicorn
by Anne McCaffrey
2,284 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
Morphidae, muumi, masterdeski, SF_fan_mae
Explanations
muumi: This one is not just an unusual title, it's a hilarious editorial mistake. McCaffrey wanted "Get OF", ie progeny of ,"the Unicorn" and it got stupidly changed -- and it made her laugh and agree to keep it because it's funny in its own right.
44
If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him
by Sharyn McCrumb
794 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
tardis, dara85, Time2Read2, Hope_H
45
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
by Caitlin Doughty
1,230 members
51 reviews
4
3 Members
VivienneR, LibraryCin, Hope_H
46
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
11,490 members
298 reviews
4
4 Members
abbottthomas, katemcangus, kara.shamy, DoomLuz
47
Ella Minnow Pea
by Mark Dunn
4,094 members
263 reviews
3.9
4 Members
Morphidae, VenusofUrbino, msjudy, cleed
48
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
6,058 members
380 reviews
4.1
3 Members
biscuits, msjudy, barefootsong
49
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
5,998 members
316 reviews
4.2
4 Members
mwdolls, katemcangus, Tess_W, kara.shamy
50
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
8,773 members
438 reviews
4.1
3 Members
lahochstetler, konallis, sturlington
51
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
12,040 members
810 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
VenusofUrbino, Tosta, Eavans
52
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
by Becky Chambers
2,721 members
144 reviews
4.2
3 Members
Morphidae, saskia17, barefootsong
53
Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
1,094 members
36 reviews
3.8
4 Members
noveltea, SF_fan_mae, ManWithAnAgenda, cleed
54
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
by Samuel R. Delany
1,421 members
22 reviews
4
3 Members
karenb, paradoxosalpha, amanda4242
Explanations
paradoxosalpha: Who couldn't love this title?
55
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
3,907 members
56 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
kaixo, EMS_24, bluemama
57
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
19,604 members
192 reviews
3.9
3 Members
RBeffa, jemmatcf, rfl22338
58
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
by Louise Erdrich
2,042 members
65 reviews
4.1
3 Members
mwdolls, perennialreader, msjudy
59
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
18,366 members
374 reviews
4.2
3 Members
miller.max, NoPlanetB, mombot
Explanations
NoPlanetB: “Anyway Mr Wind-Up Bird, did you notice that the ladder’s gone?”
60
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories
by Mariana Enríquez
733 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
Yuki-Onna, sqr3cls3, DoomLuz
61
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
16,766 members
474 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Moloch, dale01, mombot
62
Leaf by Niggle
by J. R. R. Tolkien
245 members
5 reviews
4.2
3 Members
scampus, saskia17, stevejapel73
63
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse
by Charlie Mackesy
3,778 members
138 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
perennialreader, Luke.w, Kathaleen
64
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
by Diana Gabaldon
1,776 members
35 reviews
4.2
3 Members
rarm, Tess_W, cleed
65
The Man Who Was Thursday
by G. K. Chesterton
7,295 members
172 reviews
3.8
3 Members
bjappleg8, konallis, mombot
66
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
9,467 members
557 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Micheller7, olegalCA, Tosta
67
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers
2,419 members
30 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
cpg, Micheller7, mombot
68
Books Do Furnish a Room
by Anthony Powell
443 members
13 reviews
3.9
3 Members
charl08, abbottthomas, Time2Read2
69
Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel
12,250 members
260 reviews
3.8
3 Members
mldg, jemmatcf, Delameyo
70
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima
3,176 members
60 reviews
3.8
3 Members
rarm, amanda4242, Michael.Rimmer
71
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad
by Minister Faust
261 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
tardis, karenb, KeithChaffee
72
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
21,976 members
486 reviews
3.9
3 Members
jemmatcf, NoPlanetB, kara.shamy
73
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
18,262 members
441 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
vallis-salutis, dewasus1, mombot
Explanations
vallis-salutis: Title and author together make for an intriguing combination.
74
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
48,040 members
790 reviews
4.1
3 Members
scampus, dewasus1, jannon
75
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
6,683 members
306 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
EMS_24, ReneeGKC, katemcangus
Explanations
EMS_24: I have no idea what the book is about, but the title has always been intriguing to me
76
The Eagle of the Ninth
by Rosemary Sutcliff
3,305 members
65 reviews
4
3 Members
jannon, konallis, ahef1963
77
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
by Jason Pargin
306 members
10 reviews
3.9
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, olegalCA
Explanations
paradoxosalpha: Um, well, don't you think so?
78
Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
by Bill Watterson
4,210 members
21 reviews
½ 4.6
3 Members
cpg, Time2Read2, ManWithAnAgenda
79
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien
57,041 members
500 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
scampus, kleo, kara.shamy
80
Of Human Bondage
by W. Somerset Maugham
8,721 members
151 reviews
4.1
3 Members
charl08, jemmatcf, Tess_W
81
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
83,857 members
1,390 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, susanbooks
82
In Search of Lost Time
by Marcel Proust
4,061 members
43 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
ReneeGKC, susanbooks
83
I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy
3,720 members
120 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
sqr3cls3, velvetdex
84
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
11,823 members
202 reviews
4
3 Members
susanbooks, rhbouchard, Tess_W
Explanations
rhbouchard: This has to be among the top ten. We all have experienced a "Madding Crowd".
85
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
25,725 members
479 reviews
4.2
2 Members
konallis, velvetdex
87
The Lady's Not for Burning
by Christopher Fry
465 members
7 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
haydninvienna, merrystar
88
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
by Amos Tutuola
271 members
7 reviews
3.8
2 Members
rarm, Michael.Rimmer
89
Once Is Not Enough
by Jacqueline Susann
482 members
5 reviews
3.2
2 Members
mwdolls, Tess_W
90
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
28,625 members
415 reviews
4
2 Members
rhbouchard, rfl22338
Explanations
rhbouchard: Well, no better interesting title.
91
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
by Erik Larson
8,045 members
347 reviews
3.8
2 Members
tommi180744, kara.shamy
92
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
9,762 members
186 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, mwdolls
93
Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze!
by Patricia Thomas
1,063 members
21 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
VenusofUrbino, al.vick
94
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
by Maureen Johnson
463 members
29 reviews
3.9
2 Members
saskia17, noveltea
95
It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It
by Robert Fulghum
1,776 members
10 reviews
3.9
2 Members
gmathis, stevejapel73
96
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch
1,172 members
48 reviews
4
2 Members
jemmatcf, noveltea
97
Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
5,083 members
122 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
kleo, RBeffa
98
Bring on the Empty Horses
by David Niven
711 members
8 reviews
3.8
2 Members
abbottthomas, dewasus1
100
A Cat's Guide to Bonding with Dragons
by Chris Behrsin
37 members
2 reviews
3
2 Members
masterdeski, al.vick