Have you read … All's Well that Ends Well? (War and Peace): on disastrous first titles

Titles are hard, without a doubt, and a good title can make a book (or, at the least, catch an agent's or editor's eye).


Consider this list at The Penguin Press. 


Would Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American Family have been as successful as Before This Anger


What about Stephen Crane's original title for The Red Badge of Courage: Private Fleming, His Various Battles?


Which from the list do you think are the most disastrous?  


 

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Published on December 12, 2011 10:03
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