Most Poetic Book Titles

Silly and funny titles are way cool, but this list is for titles that are beautiful. Even if the book itself is not so hot (or you haven't read it!), the title is memorable.

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1	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.11 avg rating — 429,849 ratings score: 21,228, and 219 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.11 avg rating — 914,696 ratings score: 15,523, and 163 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,433,687 ratings score: 13,388, and 140 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 105,574 ratings score: 11,294, and 119 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 412,012 ratings score: 10,311, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.27 avg rating — 5,712,434 ratings score: 10,261, and 108 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.98 avg rating — 281,206 ratings score: 8,159, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.04 avg rating — 90,914 ratings score: 8,137, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 4.28 avg rating — 1,219,576 ratings score: 7,468, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 4,782,207 ratings score: 6,909, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 3.98 avg rating — 297,943 ratings score: 6,692, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 4.22 avg rating — 1,666,111 ratings score: 6,596, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2) by Ray Bradbury 3.92 avg rating — 122,993 ratings score: 6,350, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.30 avg rating — 1,180,563 ratings score: 6,311, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 176,338 ratings score: 6,113, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 3.92 avg rating — 258,325 ratings score: 5,899, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 421,378 ratings score: 5,819, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 276,128 ratings score: 5,701, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.97 avg rating — 325,685 ratings score: 5,646, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.23 avg rating — 64,126 ratings score: 5,609, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,689,816 ratings score: 5,321, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 4.09 avg rating — 422,176 ratings score: 5,306, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.24 avg rating — 19,926 ratings score: 5,005, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster 3.60 avg rating — 15,275 ratings score: 4,984, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.93 avg rating — 481,551 ratings score: 4,943, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.05 avg rating — 430,036 ratings score: 4,925, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 632,173 ratings score: 4,669, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.40 avg rating — 505,990 ratings score: 4,599, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 866,468 ratings score: 4,580, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) by Thomas Harris 4.24 avg rating — 529,622 ratings score: 4,256, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.28 avg rating — 503,549 ratings score: 4,240, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.29 avg rating — 592,207 ratings score: 4,187, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,455,115 ratings score: 4,170, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 4.16 avg rating — 125,791 ratings score: 3,991, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 3.85 avg rating — 182,322 ratings score: 3,922, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,748,738 ratings score: 3,858, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 175,479 ratings score: 3,795, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4.14 avg rating — 180,209 ratings score: 3,788, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 487,763 ratings score: 3,779, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 683,276 ratings score: 3,662, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.96 avg rating — 146,242 ratings score: 3,649, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 284,328 ratings score: 3,590, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,415,883 ratings score: 3,556, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima 3.87 avg rating — 35,288 ratings score: 3,356, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,233 ratings score: 3,302, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.71 avg rating — 159,118 ratings score: 3,291, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.72 avg rating — 350,075 ratings score: 3,256, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 206,406 ratings score: 3,116, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.91 avg rating — 72,677 ratings score: 3,072, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.13 avg rating — 348,968 ratings score: 3,050, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.09 avg rating — 163,204 ratings score: 3,009, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 501,358 ratings score: 3,003, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 706,701 ratings score: 2,804, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.79 avg rating — 130,202 ratings score: 2,674, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida 3.62 avg rating — 4,827 ratings score: 2,664, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 306,117 ratings score: 2,577, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 99,199 ratings score: 2,510, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan 3.69 avg rating — 2,547 ratings score: 2,507, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 3.92 avg rating — 225,114 ratings score: 2,497, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 240,999 ratings score: 2,497, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 4.05 avg rating — 39,757 ratings score: 2,457, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 7,723 ratings score: 2,444, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 3.73 avg rating — 172,256 ratings score: 2,431, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust 4.14 avg rating — 56,662 ratings score: 2,397, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano 3.64 avg rating — 68,357 ratings score: 2,279, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 1,065,200 ratings score: 2,121, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 3.45 avg rating — 51,515 ratings score: 2,097, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,326,098 ratings score: 2,081, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	I Dream of Yellow Kites by Retta Bono (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 70 ratings score: 2,068, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 3.79 avg rating — 176,252 ratings score: 2,034, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3.95 avg rating — 57,271 ratings score: 1,991, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez 3.97 avg rating — 174,809 ratings score: 1,981, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 306,748 ratings score: 1,974, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas 3.94 avg rating — 2,076 ratings score: 1,935, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	From Here to Eternity by James Jones 4.08 avg rating — 17,163 ratings score: 1,922, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.28 avg rating — 3,960,287 ratings score: 1,908, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven 4.03 avg rating — 7,554 ratings score: 1,897, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.90 avg rating — 407,036 ratings score: 1,890, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories by Amy Bloom 3.88 avg rating — 2,796 ratings score: 1,865, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers 3.69 avg rating — 178,602 ratings score: 1,841, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada 4.25 avg rating — 30,077 ratings score: 1,823, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 85,716 ratings score: 1,768, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 219,724 ratings score: 1,738, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick 3.92 avg rating — 39,245 ratings score: 1,727, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Other Side of Silence by Margaret Mahy 3.72 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 1,726, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 3.93 avg rating — 214,504 ratings score: 1,696, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green 3.88 avg rating — 30,924 ratings score: 1,644, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 895,472 ratings score: 1,612, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 668,093 ratings score: 1,585, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber 3.88 avg rating — 42,674 ratings score: 1,550, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) by Douglas Adams 4.04 avg rating — 84,508 ratings score: 1,542, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 30,347 ratings score: 1,536, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,811 ratings score: 1,490, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.84 avg rating — 2,271,943 ratings score: 1,445, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 4.13 avg rating — 54,956 ratings score: 1,444, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.65 avg rating — 70,462 ratings score: 1,441, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 4.02 avg rating — 142,464 ratings score: 1,427, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya 3.68 avg rating — 9,964 ratings score: 1,397, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Dark As the Grave Wherein My Friend Is Laid by Malcolm Lowry 3.75 avg rating — 242 ratings score: 1,349, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	I Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Kim Young-ha 3.27 avg rating — 4,039 ratings score: 1,341, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Brixton (new)

Dec 19, 2010 05:09PM

I like this list. It is the only one I keep returning to when I am reminded of titles I didn't see on list or as such titles randomly occur to me.

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message 2: by Reese (new)

Dec 20, 2010 08:40AM

I'm also enjoying visiting this list now and again. The choices reveal an astonishing diversity of definitions of "poetic."

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 27, 2012 09:33PM

I combined duplicates; hopefully this corrected the problem.

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message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

Apr 03, 2012 11:28PM

Virender wrote: ""Wuthering heights" is not a poetic title."

It sure sounds poetic to me and always has. It evokes gothic images.

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message 5: by jeanie (new)

Apr 29, 2012 05:57PM

How are books "scored"?

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message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 29, 2012 09:45PM

The book you rank first gets a hundred points, the one you rank second, ninety-nine, and so on down through one hundred books.

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message 7: by jeanie (new)

Apr 30, 2012 05:43AM

Ok. Now I see. Thank you.

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message 8: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 30, 2012 10:50AM

No problem.

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message 9: by Dermo (new)

Aug 16, 2012 05:43PM

I wonder who can add to this list. An awful lot of awful on it. Hemingway and Steinbeck are both very good at the poetic titles though.

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message 10: by jeanie (new)

Aug 17, 2012 06:07AM

Anyone can post to it. Perhaps what is poetic to one is not poetic to another? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, afterall.

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message 11: by Antoine (new)

Aug 17, 2012 06:54AM

Dermo wrote: "I wonder who can add to this list. An awful lot of awful on it. Hemingway and Steinbeck are both very good at the poetic titles though."

Remember too that (for this list) it is only how good the titles sound that counts. The book itself could suck eggs, and still be worth including if the title is cool sounding. As for the actual results, well, that's democracy, I guess.

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message 12: by Christie (new)

Jan 24, 2013 03:36PM

I think you've made a lot of great choices here. I have to say though that some are poetic because the titles are taken directly from lines of poems! Not sure how "Jaws" fits though. lol

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message 13: by Dahlia (last edited Feb 05, 2014 10:03AM) (new)

Feb 05, 2014 10:02AM

Some of these titles are quite interesting, some of them truly wonderful; but some of them are just plain silly. I'm surprised to see them on the list.

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message 14: by Julie (new)

Feb 13, 2014 07:19PM

I didn't realize how much I love Alice Walker's titles until I went through my book list to add to your list.

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message 15: by Dana (new)

May 27, 2014 02:31PM

Who put Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin on this list? :( I love Charlie Brown, but someone thinks they're way too funny. But An Artist of the World and If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things are excellent choices. Wow, who knew there were so many definitions of "poetic"?

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message 16: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 29, 2016 10:35PM) (new)

Jul 29, 2016 10:34PM

Sometimes a book can have a beautifully poetic title, like Van de koele meren des Doods, which is completely lost in a translation (Van de koele meren des Doods has been translated as Hedwig's Journey).

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message 17: by Chris (new)

Feb 25, 2019 01:36PM

Catcher in the rye is on there twice - pages 1 and 6.

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message 18: by Chris (new)

Feb 25, 2019 01:38PM

I think that wind-up bird is on there twice too. pages 11 and ?

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message 19: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 26, 2019 01:28AM) (new)

Feb 26, 2019 01:18AM

Chris wrote: "I think that wind-up bird is on there twice too. pages 11 and ?"

Shouldn't be there twice anymore, as I had the system perform a duplicate check (and 13 duplicates were removed...).

As a GR librarian, you could have tried the duplicate check yourself. Did you? And were the books still double on this list?

I checked for a double copy of The Catcher in the Rye (#102), see your previous remark, after the system performed the duplicate check, but it is only there once now.

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message 20: by Chris (new)

Feb 26, 2019 08:36AM

Thanks, my Goodreads time is limited so I only do an "alert" when I see duplications - trying to be helpful. I do the lists that my friend Alice sends me. That's about it. I do appreciate the work that others do, but I have to ration my time. That's because I don't have a home computer. Just those at the local libraries.

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message 21: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 26, 2019 10:34AM

Makes sense. (I do it just about every time I vote or visit a list, but I have the time and a home computer.)

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message 22: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Feb 26, 2019 11:33PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "... I do it just about every time I vote or visit a list ..."

Same here :-)

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message 23: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 27, 2019 10:08AM

I have to remind myself not to if it's a 'cover' list, actually...

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message 24: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Feb 28, 2019 12:14AM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "I have to remind myself not to if it's a 'cover' list, actually..."

Again, same here :-)

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message 25: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Apr 28, 2019 07:18AM

Antoine wrote: "Remember too that (for this list) it is only how good the titles sound that counts. The book itself could suck eggs, and still be worth including if the title is cool sounding. ..."

I so agree... I looked purely at the titles, nothing more.

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message 26: by Jillian (new)

Jan 02, 2020 11:21PM

This is an overall great list, but it has a curious lack of actual poetry books on it. Books of poetry often have the most beautiful, heartstopping, and, well, poetic titles:

Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Incorrect Merciful Impulses by Camille Rankine
Atmospheric Embroidery by Meena Alexander
How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Roisin
How the End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Community Garden for Lonely Girls by Christine shan Shan Hou

Some other books that deserve a mention:
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Wholeness of a Broken Heart by Katie Singer
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

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message 27: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 03, 2020 12:07PM

Then you should definitely vote for those books.

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message 28: by Jillian (new)

Jan 12, 2020 01:27PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Then you should definitely vote for those books."
I'm stupid and didn't realize I could add books to the list lol

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message 29: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 12, 2020 04:37PM

A lot of people don't!

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message 30: by Rebekah (new)

Sep 02, 2022 02:32PM