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Viciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterHeretical Fishing by Haylock JobsonBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeThe Three Witches and the Master by Max NowazA Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes
All Sorts Favourites
1,518 books — 1,285 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellUlysses by James JoyceMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
560 books — 544 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone Girl by Gillian FlynnDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Books of Secrets
239 books — 125 voters
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books that Love Words
93 books — 117 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
52 Book Club 2025: #36 - Final Sentence Is Less Than 6 Words Long
175 books — 105 voters
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William JoyceThe Library by Sarah StewartThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneLibrary Lion by Michelle KnudsenThe Right Word by Jen Bryant
Picture Books for the Bookish
437 books — 101 voters

The Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Best Titles Ever
305 books — 92 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters

Divergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerTalented by Sophie DavisLegend by Marie Lu
Single Word Titles
844 books — 76 voters
Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah MorgenthalerMistletoe Mobster by Cassie MintTangled in Tinsel by Trilina PucciThe Mistletoe Motive by Chloe LieseSanta, Sunrises, & Suspicions by Tonya Kappes
Holiday Themed Alliteration in the Title
978 books — 76 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithLady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. LawrenceLady Susan by Jane AustenLady of Quality by Georgette HeyerMy Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand
"Ladies" in the Title
1,095 books — 65 voters
A Twist in the Tale by Trudie CollinsTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Ride by Kostya KennedyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Two Word Titles
497 books — 48 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnimal Farm by George OrwellWatership Down by Richard Adams
With these two words.
975 books — 45 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Dark, Darker, Darkest
1,170 books — 45 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Black and White
874 books — 41 voters
The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher by E.M. AndersonA Ruin of Roses by K.F. BreeneRage and Ruin by Jennifer L. ArmentroutRogues of Regalia by Ruby VincentRules and Roses by Heather Long
'R' Alliteration in the Title
220 books — 37 voters

Emma by Jane AustenDune by Frank HerbertKate by Tate JamesFake by Tate JamesLiar by Tate James
It is a four letter word......
342 books — 36 voters
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid KemmererKingdom of the Cursed by Kerri ManiscalcoStorm Cursed by Patricia BriggsThe Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa BroadbentCursed Prince by C.N. Crawford
"Curse" or "Cursed" in the Title
320 books — 36 voters

The Wicked King by Holly BlackKings of Anarchy by Caroline PeckhamA Deal with the Elf King by Elise KovaBound to the Dark Elf King by Jessica GraysonBride of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes
Romance Novels with King in the Title
255 books — 35 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierThe Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly BlackThe Romance of the Forest by Ann RadcliffeThe Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
"Forest" in the Title
439 books — 33 voters

Black Beauty by Anna SewellMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisMorality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall SmithAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotOf Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
Beauty in the title
442 books — 30 voters
Pet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeAccomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary by Vivian CookEveryone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun
Deliberately Misspelt Titles
168 books — 27 voters

Her Rock Star Mountain Man by Ella BraemeRamona and Her Father by Beverly ClearyHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoMonster, She Wrote by Lisa KrögerButting Heads With Her Mountain Man by Ella Braeme
She Her or Hers in the title
260 books — 25 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanSuperfudge by Judy BlumeGreenwitch by Susan CooperStargirl by Jerry SpinelliEventown by Corey Ann Haydu
Two Words Into One
378 books — 23 voters

Words are our Sorcery by Karl WigginsBandersnatch by Diana Pavlac GlyerThe Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation by Jane StrausWrede on Writing by Patricia C. WredeThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Books about Words
127 books — 22 voters
Peter Pan by J.M. BarrieCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteBlack Beauty by Anna SewellOn Cue by Cristy WatsonEnder's Game by Orson Scott Card
With these two words - Part Two
731 books — 22 voters

Scandal in Spring by Lisa KleypasDo You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa DareEleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLeanScandal's Bride by Stephanie LaurensLove and Other Scandals by Caroline Linden
Romance Novels with the Word "Scandal" in the Title
83 books — 18 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyDubliners by James JoyceVoices by Ursula K. Le GuinCousins by Patricia GracePowers by Ursula K. Le Guin
One word, pluralized
158 books — 12 voters

Kept by the Mountain Man by Gemma WeirTaken By The Dragon by Jessica GraysonStalked by the Billionaire by Emma BrayProtected by the Wolf Prince by Jessica GraysonOwned by the Mountain Man by Gemma Weir
_____ by the _____
183 books — 11 voters
Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth EulbergThe Empty Glass by J.I. BakerMy Hundred Lovers by Susan JohnsonNaked Came the Stranger by Penelope AsheThe Prophet Murders by Mehmet Murat Somer
Written in Lipstick
35 books — 5 voters

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