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The Princess Bride by William GoldmanCallahan's Lady by Spider RobinsonAs You Wish by Cary ElwesThe Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank BaumLady Slings the Booze by Spider Robinson
Royal and Noble Females in Titles
712 books — 46 voters
The High King by Lloyd AlexanderKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Emperor of Ice-Cream and Other Poems by Wallace StevensThe Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont
Lords, Dukes, Earls and Sirs in the Title
879 books — 54 voters

The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill WattersonSoonish by Kelly Weinersmith10 Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed by Richard RoeperThe History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs by Greil MarcusFactfulness by Hans Rosling
Ten Is Terrific
533 books — 33 voters
The Eight by Katherine NevilleRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyWe Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi CoatesEight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture by Burt FeintuchEight Men Out by Eliot Asinof
Eight Is Great
441 books — 33 voters

We Make the Road by Walking by Myles HortonActs of Contortion by Anna George MeekRadical Presence by Mary Rose O'ReilleyConjectures of a Guilty Bystander by Thomas MertonLower Ed by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Spine-"Con"-Carny
137 books — 3 voters
Do Good Design by David B. BermanThe Humane Interface by Jef Raskin
UX books
82 books — 140 voters

The Big Bankroll by Leo KatcherLeo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
When the Moon Is in the Seventh House ...
94 books — 29 voters
It by Stephen KingJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonQuicksilver by Neal StephensonThe System of the World by Neal Stephenson
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,494 voters

The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'NeillSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Making of Major League by Jonathan KnightComedy by Robert W. CorriganThe Divine Comedy, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
Becomedy Overcomet
199 books — 4 voters
Space Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteMinding Bodies by Susan HrachHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlySavage Park by Amy FusselmanHamlet on the Holodeck by Janet H. Murray
The Only Country Western Troubadour In "Space"
314 books — 8 voters

Auntie Mame by Jerome LawrenceCharley's Aunt by Brandon ThomasAuntie Mame by Patrick DennisAunts Aren't Gentlemen by P.G. WodehouseUncle Shelby's ABZ Book by Shel Silverstein
Aunts and Uncles
502 books — 41 voters
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark HelprinAfter Every War by Eavan BolandThe Food of a Younger Land by Mark KurlanskyThe Peaceable Classroom by Mary Rose O'ReilleyA Separate Peace by John Knowles
War and Peace
629 books — 31 voters

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonLove Is a Mix Tape by Rob SheffieldRadical Hope by Kevin M. GannonBreaker Boys by Jan KubickiAgainst Love Poetry by Eavan Boland
Seven Virtues
519 books — 22 voters
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichWeirdos from Another Planet! by Bill WattersonPrayers from the Ark and The Creatures' Choir by Carmen Bernos de GasztoldNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonCooking from the Heart by Michael J. Rosen
Until You Can't Tell Right "From" Wrong
898 books — 20 voters

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonNew York 2140 by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiThe Third Reconstruction by William J. Barber IIInfomocracy by Malka Ann Older
Visions of the Future of Society
52 books — 45 voters
Ireland’s Green Larder by Margaret HickeyThe Year of Drinking Adventurously by Jeff Cioletti
Into the "Drink"
204 books — 18 voters

The Master Switch by Tim WuHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
'"Rise" And "Fall"'
214 books — 12 voters
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana ZuboffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyA Fistful of Fig Newtons by Jean ShepherdThe Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro) by Lorenzo Da PonteStreetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan
Fig'ments
314 books — 7 voters

Rumpole and the Golden Thread by John MortimerThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
"Golden" Fever
749 books — 36 voters
BakeWise by Shirley O. CorriherI'm Just Here for More Food by Alton Brown
Best Breadmaking Books Ever
139 books — 62 voters

This I Believe by Jay AllisonSilent Night by Stanley WeintraubSome Remarks by Neal Stephenson
The "Remarkably" Vague Historian
81 books — 5 voters
The Bob's Burgers Burger Book by Loren BouchardSmokelore by Jim AuchmuteyOn Food and Cooking by Harold McGeeThe Foxfire Book by Eliot Wigginton
"Lore" Galore
448 books — 17 voters

Myth-ing Persons by Robert Lynn AsprinTeaching Machines by Audrey WattersLurking by Joanne McNeilDiscussion in the College Classroom by Jay R. HowardThe Black Friend by Frederick Joseph
How To Eat "Personality" Tests... And Why You Should...
299 books — 8 voters
Exploring Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
A "Catalog" Of Bumps On Frogs
99 books — 8 voters

Blur by Bill KovachPublish This Book by Stephen MarkleyThe Truth by Terry PratchettI Never Met a Story I Didn't Like by Todd SniderThe Truly Diverse Faculty by Stephanie A. Fryberg
Sincerely, The Trooth
249 books — 10 voters
A People's Future of the United States by Victor LaValleThe University and the People by Scott M. GelberThe System of Professions by Andrew AbbottFour Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry ManderThe Third Reconstruction by William J. Barber II
50/50 Hindsight ("Vision" In Titles)
314 books — 8 voters

Beyond Fear by Bruce SchneierBaseball as a Road to God by John SextonBeyond the University by Michael S. Roth
Looky Yonder
379 books — 11 voters
Breaker Boys by Jan KubickiBold as Love by Gwyneth JonesFables, Vol. 3 by Bill WillinghamFrom Russia with Love by Ian FlemingMust Love Dogs by Claire Cook
Books with Love in the title.
314 books — 20 voters