Poll

Two of the books have alternate titles - Look to the Lady is aka The Gyrth Chalice Mystery and the original title of A Christmas Party is Envious Casca.

Just remembered a third book in the poll also has another title! Sorry, this slipped my mind. The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie is aka Murder at Hazelmoor.

Judy wrote: "Two of the books have alternate titles - Look to the Lady is aka The Gyrth Chalice Mystery and the original title of A Christmas Party is ..."

I hate it when publishers change the titles of books! I know that this is a long-standing practice in the U.S. but it still irks me.

I find it annoying too - always a risk of buying the same book twice!

Judy wrote: "I find it annoying too - always a risk of buying the same book twice!"

And I can't count the number of times I came home with library books which it turned out to be the same book as I already owned under a different title!

Leslie wrote: "Judy wrote: "I find it annoying too - always a risk of buying the same book twice!"

And I can't count the number of times I came home with library books which it turned out to be the same book as ..."

Because libraries that buy from US and UK library supply vendors get caught out the same way. Often the titles are different in US to UK because there will be some word/phrase that may not be understood or could be offensive. But knowing that doesn't stop the duplication. We used to add an alternate title on the catalogue record (breaking the rules of course), and add a note saying 'originally published as ...' to try and help our patrons.