Books that have more than one title!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

For those of us who find a book, then realize we've already read it because it was called something else - list them here! Hopefully that will help others of us avoid the same frustrations!

Thanks Julie:)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "For those of us who find a book, then realize we've already read it because it was called something else - list them here! Hopefully that will help others of us avoid the same frustrations!

Thanks..."

Thanks Brenda ;)
I was able to find some whilst doing a duplicate search in My Books.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Never Saw it Coming

and

Clouded Vision

one and the same, both by Linwood Barclay

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

.
.
By author Courtney Collins
The Burial
The Untold

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ahh yes, I'd forgotten about that one! I know there are more - this will be good to list them as they're found:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Paycheque

and

Return to the Adelaide Hills

by Fiona McCallum

[Andrea]

Just realised last night:



and



are the same book by Nikki Gemmell.

[Kathryn]

Big Little Lies and Little Lies by Liane Moriarty are the same book.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander was originally published as Cross Stitch in Australia.

[Kathryn]

Numbers 2, 3 and 4 of Ariana Franklin's Mistress of the Art of Death series

2 - The Death Maze = The Serpent's Tale
3 - Relics of the Dead = Grave Goods
4 - The Assassin's Prayer = A Murderous Procession

[Kathryn]

Empty Cradles and Oranges & Sunshine by Margaret Humphreys are one and the same.

[Marianne]

☼♄Jülie wrote: ".
.
By author Ian Townsend
The Devil's Eye
Affection"

jeniwren emailed me about this
"I have just read a post in your groups ( couldnt work out how to reply directly) and it seems some people are under the illusion that Affection and The Devils Eye are the same novel. This is not so and I see the listing at Good Reads is also wrong for The Devils Eye states that this was also published under the tile Affection. I have both novels on my shelf and have checked and they are different stories being published in 2005 and 2008."
FYI

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

@Marianne, I just checked on Amazon and they are in fact two different books, so I will wait until they are sorted out and then delete those posts...thanks again for clearing that up.

Good news is, I picked up his new kindle book for only $1.13 while I was there :P

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lisa - (Aussie Girl) wrote: "Diana Gabaldon's Outlander was originally published as Cross Stitch in Australia."

Outlander

and

Cross Stitch

by Diana Gabaldon

Thanks Lisa:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

☼♄Jülie wrote: "@Marianne, I just checked on Amazon and they are in fact two different books, so I will wait until they are sorted out and then delete those posts...thanks again for clearing that up.

Good news is..."

I have just separated them Jools:) Thanks to Jeniwren and everyone else:)

[Veronica ⭐️]

this thread is great. I will have to keep a note of the Linwood Barclay and Diana Gabaldon ones as I'm collecting both those authors.

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "@Marianne, I just checked on Amazon and they are in fact two different books, so I will wait until they are sorted out and then delete those posts...thanks again for clearing that u..."

Thanks Brenda :D

[Mish]

Found these two.

Falling is also After We Fall by Emma Kavanagh

[Sally906]

There is also:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

And

The Other Hand

Both exactly the same story

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ahh yes I had forgotten about that one Sally:)

[Andrea]

Sally906 wrote: "There is also:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

And

The Other Hand

Both exactly the sa..."

Oh yes ! The trouble I had trying to shelve that one...

[Zoey]

Diana Gabaldon also has
The Outlandish Companion = Through the Stones:

& Rachael Treasure has
Jillaroo = River Run Deep
The Rouseabout = The Dare
The Stockmen = Timeless Land
The Cattleman's Daughter = Through the Fire

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

.

The Beloved by Posie Graeme Evans

The Uncrowned Queen

3rd in the trilogy.

[B the BookAddict]

Tess Gerritsen

The Keepsake = Keeping The Dead

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Oh my goodness - look how many there are!!!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

It's really amazing! And why do they do it???

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

So incredibly frustrating Phrynne! Don't tell me they are so desperate for sales that they change the names so we will buy a "new" book??

[Sally906]

Phrynne wrote: "It's really amazing! And why do they do it???"

Sometimes it is changed in different countries - so UK will have one title and USA will have another.

It has NEVER been explained to me in a way that makes me understand why - take Harry Potter for example it was originally published as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone but when it was published in USA the title was changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - now I don't for one minute think that Americans would not understand the word Philosopher so they used Sorcerer instead - so it begs the question WHY?

[Zoey]

I know Diana Gabaldon's was because of the publishers in the US & UK. Her original working title was Cross Stitch but when it was published in the US they thought it sounded too much like a craft book & changed it to Outlander, then when they went to publish "Outlander" in the UK, the UK publishers didnt like that & used Cross Stitch. They UK publishers also made a few minor changes to the story as well, so there are slight differences between Outlander & Cross Stitch. Didnt happen with any of her other books though, they are all exactly the same title & story in both. Maybe she had more say once she had a best selling novel :)

[Geoff]

It is the same with films - HMS Defiant so named in the UK and 'Damn the Defiant' so named in the US, because the distribution people believed that the US public would not know what HMS meant. . . . .
I self published my novel as 'Ice King', but after it was picked up by a UK publisher it was re-titled as 'Triangle Trade' (they also changed the cover). As the author I had little say in these changes.
Due to the overlap between the two titles some people realised that it had two titles and have added this fact to their reviews as a warning to others. They advised readers to buy Ice King because it was cheaper.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Geoff wrote: "It is the same with films - HMS Defiant so named in the UK and 'Damn the Defiant' so named in the US, because the distribution people believed that the US public would not know what HMS meant. . . ..."



Triangle Trade

Ice King

Geoff Woodland

Thanks Geoff:)

[Robert]

Peter Temple;
In the Evil Day

is also known as;
Identity Theory.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Robert wrote: "Peter Temple;
In the Evil Day

is also known as;
Identity Theory."

Identity Theory by Peter Temple

Thanks Robert:)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Wow, this list sure is growing!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes; look what you started Jools;)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "Yes; look what you started Jools;)"

Haha, it will be a lot easier to check the list especially when buying secondhand books ;)
I've added an "aka" to my bookshelf as well.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's for sure! I think all books should be printed with their other title on the cover as well if there is one:)

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

Brenda wrote: "That's for sure! I think all books should be printed with their other title on the cover as well if there is one:)"

Yes that would help too.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Too simple!!

[B the BookAddict]

@Brenda and Everyone else. It makes sense to periodically the GR feature 'Find Duplicates' in the Bookshelf Tools section. You will no doubt find one of these books mentioned here, one day. They swell your TBR or Read numbers.

[Sally906]

B the BookAddict wrote: "@Brenda and Everyone else. It makes sense to periodically the GR feature 'Find Duplicates' in the Bookshelf Tools section. You will no doubt find one of these books mentioned here, one day. They..."

Some of us only discovered this little gem last week - were amazed by the number of double ups, I think that is what prompted this thread.

It never ceases to amaze me how much I don't know about GR :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Same Sally.. I think we'll still be discovering different things in 10 years time:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Deadly Secrets

Secrets Of Whitewater Creek

author Sarah Barrie

[B the BookAddict]

Sally906 wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "@Brenda and Everyone else. It makes sense to periodically the GR feature 'Find Duplicates' in the Bookshelf Tools section. You will no doubt find one of these books menti..."

Sally, take care when you delete one edition that you are not deleting the edition which has your review attached to it. I've done this few times and lost my review:(

[Carolyn]

I got caught out with Outlander and Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon. Read Cross Stirch first and then bought a copy of Outlander.

Did the same with Amagansett and The Whaleboat House by Mark Mills. Loved The Whaleboat House so bought Amagansett thinking it was another book by the same author and was very disappointed when I started reading it.

[Marianne]

When I really like an author, I go to fantasticfiction.co.uk to see what else they have written, and mostly, the duplicates are listed as alternative titles, so you can see what not to buy.
Sometimes their info is incorrect but when you contact them they fix it.

[Carolyn]

Marianne wrote: "When I really like an author, I go to fantasticfiction.co.uk to see what else they have written, and mostly, the duplicates are listed as alternative titles, so you can see what not to buy.
Someti..."

I bought them secondhand back in the days when I didn't have a mobile device to look them up. Am older and wiser now (and better equipped for book buying)!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Carolyn wrote: "I got caught out with Outlander and Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon. Read Cross Stirch first and then bought a copy of Outlander.

Did the same with [book:..."

So, so annoying Carolyn!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "When I really like an author, I go to fantasticfiction.co.uk to see what else they have written, and mostly, the duplicates are listed as alternative titles, so you can see what not to buy.
Someti..."

That sounds like a good resource Marianne:)

[Marianne]

I like it. You can also see all the titles in a series etc, and links where the author writes under a pseudonym