Favorite book titles?

[saint9]

Hmmm.... I enjoy the novels the Taiko and really my favorite title would be Crossroads of Destiny

[chacha50]

If on a Winters Night a Traveller is such a fantastic book...just read it a couple of months ago and was amazed.

[ktm5124]

Hm, two nice titles that come to mind are F. Scott's The Beautiful and Damned (I love the omission of "the" in that title -- gives it a whole new meaning) and Poe's short story Fall of the House of Usher (particularly because of the pun).

It's interesting that titles got longer and more descriptive over time. Back when literature was more formal the title would often just signify the form -- for instance, "Sonnet #44" or "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Also true for poetry, as opposed to novels.

[Red-Headed]

The Dark Light Years ~ Brian W. Aldiss. Mainly for its use of an oxymoron.

[Mark F.]

Bukowski has some brilliant titles ; Tales of Ordinary Madness, The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills, Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire...


Ask the Dust - John Fante
The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
All the Pretty Horses - Cormac McCarthy
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

[My name is red]

The title but definetely not the book for this one:The unbearable lightness of being

Hello sadness
Good morning,midnight

[Paulclem]

Hi My Name is Red - I read My Name is Red recently. Superb book. It's one that I'll keep and go back to again. Fascinating history, plot and narrative structure.

I liked Snow by him too. Another one I will be reading again.

[sixsmith]

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Ulysses - James Joyce
The Lay of the Land - Richard Ford
The Outsider - Camus

[My name is red]

Hi My Name is Red - I read My Name is Red recently. Superb book. It's one that I'll keep and go back to again. Fascinating history, plot and narrative structure.

I liked Snow by him too. Another one I will be reading again.

Hello paulclem,if you enjoy the books with stream of consciousness technique in which Pamuk is an expert for me,i'd recommend you 'The silent house' (if that's the english title) which is my favourite of all time.
I'm glad you've enjoyed them,it's hard job to find good books.

plus;thank you for reminding
we really needed to utter its name under this thread.My Name is Red is the perfect example of a good,appealing title.
All best...

[Paulclem]

Hello paulclem,if you enjoy the books with stream of consciousness technique in which Pamuk is an expert for me,i'd recommend you 'The silent house' (if that's the english title) which is my favourite of all time.
I'm glad you've enjoyed them,it's hard job to find good books.

plus;thank you for reminding
we really needed to utter its name under this thread.My Name is Red is the perfect example of a good,appealing title.
All best...

Thanks - I'll look out for it.