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The Worst Book Titles of All Time

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Du Bois, A Confederacy of Dunces, Women Talking — great titles, great books

I think, perhaps, what makes a great book title is foremost that it is not a bad

Like when deciding what to eat for dinner, it’s easier to run through the things that

Perhaps by the end we will discover what might be right and then we will have solved

I do not find certain overly descriptive or literal titles to be so good

Besides the obviously insensitive use of the word “hunchback” (not very respectful in 1831, were we Victor), the

Okay, so this book is about a person and a substance that covers 71% of the Earth

The subcategory of this is titles that are only their protagonist’s name: Rebecca

Something else I don’t care for in a book title is when there are spoilers

It’s cold, it gets dark at 2pm, and I have to listen to my steam heating

But couldn’t you at least have let us wonder whether they’re going to be content

A few of the things that are wrong in the arena of book titles: too simple and

I feel like if you can get a strong “K” word in your title, you are probably

At the end of the day, the key to a good book title, I think we can