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Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share our top ten long book titles this week. I decided to choose from books I’ve actually read. I also decided to choose five compound titles and five simple titles.
Compound Titles:
Simple Titles
And now for the simple titles that don’t have colons or other dividing punctuation.
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Authors
I didn’t want the author names to make the titles look even longer so I’ll add them here, in order:
- Kenneth C. Davis
- Janet Elder
- Carl-Johan Vallgren
- Neil Pasricha
- Jill Conner Browne
- Jonas Jonasson
- Catherynne M. Volante
- Bailey White
- Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- William Joyce
That’s my list! Have you read any of these? What are long book titles you’ve come across? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
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Don’t Know Much About Mythology- ooh I would have LOVED that book as a kid, I bet. I was a mythology nut!
I loved mythology as a kid too. My sophomore year high school English teacher almost destroyed that for me. She was supposed to teach “World Literature” but at least half the year was spent on Greek/Roman mythology. It got tiresome!
Wow. I forgot all about Bailey White! I read Mama Makes Up Her Mind many, many years ago and thought it was hilarious. Unfortunately, Sleeping at the Starlite Motel wasn’t nearly as good.
The Guernsey book is one I’ve read a couple of times. So good! The Fantastic Flying Books is also a winner.
I’ve discovered that most of the nonfiction books I’ve read have long titles. They almost always have a colon. I guess there’s more of a need to explain the title in nonfiction as opposed to fiction.
I agree about Sleeping at the Starlite Motel. It was disappointing after I loved Mama Makes Up Her Mind so much. Nonfiction authors seem to consistently feel the need to explain their books with a subtitle!
Wow, those are some long titles! The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland is on my list this week, too.
Random Redheaded Ramblings and Readerbuzz have my votes for finding the longest titles this week!
Good list! I love Bailey White! Sweet Potato Queens sounds fun.
Bailey White is awesome! Sweet Potato Queens is a hilarious series of books, mostly nonfiction. She ventured into fiction with this title. I remember it as being a little like the Ya-ya Sisterhood, but I could be wrong about that. It’s been ages since I read it.
I loved the YA=YAs I’ll look for it!
Yea for 100-year old man and Guernsey! I’ve also read it. The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland what what what is doing the rounds this week. I think I need to see what it’s about. Such a great title.
Happy TTT and here’s my Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Book Titles
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland wasn’t my favorite but I listened to it. I think I would have enjoyed it more in print. Somewhere I’ve picked up the idea that it has beautiful illustrations that I completely missed out on. I should give it another try.
Yep. SO LONG. All of these. It’s actually overwhelming seeing so many long titles all in one post today. I feel that way when I look at each post.
Readers should sign a petition to limit the length of titles. Some of them really are overwhelming!
THE SWEET POTATO QUEENS … title makes me laugh! Sounds like a fun read.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
It is a great title, isn’t it?