Books With Interesting Titles
- Description
- Do you ever pick up a book just because the title is so interesting? If you've read a book with a great title, did it live up to your expectations? Books you've read, TBR and wishlist titles all welcome - if you like you can use the comments section to say why (you do have to add a book to your own list or give it the thumbs down to comment). How about titles that are just appalling/embarrassing and would put you off reading a book?
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by Garth Nix
1,731 members
70 reviews
3.8
Score 12.32
Added 2022-02-07, 04:10 PM
- 4 Members
- DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, elkiedee, spiphany
- Explanations
- spiphany: I loved some of Nix's other work, but the title is the clincher here.
2
13,193 members
129 reviews
3.9
Score 11.01
Added 2022-01-25, 04:36 AM
3
830 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 10.4
Added 2022-01-19, 08:03 AM
4
109 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Score 9.31
Added 2022-02-08, 05:28 AM
5
13,096 members
690 reviews
3.8
Score 8.85
Added 2022-02-08, 10:28 AM
- 4 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, paulstalder, edparks, elkiedee
- Explanations
- paulstalder: The Elegance of the Hedgehog; original title: L'élégance du hérisson
6
3,433 members
87 reviews
3.8
Score 8.42
Added 2022-02-08, 10:33 AM
7
4,316 members
183 reviews
3.9
Score 7.4
Added 2022-02-07, 04:13 PM
- 3 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, elkiedee, spiphany
- Explanations
- elkiedee: Some great titles on your list, including some that have caught my eye too.Thanks
8
181 members
5 reviews
4
Score 6.68
Added 2022-01-19, 03:28 PM
11
2,875 members
90 reviews
3.9
Score 5.61
Added 2026-01-17, 08:05 AM
- 2 Members
- DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar
12
3,434 members
87 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.29
Added 2022-02-08, 10:33 AM
13
1,137 members
37 reviews
3.8
Score 5.23
Added 2022-01-20, 02:03 PM
- 2 Members
- elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- elkiedee: I have a copy of this somewhere, still TBR - it is an intriguing title. Thanks for adding some intriguing titles to the list.
15
1,753 members
68 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 4.63
Added 2022-02-02, 06:49 AM
16
184 members
5 reviews
3.9
Score 4.63
Added 2022-02-02, 06:50 AM
- 2 Members
- elkiedee, T-Morison
- Explanations
- elkiedee: Bought for the title. I think one or two of the booksellers who worked at my local Ottakars branch at the time also likes a good title, as sfter Waterstones took over and shut this branch, they started an independent bookshop over the road, wjereim I found a few great books with brilliant titles!
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24
39 members
2 reviews
2.9
Score 4
Added 2022-01-25, 04:35 AM
25
by Achim Greser
2 members
Score 4
Added 2026-01-12, 10:38 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Reading? That works well for a year or two, then you become addicted.
26
6,046 members
253 reviews
½ 3.4
Score 3.39
Added 2026-01-12, 01:07 PM
- 2 Members
- paulstalder, elkiedee
- Explanations
- paulstalder: original title: A short history of tractors in Ukrainian
28
1,654 members
45 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 3.36
Added 2022-01-19, 07:59 AM
31
by Thomas Meyer
114 members
6 reviews
3.9
Score 3.36
Added 2026-01-12, 08:24 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Wolkenbruch's wondrous journey into the arms of a Schickse. Schickse = a non Jewish woman
32
by Dave Eggers
2,566 members
33 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 3.04
Added 2022-01-20, 02:01 PM
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
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37
by Uwe Bork
4 members
Score 3.04
Added 2026-01-12, 08:27 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: How do I correctly great my daughter's at the breakfast table?
41
471 members
21 reviews
3.9
Score 2.83
Added 2022-01-19, 08:04 AM
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44
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Swiss German in one word: Alles gar nicht wahr (None of that is true)
50
by Jens Nielsen
1 member
Score 2.68
Added 2026-01-12, 08:59 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Hippopotamus in the women's bath
53
601 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2.56
Added 2026-01-12, 08:26 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Thursday the Rabbi shot (original title: Thursday the Rabbi walked out)
57
by Bruno Meier
1 member
Score 2.46
Added 2026-01-12, 08:30 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: No thing, no bang
59
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: How unfair, David! (you're not fair to Goliath); original title: A fe, Davidzi!
66
1 member
Score 2.31
Added 2026-01-12, 08:42 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Is the cemetery the final destination? or Is the cemetery the end of the line/final stop?
75
93 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 2.25
Added 2022-02-07, 04:38 PM
82
14 members
2 reviews
4
Score 2.25
Added 2022-02-07, 04:00 PM
84
by Heiner Gross
3 members
4
Score 2.25
Added 2026-01-12, 08:53 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: 3-0 for the beards!
89
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Chocolate is not everything; English title: Beyond chocolate
91
83 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2.15
Added 2022-02-02, 06:58 AM
92
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: God shook the waters; original title: God schudde de wateren
98
40 members
3.1
Score 2
Added 2026-01-12, 08:54 AM
- Member
- paulstalder
- Explanations
- paulstalder: Fullt title: Der Waschküchenschlüssel oder Was, wenn Gott Schweizer wäre = The laundry room key or What if God were Swiss?
