Metaphorically Speaking..................................
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1tropics
Truth Comes In Blows - Ted Solotaroff
Philistines At The Hedgerow - Steven Gaines
Blinded By The Right - David Brock
American Vertigo - Bernard-Henri Levy and Charlotte Mandell
Sahara Unveiled - William Langewiesche
Philistines At The Hedgerow - Steven Gaines
Blinded By The Right - David Brock
American Vertigo - Bernard-Henri Levy and Charlotte Mandell
Sahara Unveiled - William Langewiesche
2dihiba
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
God is an Englishman by R.F. Delderfield
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter
A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
God is an Englishman by R.F. Delderfield
The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter
A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne
6tropics
November Of The Soul - George Colt
The Outlaw Sea - William Langewiesche
Letters From The Hive - Buchmann and Repplier
Vulgarians At The Gate - Steve Allen
The Star Thrower - Loren Eiseley
The Outlaw Sea - William Langewiesche
Letters From The Hive - Buchmann and Repplier
Vulgarians At The Gate - Steve Allen
The Star Thrower - Loren Eiseley
7tropics
The Oatmeal Ark - Rory Maclean
The Secret Life Of Dust - Hannah Holmes
The Geography Of Nowhere - James Kunstler
Oil On The Brain - Lisa Margonelli
Are We Rome? - Cullen Murphy
The Secret Life Of Dust - Hannah Holmes
The Geography Of Nowhere - James Kunstler
Oil On The Brain - Lisa Margonelli
Are We Rome? - Cullen Murphy
8tropics
The Famished Road - Ben Okri
The Road To Reality - Roger Penrose
In The Devil's Garden - Stewart Lee Allen
The Lords Of Poverty - Graham Hancock
Thread Across The Ocean - John Steele Gordon
The Road To Reality - Roger Penrose
In The Devil's Garden - Stewart Lee Allen
The Lords Of Poverty - Graham Hancock
Thread Across The Ocean - John Steele Gordon
9christiguc
Redwood Curtain by Lanford Wilson
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
The Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther
The Shutter of Snow by Emily Holmes Coleman
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
The Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther
The Shutter of Snow by Emily Holmes Coleman
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow
11Seajack
The Burning Ashes of Time by Patricia Aithie
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
The Locusts Have No King by Dawn Powell
The Vanishing Map by Stephen Barber
The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
The Locusts Have No King by Dawn Powell
The Vanishing Map by Stephen Barber
The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman
13LynnB
Three Day Road
A Map of Glass
Unfinished Canadian
City of Falling Angels
The World is Flat
In case any of these aren't really metaphors, I will list five more:
Coming Out of the Ice
Dances with Dependency
Bitter Fruit
The Town that Forgot How to Breath
House of Sand and Fog
A Map of Glass
Unfinished Canadian
City of Falling Angels
The World is Flat
In case any of these aren't really metaphors, I will list five more:
Coming Out of the Ice
Dances with Dependency
Bitter Fruit
The Town that Forgot How to Breath
House of Sand and Fog
14tropics
The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
The Fatigue Artist - Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Dogs Of God - Pinckney Benedict
Eccentric Islands - Bill Holm
The Lying Days - Nadine Gordimer
The Fatigue Artist - Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Dogs Of God - Pinckney Benedict
Eccentric Islands - Bill Holm
The Lying Days - Nadine Gordimer
15tropics
The Tender Bar: A Memoir - J.R. Moehringer
Walking The Bible - Bruce Feller
The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence
Love's Executioner - Irvin Yalom
The Healing Land: The Bushmen And The Kalahari Desert - R. Isaacson
Walking The Bible - Bruce Feller
The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - T.E. Lawrence
Love's Executioner - Irvin Yalom
The Healing Land: The Bushmen And The Kalahari Desert - R. Isaacson
16tropics
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare - Henry Miller
The Ends Of The Earth: From Togo To Turkmenistan: From Iran To Cambodia, A Journey To The Frontiers Of Anarchy...... - Robert Kaplan
Letters From The Earth - Mark Twain
The Dragons Of Eden - Carl Sagan
The Transparent Self - Sidney M. Jourard
The Ends Of The Earth: From Togo To Turkmenistan: From Iran To Cambodia, A Journey To The Frontiers Of Anarchy...... - Robert Kaplan
Letters From The Earth - Mark Twain
The Dragons Of Eden - Carl Sagan
The Transparent Self - Sidney M. Jourard
17aviddiva
Knight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
The Crooked Timber of Humanity by Isaiah Berlin
The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
The Voice of the City by O Henry
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
The Crooked Timber of Humanity by Isaiah Berlin
The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
The Voice of the City by O Henry
Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
18tropics
On The Road With Francis Of Assisi - Linda Bird Francke
The Bastard On The Couch - Daniel Jones
Bush's Brain - Mike Roskopic
God's Secretaries: The Making Of The King James Bible - Adam Nicolson
Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail Of Trash - Elizabeth Royte
The Bastard On The Couch - Daniel Jones
Bush's Brain - Mike Roskopic
God's Secretaries: The Making Of The King James Bible - Adam Nicolson
Garbage Land: On The Secret Trail Of Trash - Elizabeth Royte
19tropics
Worst Person In The World - Keith Olbermann
Another Day In The Frontal Lobe - Katrina Firlik
Letting Go Of God - Julia Sweeney
The Twilight Of American Culture - Morris Berman
The Heartless Stone - Tom Zoellner
Another Day In The Frontal Lobe - Katrina Firlik
Letting Go Of God - Julia Sweeney
The Twilight Of American Culture - Morris Berman
The Heartless Stone - Tom Zoellner
20tropics
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
Under The Volcano Malcolm Lowry
Grapes Of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Tender Is The Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Faces In The Water - Janet Frame
Under The Volcano Malcolm Lowry
Grapes Of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Tender Is The Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Faces In The Water - Janet Frame
22MarianV
The republic of Love Carol Shields
North of hope Jon Hassler
Crossing to safety Wallace Stegner
The pull of the moon Elizabeth Berg
The Prince of Tides Pat conroy
North of hope Jon Hassler
Crossing to safety Wallace Stegner
The pull of the moon Elizabeth Berg
The Prince of Tides Pat conroy
23tropics
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
25tropics
I'd forgotten about this. Thanks, Varielle, for updating.
Theatre Of Fish - John Gimlette
The Place Where Souls Are Born - Thomas Keneally
Carnivorous Nights - Margaret Mittelbach
Dinosaur In A Haystack - Stephen Jay Gould
Fire From Heaven - Mary Renault
Theatre Of Fish - John Gimlette
The Place Where Souls Are Born - Thomas Keneally
Carnivorous Nights - Margaret Mittelbach
Dinosaur In A Haystack - Stephen Jay Gould
Fire From Heaven - Mary Renault
26chinquapin
The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell
The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein
The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz
The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt
The Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell
The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein
The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz
The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt
27rolandperkins
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy*
Giants in the Earth by Ole E. Rolvaag
For whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
World so Wide by Sinclaie Lewis
The Ticket that Exploded
by WilliamBurroughs
*Taking Touchstones's word for it as to the author of this peculiar title: one of the few that ever drove me away from a book. It may not be a metaphor, for alll I know, but if not, then I don't know what it is.
The Hemingway and Rolvaag titles are, i assume, metaphorical, though the source of each of them (Bible: Genesis, and John Donne were speaking perfectly straightforwardly.
Giants in the Earth by Ole E. Rolvaag
For whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
World so Wide by Sinclaie Lewis
The Ticket that Exploded
by WilliamBurroughs
*Taking Touchstones's word for it as to the author of this peculiar title: one of the few that ever drove me away from a book. It may not be a metaphor, for alll I know, but if not, then I don't know what it is.
The Hemingway and Rolvaag titles are, i assume, metaphorical, though the source of each of them (Bible: Genesis, and John Donne were speaking perfectly straightforwardly.
28rolandperkins
For Ogres' Happiness / {Au Bonheur des Ogres by Marguerite Duras
The Vestal Lady on Brattle
by Gregory Corso
the Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Don't Stop the Carnival
by Herman Wouk
Metaphors in titles aren't as easy to think of, as I would have thought. It struck me that Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, George Eliot, and Updike never used a metaphor in a title. (Correct me, if I've forgotten one.)
29rolandperkins
God's Trombones by
Weldon Johnson
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Winter of Our Discontent
by John Steinbeck
The Red and the Green*
by Iris Murdoch
The man without Qualities**
by Robert Musil
*Strictly speaking, this usage is metonomy, not metaphor.
** Or, he may have meant this literally for all I know.
Weldon Johnson
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Winter of Our Discontent
by John Steinbeck
The Red and the Green*
by Iris Murdoch
The man without Qualities**
by Robert Musil
*Strictly speaking, this usage is metonomy, not metaphor.
** Or, he may have meant this literally for all I know.
31Carrotlady
Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
The Coffin dancer by Jeffery Deaver
At the Stroke of Madness by Alex Kava
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
The Coffin dancer by Jeffery Deaver
At the Stroke of Madness by Alex Kava
