Books With the Most Memorable Titles
- List of the Month
- August 2023 (see all)
- Description
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter... The Unbearable Lightness of Being... Very Far Away from Anywhere Else... Sometimes, a title just stands out. Our List of the Month this August is devoted to the most striking, most memorable book titles we have encountered. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Given the subjective nature of the list, please do not downvote titles.
1
38,951 members
723 reviews
4.2
Score 83.05
Added 2023-08-03, 02:07 PM
- 24 Members
- tardis, scampus, kaixo, charl08, abbottthomas, amanda4242, CarltonC, merrystar, Pathug50, Stewdar, kleh, igorken, kara.shamy, SF_fan_mae, msemmag, barefootsong, JadrankaCuculovic, asiralh, Julie_in_the_Library, DoomLuz, cleed, mombot, Delameyo, valentina_pelli06
- Explanations
- Delameyo: Who wouldn't want to know how to jettison oneself far away from the troubles of Earth?
2
by Mark Haddon
44,472 members
1,334 reviews
3.9
Score 64.67
Added 2023-08-03, 03:25 PM
- 20 Members
- dara85, mwdolls, charl08, raidergirl3, LDVoorberg, CarltonC, Pathug50, kleh, igorken, jemmatcf, Verkruissen, jeanie0510, msemmag, barefootsong, JadrankaCuculovic, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta, velvetdex, valentina_pelli06, rfl22338
3
19,402 members
476 reviews
4
Score 62.18
Added 2023-08-03, 03:40 PM
4
16,019 members
384 reviews
4
Score 52.87
Added 2023-08-04, 10:15 PM
- 17 Members
- Euryale, charl08, saskia17, CarltonC, Pathug50, sturlington, igorken, Dilara86, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, asiralh, elahrairah, DoomLuz, KaCatte, Luke.w, melorafaelas, margaretirene
- Explanations
- elahrairah: From the moment I heard of this book I was captivated. What did it mean? I read it expecting magic and wizards and stuff, what I got was a schooling.
5
18,863 members
287 reviews
3.8
Score 41.48
Added 2023-08-03, 02:28 PM
- 13 Members
- abbottthomas, dewasus1, haydninvienna, CarltonC, Stewdar, kleh, igorken, perennialreader, SF_fan_mae, Karen74Leigh, asiralh, mombot, rfl22338
6
14,352 members
119 reviews
3.9
Score 41.09
Added 2023-08-04, 10:35 PM
7
- 12 Members
- tardis, scampus, anglemark, EerierIdyllMeme, haydninvienna, merrystar, Pathug50, Stewdar, kleh, djriave, Karen74Leigh, margaretirene
8
1,132 members
54 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 37.9
Added 2023-08-03, 01:50 PM
- 11 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, mwdolls, muumi, masterdeski, ReneeGKC, Bookish59, al.vick, Hope_H, KaCatte, stevejapel73, Fartomic
- Explanations
- stevejapel73: Well, because cats.
9
10,772 members
244 reviews
4
Score 37.38
Added 2023-08-03, 01:19 PM
- 12 Members
- puabi, kaixo, CarltonC, katemcangus, AbigailAdams26, NoPlanetB, JadrankaCuculovic, ManWithAnAgenda, Karen74Leigh, Tosta, slimikin, mombot
- Explanations
- NoPlanetB: Here in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still - But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
10
19,501 members
1,249 reviews
4.2
Score 32.87
Added 2023-08-03, 02:44 PM
- 11 Members
- raidergirl3, merrystar, Pathug50, perennialreader, tina1969, gypsysmom, msjudy, Tosta, Ann_R, rfl22338, margaretirene
11
12,593 members
260 reviews
4.1
Score 30.6
Added 2023-08-06, 01:25 AM
12
1,073 members
74 reviews
4.1
Score 26.1
Added 2023-08-03, 01:52 PM
- 8 Members
- tardis, charl08, haydninvienna, masterdeski, merrystar, Doey, al.vick, KaCatte
13
3,841 members
260 reviews
4.1
Score 24.62
Added 2023-08-03, 02:55 PM
- 9 Members
- rarm, muumi, haydninvienna, merrystar, Bookish59, vwinsloe, Hope_H, barefootsong, asiralh
14
3,494 members
66 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 23.35
Added 2023-08-04, 02:09 AM
- 7 Members
- Moloch, Pathug50, AndreasJ, jemmatcf, Hope_H, GrimFiend1977, elahrairah
- Explanations
- elahrairah: This was the first one I thought of for this list. A title that stabs you in the heart straight away.
15
12,256 members
120 reviews
3.9
Score 23.17
Added 2023-08-03, 02:04 PM
16
2,796 members
142 reviews
3.9
Score 23.05
Added 2023-08-04, 10:33 PM
17
by Harper Lee
78,851 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 21.07
Added 2023-08-04, 12:51 AM
- 8 Members
- sturlington, jemmatcf, kara.shamy, Karen74Leigh, Tosta, DoomLuz, valentina_pelli06, margaretirene
18
1,007 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 20.5
Added 2023-08-03, 02:09 PM
- 6 Members
- tardis, scampus, arethusarose, abbottthomas, c_why, bluemama
19
- 7 Members
- vallis-salutis, mwdolls, Cecrow, sturlington, igorken, vwinsloe, Karen74Leigh
- Explanations
- vallis-salutis: Now a ubiquitous catchphrase.
20
14,441 members
652 reviews
4.2
Score 19.81
Added 2023-08-05, 08:30 PM
- 6 Members
- dara85, spyrunner, Time2Read2, Delameyo, stevejapel73, margaretirene
- Explanations
- spyrunner: I only read this because of the title.stevejapel73: Haven't we all had these days?
21
1,778 members
51 reviews
3.8
Score 19.44
Added 2023-08-10, 01:49 PM
- 7 Members
- Hope_H, tealadytoo, msemmag, Karen74Leigh, asiralh, DoomLuz, Fartomic
22
5,280 members
152 reviews
4.2
Score 17.95
Added 2023-08-03, 01:51 PM
- 6 Members
- tardis, arethusarose, charl08, muumi, Stewdar, Delameyo
- Explanations
- muumi: Most of Gerald Durrell's titles are extremely memorable. A Zoo in My Luggage? The Overloaded Ark? This title can stand in for the entire oeuvre of a master title-maker.Delameyo: This title came across my radar because the author Gerald Durrell not only spent time in Corfu, but also travelled to my native country, Guyana and described the biodiversity and wonder he encountered. It definitely makes me wonder what kind of people did such journeys around the globe, and appreciate his contributions to wildlife conservation.
23
by Oliver Sacks
11,638 members
210 reviews
3.9
Score 16.87
Added 2023-08-04, 05:44 AM
- 6 Members
- Euryale, abbottthomas, Micheller7, EMS_24, al.vick, asiralh
24
3,439 members
251 reviews
3.8
Score 16.54
Added 2023-08-06, 11:57 AM
25
1,275 members
64 reviews
3.8
Score 16.29
Added 2023-08-05, 10:26 PM
- 5 Members
- souloftherose, Bookish59, olegalCA, Hope_H, RaeCreated
26
4,841 members
73 reviews
4.1
Score 16.27
Added 2023-08-03, 04:53 PM
- 5 Members
- cpg, muumi, vwinsloe, kara.shamy, Karen74Leigh
27
22,547 members
275 reviews
4
Score 14.88
Added 2023-08-03, 01:19 PM
- 5 Members
- haydninvienna, CarltonC, katemcangus, AbigailAdams26, cleed
28
by Fannie Flagg
8,958 members
190 reviews
4.1
Score 14.88
Added 2023-08-03, 03:31 PM
- 5 Members
- Morphidae, Hope_H, Karen74Leigh, Tosta, Kathaleen
29
4,325 members
24 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 14.68
Added 2023-08-03, 02:03 PM
- 5 Members
- charl08, merrystar, Pathug50, al.vick, GrimFiend1977
30
by Joan Didion
4,192 members
86 reviews
4.1
Score 14.43
Added 2023-08-03, 03:52 PM
- 5 Members
- charl08, abbottthomas, CarltonC, katemcangus, stevejapel73
31
16,348 members
279 reviews
4.2
Score 14.09
Added 2023-08-11, 08:51 AM
- 5 Members
- Morphidae, gmathis, jannon, SF_fan_mae, ManWithAnAgenda
32
39,694 members
963 reviews
4
Score 13.58
Added 2023-08-04, 05:59 AM
- 5 Members
- scampus, jannon, tshorrom, KaCatte, stevejapel73
33
1,113 members
50 reviews
4
Score 13.5
Added 2023-08-08, 11:50 AM
- 4 Members
- VivienneR, LibraryCin, Hope_H, Ann_R
34
by Mike Brown
783 members
36 reviews
4.1
Score 13.35
Added 2023-08-03, 05:50 PM
- 4 Members
- muumi, raidergirl3, Time2Read2, Hope_H
35
19,225 members
347 reviews
4
Score 13.02
Added 2023-08-03, 03:22 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, rarm, sturlington, sqr3cls3, rfl22338
36
by Jodi Taylor
2,080 members
151 reviews
3.8
Score 12.65
Added 2023-08-03, 03:33 PM
- 5 Members
- tardis, Morphidae, amanda4242, igorken, stevejapel73
37
576 members
25 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 12.59
Added 2023-08-03, 02:28 PM
- 4 Members
- rarm, miller.max, kara.shamy, Tosta
38
by Anne Rice
22,951 members
333 reviews
3.8
Score 12.21
Added 2023-08-08, 06:47 AM
- 4 Members
- tina1969, Karen74Leigh, DoomLuz, Luke.w
39
by Charles Yu
2,273 members
136 reviews
½ 3.4
Score 11.91
Added 2023-08-03, 03:38 PM
- 4 Members
- karenb, ReneeGKC, asiralh, KeithChaffee
40
by James Howe
2,368 members
22 reviews
3.8
Score 11.82
Added 2023-08-04, 10:10 AM
- 4 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, muumi, al.vick, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- muumi: I've always liked this title. Not enough to read a children's book about vegetarian vampire bunnies, but enough to smile about it.
41
by Ken Kesey
24,328 members
298 reviews
4.1
Score 11.51
Added 2023-08-19, 02:26 PM
42
2,241 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 11.51
Added 2023-08-03, 03:11 PM
- 4 Members
- Morphidae, muumi, masterdeski, SF_fan_mae
- Explanations
- muumi: This one is not just an unusual title, it's a hilarious editorial mistake. McCaffrey wanted "Get OF", ie progeny of ,"the Unicorn" and it got stupidly changed -- and it made her laugh and agree to keep it because it's funny in its own right.
43
8,934 members
535 reviews
4.1
Score 11.33
Added 2023-08-04, 12:54 AM
- 4 Members
- Micheller7, olegalCA, Tosta, Ann_R
44
- 4 Members
- Cecrow, sturlington, velvetdex, valentina_pelli06
45
781 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 10.85
Added 2023-08-03, 01:48 PM
- 4 Members
- tardis, dara85, Time2Read2, Hope_H
46
11,160 members
292 reviews
4
Score 10.58
Added 2023-08-03, 04:06 PM
- 4 Members
- abbottthomas, katemcangus, kara.shamy, DoomLuz
47
- 4 Members
- Morphidae, VenusofUrbino, msjudy, cleed
48
5,556 members
362 reviews
4.1
Score 10.4
Added 2023-08-19, 03:38 PM
- 3 Members
- biscuits, msjudy, barefootsong
49
55,024 members
489 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 10.36
Added 2023-08-08, 03:36 PM
- 4 Members
- scampus, kleo, kara.shamy, Ann_R
50
5,679 members
314 reviews
4.2
Score 10.09
Added 2023-08-03, 02:14 PM
- 4 Members
- mwdolls, katemcangus, Tess_W, kara.shamy
51
11,747 members
798 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 9.74
Added 2023-08-04, 12:52 AM
- 3 Members
- VenusofUrbino, Tosta, Eavans
52
2,287 members
130 reviews
4.2
Score 9.67
Added 2023-08-06, 04:07 AM
- 3 Members
- Morphidae, saskia17, barefootsong
53
1,080 members
35 reviews
3.8
Score 9.64
Added 2023-08-06, 11:59 AM
- 4 Members
- noveltea, SF_fan_mae, ManWithAnAgenda, cleed
54
1,388 members
22 reviews
4
Score 9.6
Added 2023-08-03, 03:24 PM
- 3 Members
- karenb, paradoxosalpha, amanda4242
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: Who couldn't love this title?
55
3,812 members
55 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 9.5
Added 2023-08-04, 06:51 AM
57
19,053 members
186 reviews
3.9
Score 9.23
Added 2023-08-05, 05:04 PM
58
1,996 members
64 reviews
4.1
Score 9.08
Added 2023-08-03, 02:30 PM
- 3 Members
- mwdolls, perennialreader, msjudy
59
17,949 members
370 reviews
4.2
Score 9.02
Added 2023-08-10, 11:11 AM
- 3 Members
- miller.max, NoPlanetB, mombot
- Explanations
- NoPlanetB: “Anyway Mr Wind-Up Bird, did you notice that the ladder’s gone?”
60
632 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 8.92
Added 2023-08-05, 01:58 PM
61
by Robin Sloan
8,342 members
724 reviews
3.8
Score 8.87
Added 2023-08-04, 11:15 AM
- 3 Members
- muumi, VenusofUrbino, ReneeGKC
62
16,502 members
468 reviews
4.1
Score 8.84
Added 2023-08-05, 05:20 AM
63
- 3 Members
- scampus, saskia17, stevejapel73
64
3,310 members
130 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 8.71
Added 2023-08-03, 02:33 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, Luke.w, Kathaleen
65
1,598 members
36 reviews
4.2
Score 8.71
Added 2023-08-03, 03:18 PM
66
by Dave Eggers
2,372 members
30 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 8.5
Added 2023-08-05, 09:12 PM
- 3 Members
- cpg, Micheller7, mombot
67
436 members
15 reviews
3.9
Score 8.5
Added 2023-08-03, 05:11 PM
- 3 Members
- charl08, abbottthomas, Time2Read2
68
11,908 members
257 reviews
3.8
Score 8.23
Added 2023-08-12, 07:09 PM
69
3,023 members
56 reviews
3.8
Score 8.23
Added 2023-08-03, 03:16 PM
- 3 Members
- rarm, amanda4242, Michael.Rimmer
70
260 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 8.17
Added 2023-08-03, 03:43 PM
- 3 Members
- tardis, karenb, KeithChaffee
71
21,469 members
477 reviews
3.9
Score 8.09
Added 2023-08-10, 11:29 AM
- 3 Members
- jemmatcf, NoPlanetB, kara.shamy
72
17,574 members
425 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 8.09
Added 2023-08-16, 01:25 PM
- 3 Members
- vallis-salutis, dewasus1, mombot
- Explanations
- vallis-salutis: Title and author together make for an intriguing combination.
73
by C. S. Lewis
46,035 members
769 reviews
4.1
Score 7.91
Added 2023-08-16, 01:26 PM
74
6,597 members
306 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 7.73
Added 2023-08-03, 03:49 PM
- 3 Members
- EMS_24, ReneeGKC, katemcangus
- Explanations
- EMS_24: I have no idea what the book is about, but the title has always been intriguing to me
75
by Jason Pargin
259 members
11 reviews
3.9
Score 7.36
Added 2023-08-05, 10:26 PM
- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, olegalCA
- Explanations
- paradoxosalpha: Um, well, don't you think so?
76
4,104 members
19 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 7.36
Added 2023-08-03, 04:49 PM
- 3 Members
- cpg, Time2Read2, ManWithAnAgenda
77
8,487 members
146 reviews
4.1
Score 7.32
Added 2023-08-03, 02:17 PM
78
by Jane Austen
81,109 members
1,371 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 7.04
Added 2023-08-06, 04:04 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, susanbooks
80
3,066 members
101 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 7.04
Added 2023-08-17, 03:38 PM
81
by Thomas Hardy
11,459 members
198 reviews
4
Score 6.88
Added 2023-08-03, 02:20 PM
- 3 Members
- susanbooks, rhbouchard, Tess_W
- Explanations
- rhbouchard: This has to be among the top ten. We all have experienced a "Madding Crowd".
84
by Amos Tutuola
255 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.83
Added 2023-08-03, 03:11 PM
- 2 Members
- rarm, Michael.Rimmer
85
86
27,912 members
412 reviews
4
Score 6.46
Added 2023-08-19, 09:12 PM
- 2 Members
- rhbouchard, rfl22338
- Explanations
- rhbouchard: Well, no better interesting title.
87
by Erik Larson
7,704 members
343 reviews
3.8
Score 6.25
Added 2023-08-19, 06:41 AM
- 2 Members
- tommi180744, kara.shamy
88
90
420 members
29 reviews
3.9
Score 5.87
Added 2023-08-06, 03:47 AM
92
1,093 members
46 reviews
4
Score 5.82
Added 2023-08-06, 11:58 AM
93
4,904 members
121 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.74
Added 2023-08-05, 05:05 PM
94
- 2 Members
- abbottthomas, dewasus1
95
by Ian Mortimer
3,090 members
93 reviews
4
Score 5.71
Added 2023-08-03, 02:29 PM
- 2 Members
- Stewdar, perennialreader
96
98
7,074 members
170 reviews
3.8
Score 5.61
Added 2023-09-11, 08:32 AM
99
1,575 members
44 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 5.61
Added 2023-08-03, 11:22 PM
100
by Emily Austin
674 members
35 reviews
3.9
Score 5.61
Added 2023-08-03, 07:08 PM