What might the world have lost if, instead of letting memorable women in literature stand on their own two feet, we'd been given forgettable titles like Anna Karenina: The Bureaucrat's Wife.

If you've ever spent too long staring at your bookshelves, you might have seen the titles of some of the books begin to relate to one another. A littl...

If you can't judge a book by its cover, can you judge a book by its title? I ask that because there are some novels with a title character who is not the most prominent or interesting person in the book.

My novel seemed dead in the water. Destined never to pay off its advance. So imagine my surprise to see a recent, dramatic spike in its sales, particularly in e-books.

By Gabe Habash for PWxyz: Sometimes a book title is a no-brainer. "Herzog." "Mating." "Cujo." But sometimes writers get directly inspired by other ...

For the effort most authors put into titling their book, you'd think they'd get to see it splashed across the cover -- but an overwhelming amount of us are told by our editors, "Love the book, hate the title. Find another one."

A book title is a story's thesis statement. If it's boring or off-putting, readers will turn their attention elsewhere. If it's evocative or captivati...

Celebrating the triple crown of holiday entrees, Doubleday Books started a Twitter hashtag for literary feasts. Rather than a chicken within a duck wi...

"The Grapes of Wrath," "Something Wicked This Way Comes," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Book titles can be very alluring and exciting. How m...

What makes you buy a book? Is it different from what makes you watch a movie? It seems so, because it's so private -- just you and the bookseller or librarian -- or, these days, as likely, your computer.

If you've ever strolled down the aisles of your local book store, you are well aware that not every book title on the shelves is a gem. However, there...

Lately I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how a book becomes a bestseller. In the past 11 years, I've had six books published. But this mor...

On Twitter over the weekend, WWNortan started a hashtag combining novels and TV shows. It soon began trending. We rounded up some of the best from...

Can Africa take the lead in taking advantage of e-books, as it has with the rapid expansion of mobile phones and innovations such as mobile banking ap...

As authors, we are expected to produce interesting and clever book titles. That is not always possible. Consider using one (or all) of these methods if you're struggling.

In the history of badly timed book titles, Los Angeles Times reporters Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten hold a distinguished place. The publication of...

Comedian Dan Wilbur is sick of reading. But he's come up with a fantastic solution for people who still would like to be part of literary conversations without expending all that energy reading a book.

Here are a dozen that for the most part I wouldn't even want to get near, much less be seen in public with.

The annual prize for the oddest book title has been won by the splendidly eccentric Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, by Dr Daina Taimina....

Apparently book titles can't be copyrighted - I was going to call my first tome Confessions of an English Opium Eater, before my advisers counselled a...

LONDON — Worm hunters, lethal robots and Nazi spoons are in the running for Britain's quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for year's odd...

Bent has now whittled the competing titles down to a "Very Longlist" of 49 titles, with The Origin of Faeces, Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich an...

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