I think Faulkner and Fitzgerald in particular were really good at giving their novels intriguing names. I haven’t read all of them but the titles definitely pique my interest
Faulkner
– As I Lay Dying
– The Sound and the Fury
– Absalom, Absalom!
– Go Down, Moses
– The Unvanquished
– Intruder in the Dust
Fitzgerald
– The Beautiful and Damned
– This Side of Paradise
– The Great Gatsby
– The Last Tycoon
– Tender is the Night
Who else was really good at titling their novels?
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Philip K. Dick has some dandies: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch; The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike; Puttering About in a Small Land. They’re like post-rock song titles.
Simon R. Green:
Blue Moon Rising, Drinking Midnight Wine, The Best Thing You Can Steal, Winner Take All, Agents of Light and Dark
Anne Bishop:
Belladonna, Queen of the Darkness, The Invisible Ring
Piers Anthony:
Spilt Infinity, Virtual Mode, Macroscope, Bio of a Space Tyrant, Heaven Cent.
Elizabeth Haydon:
Rhapsody, Prophecy, Destiny
Steinbeck:
– Of Mice and Men
– The Grapes of Wrath
– East of Eden
– The Moon is Down
– In Dubious Battle
– Their Blood is Strong
– The Winter of Our Discontent
Le Fleur du Mal by Baudelaire
A Fan’s Notes by Fred Exley
Joe Abercrombie:
The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, The Last Argument of Kings, Best Served Cold, A Little Hatred, The Trouble With Peace, The Wisdom of Crowds, Sharp Ends.
Pynchon and Vonnegut have some cool ones
Pynchon. You don’t need me to list them because, of course, you’ve read them.