# A Book Title/Author Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953 "2006-02-17T16:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/221 "2006-02-27T04:08:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Son** of a Witch - Gregory Maguire Fletch- **Gregory** MacDonald ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/222 "2006-02-27T04:23:26Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Fletch- **Gregory** MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson - John D. MacDonald ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/223 "2006-02-27T04:37:09Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Free Fall in Crimson - John D. MacDonald Titan- **John** Varley ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/224 "2006-02-27T04:39:49Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Titan- **John** Varley True Confessions – **John** Gregory Dunne ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/225 "2006-02-27T06:24:13Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > True Confessions – **John** Gregory Dunne The **Confessions** of Nat Turner-- William Styron which was, incidentally, _much_ better than its sequels- The Confessions of Nat King Cole, The Confessions of Natty Gann and the Confessions of Kathleen Turner, even though it was a bit bloodier ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/226 "2006-02-27T09:34:58Z")
The Sound and the Fury -\*\* William\*\* Faulkner ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/227 "2006-02-27T16:52:34Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > The Sound and the Fury -\*\* William\*\* Faulkner Tekwar- **William** Shatner Yes, I know it was actually written by Ron Goulart but the cover lists Shatner as its author. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/228 "2006-02-27T16:53:39Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > The Sound and the Fury -\*\* William\*\* Faulkner Hostile Witness – **William** Lashner ---
**Author:** ![Bertie\_Wooster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@Bertie\_Wooster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bertie_Wooster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/229 "2006-02-27T16:58:07Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Hostile Witness – **William** Lashner **Witness** for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/230 "2006-02-27T19:07:02Z")
> [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > **Witness** for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie **Witness** In Death- J.D. Robb ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/231 "2006-02-27T19:47:12Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Witness** In Death- J.D. Robb **Death** du Jour - Kathy Reichs ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/232 "2006-02-27T21:16:55Z")
> [@silverfish](#): > > **Death** du Jour - Kathy Reichs **Death** Of An Expert Witness- P.D. James ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/233 "2006-02-27T22:05:30Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **Death** Of An Expert Witness- P.D. James The Fire Next Time - **James** Baldwin ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/234 "2006-02-27T22:09:25Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The Fire Next Time - **James** Baldwin The Thief of **Time** - Terry Pratchett ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/235 "2006-02-27T22:33:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The Thief of **Time** - Terry Pratchett The **Thief** Lord - Cornelia Funke Not much hope for the author, but there must be tons of Thiefs and Lords out there! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/236 "2006-02-27T22:35:37Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The **Thief** Lord - Cornelia Funke **Lord** Valentine’s Castle - Robert Silverberg ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/237 "2006-02-27T23:12:22Z")
Howl’s Moving **Castle** - Dianna Wynn Jones ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/238 "2006-02-27T23:15:12Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Howl’s Moving **Castle** - Dianna Wynn Jones We Have Always Lived in the **Castle** - Shirley Jackson ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/239 "2006-02-27T23:45:20Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > We Have Always Lived in the **Castle** - Shirley Jackson **We** - Yevgeni Zamyatin ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/240 "2006-02-27T23:55:51Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > **We** - Yevgeni Zamyatin **We** Were the Mulvaneys- Joyce Carol Oates [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=13)