# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/501 "2006-03-16T17:29:37Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > The Bourne Identity- \*\*Robert \*\* Ludlum “The Widening Gyre” by **Robert** Parker Damn, I just missed being poster #500! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/502 "2006-03-16T17:30:43Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > The Bourne Identity- \*\*Robert \*\* Ludlum Boy’s Life - **Robert** McCammon ---
**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:** [March 16, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/503 "2006-03-16T18:30:59Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Boy’s Life - **Robert** McCammon The **Boys** from Brazil by Ira Levin ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/504 "2006-03-16T21:58:05Z")
> [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > The **Boys** from Brazil by Ira Levin lost **boy** lost girl - Peter Straub ---
**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:** [March 16, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/505 "2006-03-16T22:04:28Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > lost **boy** lost girl - Peter Straub **Girl** With a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/506 "2006-03-16T22:34:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Girl** With a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier Sampiro played this in post #386, but he listed a different author. Are there two books with this title? I looked briefly at Amazon and only found this one. The Other Boleyn **Girl** - Phillipa Gregory ---
**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:** [March 16, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/507 "2006-03-16T23:36:38Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Sampiro played this in post #386, but he listed a different author. Are there two books with this title? I looked briefly at Amazon and only found this one. > > The Other Boleyn **Girl** - Phillipa Gregory Virtual **Gir** l- Amy Thompson ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/508 "2006-03-17T00:43:37Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Virtual **Gir** l- Amy Thompson The **Girl** Next Door - Jack Ketchum ---
**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:** [March 17, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/509 "2006-03-17T01:36:21Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The **Girl** Next Door - Jack Ketchum Dead\*\* Girls\*\*- Richard Calder ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/510 "2006-03-17T02:47:51Z")
> [@marque elf](#): > > Dead\*\* Girls\*\*- Richard Calder Straight Man by **Richard** Russo Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/511 "2006-03-17T03:33:21Z")
> [@furthur](#): > > Straight Man by **Richard** Russo The **Man** Who Liked Slow Tomatoes - K. C. Constantine ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/512 "2006-03-17T03:39:07Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The **Man** Who Liked Slow Tomatoes - K. C. Constantine _Fried Green **Tomatoes** at the Whistle Stop Cafe_ – Fannie Flagg ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/513 "2006-03-17T03:44:44Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > _Fried Green **Tomatoes** at the Whistle Stop Cafe_ – Fannie Flagg Now “tomatoes” isn’t the word that I thought someone would play off, but I’d forgotten about this book. 🙂 Ballad of the Sad **Cafe** - Carson McCullers ---
**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:** [March 17, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/514 "2006-03-17T04:20:19Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > **Ball** ad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers Smoky Mountain Tracks - Donna Ball ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/515 "2006-03-17T04:40:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Smoky Mountain Tracks - Donna Ball The Secret History – **Donna** Tartt ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/516 "2006-03-17T12:27:43Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The Secret History – **Donna** Tartt The **Secret** Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd ---
**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:** [March 17, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/517 "2006-03-17T14:27:37Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > The **Secret** Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd Welcome to the **Monk** ey House by Kurt Vonnegut, jr. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/518 "2006-03-17T14:43:20Z")
> [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > Welcome to the **Monk** ey House by Kurt Vonnegut, jr. Something Wicked This Way **Come** s- Ray Bradbury ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/519 "2006-03-17T16:36:01Z")
> [@Eleanor of Aquitaine](#): > > Something Wicked This Way **Come** s- Ray Bradbury Faerie Tale - **Ray** mond Feist ---
**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:** [March 17, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/520 "2006-03-17T16:40:46Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Faerie Tale - **Ray** mond Feist The Handmaid’s **Tale** - Margaret Atwood [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953.md?page=27)