# A Book Title/Author Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953>\
**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:** 30

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**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 22, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/581 "2006-03-22T19:33:09Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> Brides\*\*head \*\* Revisited- Evelyn Waugh

The Golden Orange - Joe **W** amb **augh** 😃

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**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 22, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/582 "2006-03-22T20:19:44Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> The Golden Orange - Joe **W** amb **augh** 😃

Bright **Orange** For The Shroud- John D. MacDonald

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**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 23, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/583 "2006-03-23T21:13:47Z")

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A bump: Anyone still want to play?

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/584 "2006-03-23T21:43:33Z")

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Nobody ever played off this one:

> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> Deliver Us From **Evelyn** - Chris Well

so I’ll reply with

_Water Witches_ – **Chris** Bohjalian

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/585 "2006-03-23T23:01:16Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> Nobody ever played off this one:
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> so I’ll reply with
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> _Water Witches_ – **Chris** Bohjalian

**Water** land - Graham Swift

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**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 23, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/586 "2006-03-23T23:24:49Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> **Water** land - Graham Swift

Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan **Swift**

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**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 23, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/587 "2006-03-23T23:44:05Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan **Swift**

Tom **Swift** and His Motor-Cycle or Fun and Adventures on the Road - Victor Appleton 😃

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/588 "2006-03-23T23:45:29Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Tom **Swift** and His Motor-Cycle or Fun and Adventures on the Road - Victor Appleton 😃

The Amazing **Adventures** of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon

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**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 23, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/589 "2006-03-23T23:53:59Z")

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> The Amazing **Adventures** of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon

The Laughing **Cavalier** - Emmushka Orczy, Baroness Orczy

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/590 "2006-03-24T01:08:08Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> The Laughing **Cavalier** - Emmushka Orczy, Baroness Orczy

The **Laughing** Policeman – Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo

Okay, I know the authors’ names aren’t common, but we still have laugh, police, man, and the. 🙂

I hadn’t thought about this book in years. I used to love those writers.

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**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 24, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/591 "2006-03-24T01:27:42Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> The **Laughing** Policeman – Maj Sjo **wall** , Per Wahloo

Ben-Hur:A Tale of the Christ - Lew **Wall** ace

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/592 "2006-03-24T04:23:22Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Ben-Hur:A Tale of the Christ - Lew **Wall** ace

Rude **Tales** and Glorious – Nicholas Seare

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**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 24, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/593 "2006-03-24T19:41:37Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> Rude **Tales** and Glorious – Nicholas Seare

The Moth - Steve **Rude**

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**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 27, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/594 "2006-03-27T16:59:17Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> The Moth - Steve **Rude**

Memories Of Ice- **Steve** n Erickson

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/595 "2006-03-27T17:14:43Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> Memories Of Ice- **Steve** n Erickson

_ **Memories** of My Melancholy Whores_ – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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**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 27, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/596 "2006-03-27T21:26:06Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> _ **Memories** of My Melancholy Whores_ – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

**My** Sister’s Keeper- Jodi Picout

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**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/597 "2006-03-27T23:04:14Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> **My** Sister’s Keeper- Jodi Picout

**Keeper** by Greg Rucka

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**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 27, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/598 "2006-03-27T23:59:00Z")

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> [@furthur](#):
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> **Keeper** by Greg Rucka

The Secret **Keeper** - Joseph Conrad

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**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 28, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/599 "2006-03-28T00:21:16Z")

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> [@marque elf](#):
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> The Secret **Keeper** - Joseph Conrad

The **Secret** of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton

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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-book-title-author-game/344953/600 "2006-03-28T00:27:05Z")

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> [@Bertie Wooster](#):
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> The **Secret** of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton

The Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World by **Robert** Jordan

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