# Book Titles A-Z

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994 "2015-12-09T23:45:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3141 "2018-06-06T03:44:09Z")

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(Did something go off the rails here after _Quo Vadis_? Possibly this one missed something in the rules…)

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3142 "2018-06-06T13:48:48Z")

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It seems like almost no one looks upthread to see what’s what before they post so if one person errs then others just follow along. You can ignore the two posts that are out of order and post an R title or ignore the error and post a K title.  
I would post an R title.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3143 "2018-06-06T14:27:16Z")

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> [@Thin\_Ice](#):
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> It seems like almost no one looks upthread to see what’s what before they post so if one person errs then others just follow along. You can ignore the two posts that are out of order and post an R title or ignore the error and post a K title.  
> I would post an R title.

My apologies - that’s exacly what I did. Just looked at the last post and went to my bookshelves to see if I had a"J", came back and posted.

To keep things moving:

R - The Roald Dahl Omnibus

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**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:** [June 6, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3144 "2018-06-06T14:44:11Z")

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S - Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore

Charming kids’ book about a neighborhood cat who is fed by six different households… until he’s found out.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3145 "2018-06-06T15:00:05Z")

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T - There There (Tommy Orange)

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3146 "2018-06-07T05:09:57Z")

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Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3147 "2018-06-07T09:46:15Z")

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V - Vienna 1814, by David King

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**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:** [June 7, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3148 "2018-06-07T13:37:56Z")

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W - World War Z by Max Brooks

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3149 "2018-06-07T18:13:47Z")

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X - Xylophones above Zarundi (Geoffrey McSkimming)

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3150 "2018-06-07T18:33:23Z")

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Y - Yellow by Sharon Gordon

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**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3151 "2018-06-07T22:00:10Z")

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Z - Zoo (James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge)

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**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3152 "2018-06-08T13:38:32Z")

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A - All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago by Ethan Mordden

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3153 "2018-06-08T14:05:26Z")

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B - Bringing Back Our Oceans (Carol Hand)

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**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:** [June 8, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3154 "2018-06-08T14:25:42Z")

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C - Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley M. Bray

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3155 "2018-06-09T14:10:44Z")

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D - The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3156 "2018-06-09T14:16:22Z")

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E - Eamon de Valera: The Man Who Was Ireland, by Tim Pat Coogan

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3157 "2018-06-09T14:50:33Z")

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F - The Far Pavilions: M. M. Kaye

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3158 "2018-06-09T19:42:26Z")

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G - The Girl in the Moon Circle (Sia Figiel)

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**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:** [June 10, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3159 "2018-06-10T03:53:15Z")

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H - Hotel by Arthur Hailey

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-titles-a-z/739994/3160 "2018-06-10T17:39:19Z")

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I - I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This (Jacqueline Woodson)

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