Alberich

We all know how important a good title can be to the success of a book. Given that, I'd love to hear what some of your favorite titles are--regardless of what you thought of the work itself.

I'll start off with five:

"The Name of the Rose," by Umberto Eco
"If on a Winter's Night a Stranger," written by Italo Calvino
John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World"
"Portnoy's Complaint," Philip Roth
"Atlas Shrugged," by Ayn Rand

Anyone else?
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Stewart

Two great ones there.

Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Young Hearts Crying, Richard Yates
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle
Go Tell It On The Mountain, James Baldwin
Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
From A Crooked Rib, Naruddin Farah
Wait Until Spring, Bandini, John Fante
The Crimson Petal And The White, Michel Faber
No One Writes to the Colonel, Gabriel García Márquez



I would also like to exclude any Stephen King title ever. He really does have a bad ear for them.

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