January 5, 2011

Better Book Titles

I recently came across a great site called Better Book Titles in which folks can post alternate titles to well-known literary masterpieces. Genius! There appears to be a new one posted every day and, surprisingly, most of them are quite clever and funny. Titles are arranged by month and include a graphic of the actual book cover with the new title. A note of warning, some titles on the site may be offensive (which to me, makes them just that more hilarious).

A few of my favorites:

  • The Alchemist is instead titled "Just Do It"
  • The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus is instead titled "This Paper is Due in One Hour!"
  • Tolstoy's War and Peace is instead titled "War and Peace and Russians and Napoleon and Hard Names to Remember and Even Harder to Pronounce and Lots of Talk, Talk, Talk and Snow."
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time is instead called "Autistic Kids Make Great Detectives."
  • The children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is instead called "Eat Until You Feel Pretty."
  • One of my faves as a young adult Where the Red Fern Grows is instead called "Dogs are Better Than People."
I thought I would give a shot at transforming some titles myself, but it turns out it's a lot more difficult than I thought. Stay tuned for updates or add your own!

2 comments:

Mel B'Toast said...

I thought of one! The Suess book Oh The Places You'll Go is instead called "A Really Great Pep Talk That Rhymes."

Or "Suess for College Kids"

The Pickle said...

How about these ones:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is instead, 'The girl who doesn't want to be labeled, won't take shit from anyone (especially the government), and knows the whereabouts of Harriet Vanger'
To Kill A Mocking Bird is instead "Boo, You're My Hero"
The Girl Who Played With Fire is instead "I Hate My Dad and I Wish He Was Dead!"