The Girl in the Title

The fad for putting "girl" in book titles is still going strong. Apparently this phenomenon will continue as long as writers, editors and agents think placing a juvenile feminine gender noun in a title will boost sales. This fad may even outlast the zombie mash-up craze. Perhaps the fads could be combined in a title? For example:

"The Dragon Tattooed Swedish Gone Girl On The Zombie Train"

Or maybe some "clever" person could write a mash-up of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and title it: "The Russian Girl Under the Train"

Here's a link to a posting of interest on the subject, from The Millions:

http://www.themillions.com/2016/10/go...
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Published on October 31, 2016 10:01 Tags: literary-fads-publishing-fads
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