Most Poetic Book Titles (2064 books)

Silly and funny titles are way cool, but this list is for titles that are beautiful. Even if the book itself is not so hot (or you haven't read it!), the title is memorable.

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1	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.11 avg rating — 541,675 ratings score: 22,515, and 234 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,100,019 ratings score: 16,385, and 172 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,727,400 ratings score: 14,333, and 150 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 119,140 ratings score: 12,071, and 128 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,854,460 ratings score: 11,274, and 120 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 434,760 ratings score: 10,320, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.01 avg rating — 111,500 ratings score: 8,619, and 93 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.99 avg rating — 317,363 ratings score: 8,558, and 92 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 5,700,270 ratings score: 7,840, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 4.27 avg rating — 1,605,158 ratings score: 7,827, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,255,225 ratings score: 7,065, and 78 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 4.24 avg rating — 1,993,030 ratings score: 6,947, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 3.90 avg rating — 153,377 ratings score: 6,824, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 385,442 ratings score: 6,617, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 3.98 avg rating — 333,928 ratings score: 6,594, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 4.09 avg rating — 510,667 ratings score: 6,329, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 183,742 ratings score: 6,287, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 3.92 avg rating — 294,557 ratings score: 6,248, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.79 avg rating — 492,502 ratings score: 6,233, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 68,672 ratings score: 6,174, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 358,062 ratings score: 5,993, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 2,034,118 ratings score: 5,777, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster 3.59 avg rating — 17,761 ratings score: 5,438, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.94 avg rating — 545,497 ratings score: 5,423, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.11 avg rating — 518,329 ratings score: 5,398, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 579,524 ratings score: 5,359, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.22 avg rating — 22,086 ratings score: 5,274, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,964,465 ratings score: 5,215, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.03 avg rating — 991,355 ratings score: 4,826, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 849,046 ratings score: 4,767, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.44 avg rating — 633,495 ratings score: 4,485, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 194,073 ratings score: 4,471, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 716,753 ratings score: 4,374, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) by Thomas Harris 4.26 avg rating — 587,105 ratings score: 4,333, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein 4.15 avg rating — 138,683 ratings score: 4,321, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 2,068,754 ratings score: 4,210, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 4.17 avg rating — 245,566 ratings score: 4,183, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 556,987 ratings score: 4,036, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 324,292 ratings score: 4,023, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.97 avg rating — 165,872 ratings score: 3,851, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,592,467 ratings score: 3,836, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima 3.84 avg rating — 52,395 ratings score: 3,831, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 195,618 ratings score: 3,816, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 767,587 ratings score: 3,736, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 219,134 ratings score: 3,518, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck 4.01 avg rating — 53,648 ratings score: 3,451, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.74 avg rating — 411,443 ratings score: 3,322, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.72 avg rating — 186,474 ratings score: 3,307, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.93 avg rating — 79,455 ratings score: 3,244, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 553,117 ratings score: 3,241, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 778,457 ratings score: 3,224, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.14 avg rating — 394,494 ratings score: 3,164, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 4.02 avg rating — 240,041 ratings score: 3,123, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.77 avg rating — 149,406 ratings score: 3,092, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida 3.63 avg rating — 5,097 ratings score: 2,896, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 267,117 ratings score: 2,740, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 3.82 avg rating — 352,623 ratings score: 2,723, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Last Night I Sang to the Monster by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 8,302 ratings score: 2,692, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen 3.94 avg rating — 277,128 ratings score: 2,647, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 4.06 avg rating — 42,927 ratings score: 2,579, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan 3.70 avg rating — 2,695 ratings score: 2,572, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3.99 avg rating — 115,109 ratings score: 2,521, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 3.74 avg rating — 191,811 ratings score: 2,513, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust 4.16 avg rating — 68,114 ratings score: 2,494, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,880,064 ratings score: 2,408, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano 3.65 avg rating — 84,308 ratings score: 2,398, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 3.46 avg rating — 55,651 ratings score: 2,257, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	From Here to Eternity by James Jones 4.08 avg rating — 18,083 ratings score: 2,243, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 325,737 ratings score: 2,239, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven 4.06 avg rating — 8,937 ratings score: 2,197, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 3.80 avg rating — 199,491 ratings score: 2,188, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,777,556 ratings score: 2,175, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3.97 avg rating — 62,625 ratings score: 2,124, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,306,435 ratings score: 2,121, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers 3.69 avg rating — 183,545 ratings score: 2,074, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	I Dream of Yellow Kites: What if it was all just a nightmare? by Retta Bono (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 2,068, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.91 avg rating — 471,017 ratings score: 2,034, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez 3.97 avg rating — 234,414 ratings score: 1,973, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories by Amy Bloom 3.86 avg rating — 2,900 ratings score: 1,967, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 106,531 ratings score: 1,967, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Other Side of Silence by Margaret Mahy 3.72 avg rating — 214 ratings score: 1,943, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas 3.92 avg rating — 2,468 ratings score: 1,935, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada 4.27 avg rating — 36,625 ratings score: 1,902, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 1,077,859 ratings score: 1,856, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 225,524 ratings score: 1,833, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,459,010 ratings score: 1,738, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 3.93 avg rating — 298,559 ratings score: 1,715, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick 3.91 avg rating — 45,719 ratings score: 1,708, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.30 avg rating — 510,801 ratings score: 1,695, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green 3.90 avg rating — 35,532 ratings score: 1,694, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) by Douglas Adams 4.04 avg rating — 89,301 ratings score: 1,633, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,618 ratings score: 1,617, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 708,900 ratings score: 1,583, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham 4.16 avg rating — 61,427 ratings score: 1,576, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 43,296 ratings score: 1,536, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber 3.89 avg rating — 45,056 ratings score: 1,523, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya 3.69 avg rating — 10,809 ratings score: 1,448, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway 4.02 avg rating — 166,589 ratings score: 1,427, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.63 avg rating — 79,907 ratings score: 1,402, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 3.38 avg rating — 179,449 ratings score: 1,375, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Brixton (new)

Dec 19, 2010 05:09PM

I like this list. It is the only one I keep returning to when I am reminded of titles I didn't see on list or as such titles randomly occur to me.

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message 2: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 27, 2012 09:33PM

I combined duplicates; hopefully this corrected the problem.

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message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Apr 03, 2012 11:28PM

Virender wrote: ""Wuthering heights" is not a poetic title."

It sure sounds poetic to me and always has. It evokes gothic images.

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message 4: by jeanie (new)

Apr 29, 2012 05:57PM

How are books "scored"?

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message 5: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 29, 2012 09:45PM

The book you rank first gets a hundred points, the one you rank second, ninety-nine, and so on down through one hundred books.

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message 6: by jeanie (new)

Apr 30, 2012 05:43AM

Ok. Now I see. Thank you.

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 30, 2012 10:50AM

No problem.

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message 8: by Dermo (new)

Aug 16, 2012 05:43PM

I wonder who can add to this list. An awful lot of awful on it. Hemingway and Steinbeck are both very good at the poetic titles though.

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message 9: by jeanie (new)

Aug 17, 2012 06:07AM

Anyone can post to it. Perhaps what is poetic to one is not poetic to another? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, afterall.

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message 10: by Antoine (new)

Aug 17, 2012 06:54AM

Dermo wrote: "I wonder who can add to this list. An awful lot of awful on it. Hemingway and Steinbeck are both very good at the poetic titles though."

Remember too that (for this list) it is only how good the titles sound that counts. The book itself could suck eggs, and still be worth including if the title is cool sounding. As for the actual results, well, that's democracy, I guess.

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message 11: by Christie (new)

Jan 24, 2013 03:36PM

I think you've made a lot of great choices here. I have to say though that some are poetic because the titles are taken directly from lines of poems! Not sure how "Jaws" fits though. lol

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message 12: by Dahlia (last edited Feb 05, 2014 10:03AM) (new)

Feb 05, 2014 10:02AM

Some of these titles are quite interesting, some of them truly wonderful; but some of them are just plain silly. I'm surprised to see them on the list.

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message 13: by Julie (new)

Feb 13, 2014 07:19PM

I didn't realize how much I love Alice Walker's titles until I went through my book list to add to your list.

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message 14: by Dana (new)

May 27, 2014 02:31PM

Who put Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin on this list? :( I love Charlie Brown, but someone thinks they're way too funny. But An Artist of the World and If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things are excellent choices. Wow, who knew there were so many definitions of "poetic"?

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message 15: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 29, 2016 10:35PM) (new)

Jul 29, 2016 10:34PM

Sometimes a book can have a beautifully poetic title, like Van de koele meren des Doods, which is completely lost in a translation (Van de koele meren des Doods has been translated as Hedwig's Journey).

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message 16: by Chris (new)

Feb 25, 2019 01:36PM

Catcher in the rye is on there twice - pages 1 and 6.

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message 17: by Chris (new)

Feb 25, 2019 01:38PM

I think that wind-up bird is on there twice too. pages 11 and ?

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 26, 2019 01:28AM) (new)

Feb 26, 2019 01:18AM

Chris wrote: "I think that wind-up bird is on there twice too. pages 11 and ?"

Shouldn't be there twice anymore, as I had the system perform a duplicate check (and 13 duplicates were removed...).

As a GR librarian, you could have tried the duplicate check yourself. Did you? And were the books still double on this list?

I checked for a double copy of The Catcher in the Rye (#102), see your previous remark, after the system performed the duplicate check, but it is only there once now.

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message 19: by Chris (new)

Feb 26, 2019 08:36AM

Thanks, my Goodreads time is limited so I only do an "alert" when I see duplications - trying to be helpful. I do the lists that my friend Alice sends me. That's about it. I do appreciate the work that others do, but I have to ration my time. That's because I don't have a home computer. Just those at the local libraries.

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 26, 2019 10:34AM

Makes sense. (I do it just about every time I vote or visit a list, but I have the time and a home computer.)

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message 21: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Feb 26, 2019 11:33PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "... I do it just about every time I vote or visit a list ..."

Same here :-)

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message 22: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 27, 2019 10:08AM

I have to remind myself not to if it's a 'cover' list, actually...

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message 23: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Feb 28, 2019 12:14AM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "I have to remind myself not to if it's a 'cover' list, actually..."

Again, same here :-)

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message 24: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Apr 28, 2019 07:18AM

Antoine wrote: "Remember too that (for this list) it is only how good the titles sound that counts. The book itself could suck eggs, and still be worth including if the title is cool sounding. ..."

I so agree... I looked purely at the titles, nothing more.

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message 25: by Jillian (new)

Jan 02, 2020 11:21PM

This is an overall great list, but it has a curious lack of actual poetry books on it. Books of poetry often have the most beautiful, heartstopping, and, well, poetic titles:

Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Incorrect Merciful Impulses by Camille Rankine
Atmospheric Embroidery by Meena Alexander
How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Roisin
How the End Begins by Cynthia Cruz
Community Garden for Lonely Girls by Christine shan Shan Hou

Some other books that deserve a mention:
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Wholeness of a Broken Heart by Katie Singer
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

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message 26: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 03, 2020 12:07PM

Then you should definitely vote for those books.

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message 27: by Jillian (new)

Jan 12, 2020 01:27PM

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Then you should definitely vote for those books."
I'm stupid and didn't realize I could add books to the list lol

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message 28: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 12, 2020 04:37PM

A lot of people don't!

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message 29: by Rebekah (new)

Sep 02, 2022 02:32PM

Is Jaws a poetic title? Surprised at number of people who thought so. What about Teeth, Tongue, Saliva, Gums, Mouth, etc?

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message 30: by Book2Dragon (new)

Mar 12, 2025 05:41PM

I only got halfway through before using up all my votes. This These are not necessarily books on my TBR list, or booksI especially liked, just poetic-like titles.

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