To jump off of the other thread about bad book titles, what are some bad or mediocre books with great titles?
I'm actually having a hard time coming up with any. My best example is To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers. The title is intriguing. The book left something to be desired. It felt underdeveloped to me, not actively bad. (Please don't come at me if you loved this book!)
I expect people to say This Is How You Lose A Time War, even though I liked that book. It seems a lot of people had different expectations based on the title and didn't enjoy the prose. The title is great because it draws you in by seemingly giving you the ending, making you curious how it plays out.
What are some books that don't live up to their objectively great titles?
by Comprehensive-Fun47
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The Age of Scorpius.
*Atlas Shrugged* springs to mind.
Un lun dun by China Mievelle
I think in order for this to work, you really have to exclude titles that have a real following or recognition. It has to be something where the broad consensus is that it’s mediocre/bad. Even the most beloved book has some detractors – I’ll happily tell you that I think Babel was really bad but I also know that by definition this is a minority view. I know some people didn’t like This is How you Lose The Time War but it won the damn Hugo and the freaking Nebula awards!