Long Titles That Landed Books On My TBR

Posted October 13, 2020 by Sammie in top ten tuesdays / 30 Comments

The old saying goes, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but can we judge them by their titles?

I mean, because I’m clearly a complete rebel with a disregard for all the rules, I judge books by their covers, too. But suppose I don’t. Hypothetically. Could I judge them by their titles? After all, what’s in a name?

Since humans are really bad at following instructions in general, of course, names mean a lot. And since I’m a judgmental little bookwyrm, I obviously love reading out titles and thinking what they say about the book. And that moment where you read a scene that makes the title suddenly make sense? *chef’s kiss*

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is super long book titles.

Now, granted, I read quite a few books with really long titles. In fact, some of my favorite books have really long titles (My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky, etc.). So when I see a long title that sounds interesting and really grabs my attention, on the TBR it goes.

More than that, a really catch title, in general, will automatically land a book on my TBR simply because the title sounds so interesting! Today’s post is dedicated to these books, the books with the titles that make me sit up and take notice and go, “Yeah, okay, I should probably read that.”

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What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

It’s a good thing we’ve agreed not to judge books by their cover, because this cover tells me nothing at all about this book, as far as I can tell. This title, though … what does it mean when a man falls from the sky? It’s a legitimate question. I mean, first, it means he needs work on his superpowers. Maybe a longer dip in a vat of nuclear waste? I don’t know, something. Either that or he got lost, took a wrong turn somewhere, and refused to just stop and ask for direction. That wouldn’t surprise me, either.

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All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault

First, I would just like to say this sounds like something I would say, so of course it attracted my attention. But also … what explosions? Did I miss something? *gasp* Even worse, was I left out of something?! Why do other people get to blow things up and I don’t?! The nerve!

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A Man Too Old for a Place Too Far

A Man Too Old for a Place Too Far (The Forgotten Child Trilogy, #1)

I’m a huge fan of older protagonists, I’m not gonna lie. So as soon as a man is saying he’s too old for something, he’s probably the right age for me to fall in love with him as a character. Works every time. It sounds like the main character of this may just be the sort of curmudgeon that I enjoy reading about.

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The Things We Learn When We’re Dead

The Things We Learn When We're Dead

I’d hope it’d be things like where the other sock goes when they disappear from the dryer or how bacon tastes so good when the rest of the pig is very meh. I’d say necromancy, buuuut … it’d be a little late to learn that after you’re already dead. I mean, you can’t reverse-necromance yourself alive from the afterlife or something. So yeah, I’m definitely curious about what things this author had in mind.

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This Is How You Lose the Time War

This Is How You Lose the Time War

I’m not sure this is something I really need advice on. Pretty sure I can manage this myself. Step one: have me on your team. Step two: let me lose. Congrats! You’ve officially lost the time war, along with any other war you had in mind. Huzzah! Unless you send me back to the time of dinosaurs or something. That’s a no-go for me, thanks.

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Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick

Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe, #2)

I mean, this is kind of the sort of title that just immediately grabs you, doesn’t it? Sort of the type of thing I expected from the author of John Dies at the End and This Book is Full of Spiders. Still, this title definitely screams pick me up and find out what the heck the future did wrong. Because clearly, it must’ve been something to deserve that kind of treatment.

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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

As I said, I love older protagonists! I’m so curious, though, that it’s specifically 83 1/4 years old. Usually, people stop counting fraction ages by the time they hit the double digits, basically. Plus, secret diaries are always a plus. I’m a fan of reading things I’m “not supposed to,” even if that’s diaries! Woe to my daughter … when she starts having something going on in her life where reading her diary might actually be interesting.

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How to Make Friends with the Dark

How to Make Friends with the Dark

Helloooo darkness, my old friiiiiend. You can never have too many friends, right? The darkness sounds like a marvelous friend to have. Why not? This made me curious about what kind of dark, of course. Like the pitch black darkness outside your window that some horrible creature is probably lurking in, or the darkness buried deep inside everyone? Because those are two totally different types.

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How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles, #1)

Okay, let me just say that I feel like there are a LOT of ways to achieve this goal. I can think of several dozen without even trying. But yeah, okay, I’m curious how exactly Rory Thorne accomplished it in this particular instance.

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The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

I mean, doesn’t this just sound brilliant on the surface? I’m part of a Southern book club, and thinking about these lovely ladies learning to slay vampires makes me giggle so much. I definitely want to see it. When I read this, I imagine I’ll be picturing my own book club, which will definitely add an interesting layer to this.

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30 responses to “Long Titles That Landed Books On My TBR

  1. Ha! I laughed at all of these. I think long book titles tend to be funnier. You also reminded me that What It Means When A Man Falls from the Sky has been on my TBR for a while!

    • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was one of the first titles I thought of, too! But I notice I’ve mentioned it several times in recent (ish) TTTs and didn’t want to keep mentioning it, so I thought I’d change it up. xD

    • What?! Where? I didn’t see Tristan Strong. *whistles innocently*

      Yeah, I really should pick that book up soon. I’ve been curious about it for a while. xD

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