My good friend Verity (pictured) had way too much fun making up click bait titles for famous books, so here they are. Which books are these? And would you read them?
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The Annoying Book Title’s Daughter: the three questions those repetitive titles force you to ask
Book Thoughts, Writing, Writing ThoughtsI’m sure these days every third book or so follows this simple formula for a title.
Honestly. The Taxidermist’s Daughter. The Time-Traveller’s Wife. The Pirate’s Daughter. The Firework Maker’s Daughter. The Photographer’s Wife. The Gravedigger’s Daughter. The Alchemist’s Daughter.
I find it extremely annoying… and yet still these titles draw me in. I think they work because they make you immediately ask these three questions: