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Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)
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Faust, First Part
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Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
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Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
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Rules
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Matched (Matched, #1)
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Gone (Gone, #1)
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Crank (Crank, #1)
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Bait
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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Snow
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Day
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She (She, #1)
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Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence
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Mash
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Ghosts
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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Wake (Dream Catcher, #1)
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Prom
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Bolt (Kit Fielding, #2)
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Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
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Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)
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Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)
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Straight
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Glitz
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Ruth
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Pnin
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Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3)
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Risk
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Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)
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Dry
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
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House
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Flush
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Sleuth
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Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
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Shame
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Scat
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Flush
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Moo
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Snuff
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Scars
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Prep
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Ice
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Schooled
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Flipped
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Stitch (Stitch Trilogy, #1)
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Beast
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Fire
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Crossed (Matched, #2)
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Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
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Reached (Matched, #3)
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Tricks (Tricks, #1)
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Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
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Cats: Songs from the Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Vocal Selections for Piano, Vocal and Guitar | 19 Broadway Songs | Musical Arrangements for All Skill Levels | Sheet Music for Musicians
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Sep 03, 2010 03:42AM
You should delete those that have more than 1 syllable
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Jc11king wrote: "You should delete those that have more than 1 syllable"agree!
This list = Something to do on my birthday, while waiting for my hairdresser.
All these have been removed:Captivate
Coraline
Shiloh
Thirsty
Sunshine
Lucas
Eragon
Entice
Virals
Impossible
Shiver
Linger
Hatchet
Intertwined
Hawksong
Elixir
48
Nevermore
Brevity is the soul of wit.... but I found it hard to come up with titles that are THAT brief!
Fever 1793, Dumbo, and The Clique exceed the one-syllable rule.
Removed those, also Empty, Anthem, XVI, and Proxy.
What about books with a one syllable title followed by a strapline, e.g.Faust: Part One
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
?
I think those should be removed.
Lobstergirl wrote: "What about books with a one syllable title followed by a strapline, e.g.Faust: Part One
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex..."
I tend to consider only the actual title for title lists, so for me, Bonk and Blink would qualify. For many books like them, the strapline isn't included on all the editions (or at least not on Goodreads).
I've removed Dracula, Chocolat, Company, Zoya, Eucalyptus, Hannah, Anastasia, Jassy and Stormswept, for the obvious reason that the titles consist of more than one syllable.Please be aware that one syllable is not always the same as one word....
I'm surprised that readers have been able to come up with over 400. I looked through my list of books read and all my 1-syllable title books (there weren't many) were already here.
Vicki wrote: "#260 Butterfly doesn't belong here."Removed.
Also multisyllabic:#240 Carpathia
#257 Figurehead
#270 Syrup
#312 Captivate
#320 Impulse
Vicki wrote: "Also multisyllabic:#240 Carpathia
#257 Figurehead
#270 Syrup
#312 Captivate
#320 Impulse"
Removed.
Merrow, Baby, and 2 different examples of Vixen have crept in.
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