Titles of Only One Syllable

Not "Alive" or "The Edge"—that would be two syllables.

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697	Slag by David Hare 2.57 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 32, and 1 person 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
702	R.E.M. - Up by R.E.M. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 31, and 1 person 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
702	Choked (Brennan & Esposito, #4) by Tania Carver really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,076 ratings score: 31, and 1 person 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
702	Faked (Ward Sisters, #2) by Karla Sorensen (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 18,457 ratings score: 31, and 1 person 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
702	Marv by Marilyn Sachs 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 31, and 1 person 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
702	Balls by Paul Foster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 31, and 1 person 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
707	Mills by Manning O'Brine 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 30, and 1 person 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
707	Faked (Besties & Booze, #1) by A.J. Macey (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 603 ratings score: 30, and 1 person 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
707	Charms by Kathleen Kane 3.54 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 30, and 1 person 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
707	Mice by Martha E.H. Rustad (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 30, and 1 person 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
711	Traps by Caryl Churchill 3.12 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 29, and 1 person 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
711	Herbs: A Country Garden Cookbook by Rosalind Creasy 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 29, and 1 person 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
711	Pie by Sarah Weeks 4.04 avg rating — 12,315 ratings score: 29, and 1 person 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
711	Huge by Brent Butt 3.68 avg rating — 1,401 ratings score: 29, and 1 person 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
715	Corn: A Country Garden Cookbook by David Tanis 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 28, and 1 person 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
715	Skid (Occupational Hazards, #3) by Rene Gutteridge (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 28, and 1 person 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
715	Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 21,860 ratings score: 28, and 1 person 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
715	Slashed by Thalia Sanchez (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 7,932 ratings score: 28, and 1 person 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
719	Pears: A Country Garden Cookbook by Janet Hazen 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 27, and 1 person 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
719	Jack by A.M. Homes (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,690 ratings score: 27, and 1 person 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
719	Dropped! by Alice Kuipers (Goodreads Author) 3.18 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 27, and 1 person 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
722	Squash: A Country Garden Cookbook by Regina Schrambling 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 26, and 1 person 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
722	Pearl by Mary Gordon 3.19 avg rating — 584 ratings score: 26, and 1 person 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
722	Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward 3.87 avg rating — 64,990 ratings score: 26, and 1 person 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
722	Solved by Ed Gorman (Editor) 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 26, and 1 person 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
722	Clicked by Patrick Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 26, and 1 person 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
727	Greens: A Country Garden Cookbook by Sibella Kraus 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 25, and 1 person 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
727	Joust (Dragon Jousters, #1) by Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 12,278 ratings score: 25, and 1 person 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
729	Stars by Eric Walters 4.18 avg rating — 182 ratings score: 24, and 1 person 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
730	Cruise by Peter Baker it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 23, and 1 person 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
731	Flawed by Andrea Dorfman 3.77 avg rating — 392 ratings score: 22, and 1 person 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
732	Wings (Mysterious Mr. Spines, #1) by Jason Lethcoe (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 388 ratings score: 21, and 1 person 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
733	Masques (Beauty and the Beast, #2) by Ru Emerson 3.94 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 20, and 1 person 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
734	Runt by Niall Griffiths 3.83 avg rating — 208 ratings score: 19, and 1 person 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
734	West (East, #2) by Edith Pattou (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 2,868 ratings score: 19, and 1 person 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
736	Vurt (Vurt, #1) by Jeff Noon 4.04 avg rating — 10,269 ratings score: 18, and 1 person 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
737	Squint by Chad Morris (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 2,080 ratings score: 17, and 1 person 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
738	Smudge by Rachel Axler 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 16, and 1 person 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
739	Shoot by Douglas Fairbairn 3.50 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 15, and 1 person 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
740	Sin by Josephine Hart 3.42 avg rating — 1,012 ratings score: 14, and 1 person 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
740	Smoke by William Sanders liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 14, and 1 person 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
742	J. by William Sanders 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 13, and 1 person 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
743	Flood (Burke, #1) by Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 4,003 ratings score: 12, and 1 person 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
744	Slim by William Wister Haines 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 11, and 1 person 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
745	Square by Mac Barnett 4.14 avg rating — 3,299 ratings score: 10, and 1 person 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
746	Up by Ronald Sukenick 3.81 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 9, and 1 person 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
746	Meg (Meg, #1) by Steve Alten 3.77 avg rating — 25,152 ratings score: 9, and 1 person 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
748	Pearl by Brian Kindall (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 8, and 1 person 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
749	Sam by Lonnie Coleman 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 7, and 1 person 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
750	Thorns by Robert Silverberg 3.42 avg rating — 787 ratings score: 6, and 1 person 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
751	Cake by Sandra Newman (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 5, and 1 person 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
752	Spunk by George C. Wolfe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 4, and 1 person 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
753	Rex (Time Soldiers #1) by Robert Gould 3.66 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 3, and 1 person 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
754	Life by Cynthia Rylant 4.33 avg rating — 2,016 ratings score: 2, and 1 person 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
755	Nymph by Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 1,411 ratings score: 1, and 1 person 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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755 books · 136 voters · list created March 9th, 2010 by Thom Dunn (votes) .

Tags: one-syllable-titles, syllable, title-challenge, titles

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message 1: by Jc11king (new)

Sep 03, 2010 03:42AM

You should delete those that have more than 1 syllable

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message 2: by Bettie (new)

Sep 03, 2010 01:07PM

Jc11king wrote: "You should delete those that have more than 1 syllable"

agree!

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message 3: by Velvetink (new)

Dec 29, 2010 08:40PM

This list = Something to do on my birthday, while waiting for my hairdresser.

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message 4: by jo (new)

Jan 27, 2011 08:55PM

love the concept for this list.

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message 5: by Andy (new)

Jan 24, 2012 06:46PM

All these have been removed:

Captivate
Coraline
Shiloh
Thirsty
Sunshine
Lucas
Eragon
Entice
Virals
Impossible
Shiver
Linger
Hatchet
Intertwined
Hawksong
Elixir
48
Nevermore

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message 6: by Ben (new)

Oct 04, 2012 06:09PM

Brevity is the soul of wit.... but I found it hard to come up with titles that are THAT brief!

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Oct 05, 2012 10:53AM

Try your hand at this one, then ...
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/20... :)

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message 8: by Andréa (new)

Jun 24, 2013 09:43AM

Fever 1793, Dumbo, and The Clique exceed the one-syllable rule.

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message 9: by Andy (new)

Jul 01, 2013 08:09PM

Removed those, also Empty, Anthem, XVI, and Proxy.

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message 10: by Lobstergirl (new)

Dec 28, 2015 06:48PM

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.

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message 11: by Andréa (last edited Dec 29, 2015 08:16AM) (new)

Dec 29, 2015 08:15AM

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).

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message 12: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 12, 2016 02:42AM) (new)

Dec 12, 2016 01:27AM

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....

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message 13: by willaful (new)

Feb 29, 2020 11:52AM

Forever by Judy Blume shouldn't be on the list.

Not sure about Selections from Chess.

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message 14: by willaful (new)

Feb 29, 2020 11:57AM

Also Fateful and Bête.

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message 15: by George P. (new)

Apr 22, 2021 08:04PM

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.

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message 16: by Vicki (new)

Dec 16, 2021 06:57AM