my favourite book TITLES ever

[mally]

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" always stuck with me. Profound and beautiful. I think of both the title and the book itself often.

[zephyr]

The german book title for "Convenience Store Woman" is "Die Ladenhüterin" which means simultaneously "Woman who protects the store" and "Product that does never get bought and therefore sits in the store forever". I think that's brilliant.

[Tominzay]

“I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness” always has me in amazement and Claire’s writing is just too good.

[nezukochan]

My personal favorite is "I'm Glad My Mom Died". I saw this at the store and bought it just from the title. I wanted to know how the author would justify this title. And oh boy, justify she did.
"The Palace of Illusions", "The Kind Worth Killing", "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" & "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" are few favorites too.

[Eman-rbhc]

One of my favorite book titles ever is a short story collection called “the trees grew because I bled there “, there is something about this sentence that’s just so beautiful and kinda scary too, which is exactly what this book offers .

[Hanna-pomt]

I made a list of titles that Jack mentioned:

1. Build Your House Around My Body 2:01
2. No One is Talking About This 2:17
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes 2:44
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being 2:59
5. The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time 3:32
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 3:34
7. All the Lovers in the Night 3:36
8. Breast and Eggs 3:40
9. Tender is the Night 4:03
10. A Moveable Feast 4:13
11. Things We Say in the Dark 4:46
12. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 5:01
13. Me Talk Pretty One Day 7:32
14. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck 7:35
15. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 7:43
16. How to Kill your Family 8:08
17. Send Nudes 8:16
18. Everyone in This Room will Someday be Dead 8:44
19. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory 9:06
20. Before the Coffee Gets Cold 9:20
21. Much Ado About Nothing 9:51
22. I’m Glad My Mom Died 10:03
23. I want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 10:57
24. I Fear My Pain Interest You 11:00
25. Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping 11:09
26. South of The Border, West of The Sun 11:37
27. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World 12:08
28. The Illicit Happiness of Other People 12:22
29. My Dark Vanessa 12:28

[ananyapandey]

"On earth we're briefly gorgeous" is a really pretty title and captures the beautiful story so well

[laureneggyolk]

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdy is so deadpan and raw especially within its context. It definitely strikes a chord.

[RMullerEquestrian]

You should do this with book covers too! A good cover will always get me. They say don't judge a book by its cover, but I think if the author/publisher has good taste on a cover, I know they'll have good taste in writing. It's worked for me every time.

[sr.]

"Everyone brave is forgiven" by Chris Cleave is such a heartbreaking and beautiful title

[freyanatalie]

fave title has to be.. a thousand splendid suns.. because it’s just such a mouthful to say.. AND IT SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL !!!!

[kaymorris]

“On earth we’re briefly gorgeous” will always be my favourite!!

[kavyakohli]

Another thing though, we go into reading these unique titles with certain expectations. I usually think that such brilliant titles would lead to an equally brilliant plot and writing. But nothing disappoints more than when the amazingness of the title doesn't translate to the story.

[thea]

I absolutely love The Importance of Being Earnest, the title perfectly describes the direction of the story, its moral lesson and references a character(s) so elegantly!

[thisissophiaisabelle]

We appreciate your recommendations, Jack. They mean a lot to us.

[conversations_with_kara]

05:40 another grammar joke like this that has stuck with me is in one of the anne of green gables books where a young character thinks that god makes jam because he heard "god makes preserves and forgives us" instead of "god makes, preserves, and forgives us" 💀💀

[emargent]

“All The Bright Places” is one that really sticks with me. Such a poignant and heartbreaking book that still manages to hold onto hope.

[itsGabrielaCristina]

My favorites:
-On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
-At Night All Blood is Black
-If We Were Villains
-The Collected Regrets of Clover
-The World Keeps Ending, and The World Goes On

[Kristinaxprr]

Jack, I can't believe you didn't put 'ALONE WITH YOU IN THE ETHER' into your list !!! 😭😭

[josephinep]

I really like « Crying in H Mart ». It’s what the story is about (grief, family, food, being Korean-American) and it’s quite graphical, you can picture someone crying in H-Mart.