In honor of the literary game the late Christopher Hitchens used to play with his friend Salman Rushdie, “Titles That Didn’t Quite Make It,” here are some well-known book names that seem, um, less compelling with just one synonym swapped out.
- Mandibles – Kristi McLean
- War and Not War – Mike Morgan
- The Lord of the Bling – Craig Smith
- Hubris and Prejudice – Christy Smith
- Fifty Shades of Off-White – Caroline Bock
- The Catcher in the Spelt – Holly Smith
Have your own title that falls a wee bit flat? Share it in the comments section below, tweet it to @WIRoBooks, or post it on our Facebook page. It may appear in the next installment of “Rejected Titles”!
