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Book Titles Taken From Literature

Many authors will use quotations from literature as the title for their works. This may be done as a conscious allusion to the themes of the older work or simply because the phrase seems memorable. The following is a partial list of book titles taken from literature. It does not include phrases altered for parody. (Titles taken from works by William Shakespeare do not appear here.) Check out the link for the references.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
A Che Punto È La Notte (Fruttero and Lucentini)
A Che Punto È La Notte
2
Fruttero and Lucentini
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (Aldous Huxley)
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
3
Aldous Huxley
Ah, Wilderness (Eugene O'Neill)
Ah, Wilderness
4
Eugene O'Neill
Alien Corn (Sidney Howard)
Alien Corn
5
Sidney Howard
All Passion Spent (Vita Sackville-West)
All Passion Spent
6
Vita Sackville-West
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
7
Robert Penn Warren
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (Michael Morpurgo)
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
8
Michael Morpurgo
An Acceptable Time (Madeleine L'engle)
An Acceptable Time
9
Madeleine L'engle
Antic Hay (Aldous Huxley)
Antic Hay
10
Aldous Huxley
An Evil Cradling (Brian Keenan)
An Evil Cradling
11
Brian Keenan
Arms and the Man (George Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man
12
George Bernard Shaw
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
13
William Faulkner
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
14
John Grisham
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man
15
Michael Moorcock
Beneath the Bleeding (Val Mcdermid)
Beneath the Bleeding
16
Val Mcdermid
Beyond the Mexique Bay (Aldous Huxley)
Beyond the Mexique Bay
17
Aldous Huxley
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
Blithe Spirit
18
Noel Coward
Blood's a Rover (James Ellroy)
Blood's a Rover
19
James Ellroy
Blue Remembered Earth (Alastair Reynolds)
Blue Remembered Earth
20
Alastair Reynolds
Blue Remembered Hills (Rosemary Sutcliff)
Blue Remembered Hills
21
Rosemary Sutcliff
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
22
Francoise Sagan
Brandy of the Damned (Colin Wilson)
Brandy of the Damned
23
Colin Wilson
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
24
Butter in a Lordly Dish (Agatha Christie)
Butter in a Lordly Dish
25
Agatha Christie
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (Elizabeth Smart)
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept
26
Elizabeth Smart
Cabbages and Kings (O. Henry)
Cabbages and Kings
27
O. Henry
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
28
Dan Simmons
A Catskill Eagle (Robert B. Parker)
A Catskill Eagle
29
Robert B. Parker
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men
30
P.D. James
Clouds of Witness (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Clouds of Witness
31
Dorothy L. Sayers
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
32
John Kennedy Toole
Consider Phlebas (Iain M. Banks)
Consider Phlebas
33
Iain M. Banks
Consider the Lilies (Iain Crichton Smith)
Consider the Lilies
34
Iain Crichton Smith
Cover Her Face (P. D. James)
Cover Her Face
35
P. D. James
The Cricket on the Hearth (Charles Dickens)
The Cricket on the Hearth
36
Charles Dickens
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
37
Mark Haddon
The Daffodil Sky (H. E. Bates)
The Daffodil Sky
38
H. E. Bates
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance
39
Haruki Murakami
A Darkling Plain (Philip Reeve)
A Darkling Plain
40
Philip Reeve
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