Fake Book Titles Extravaganza, Part 10!

It’s time to compile all my fake book titles from social media again!  You can see compilation 1, compilation 2, compilation 3, compilation 4, compilation 5, compilation 6, compilation 7, compilation 8 and compilation 9 at the links. 

It’s been a while again since I last posted a compilation of fake book titles (photoshopped and created by me) that I share on social media! I finally have done enough again to make a blog post. Politics is still on my mind a LOT so a lot of these are very topical…

The first one here was definitely a MOOD.

Original title: The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane

Did you know that J.D. Vance had a memoir come out recently? Even though it is hilarious enough that the book is about his Catholic faith and shows a non-Catholic church on the cover, I thought it could use more “zing.”

Original title: Communion, by J.D. Vance

Some covers really capture my psychological state so well!

Original title: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Let me add one from the archives that became very relevant due to a recent very popular movie!

Original title: The Odyssey, by Homer

Fortunately not all fake book titles are topical and based on current events — there are enough silly covers to inspire me still.

Original title: The Silent Speaker, by Rex Stout

… and then we’re right back to the nonsense related to current events!

Original title: Male Magazine

This next one will come with an explanatory gif afterwards, inspired by an… incident at the funeral of a Senator.

Original title: Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective, by Agatha Christie

And here’s the relevant gif!

Aaaand another topical political one:

Original title: The First Golden Geography

We lost too many good people recently, which inspired this cover (apologies to the late great Terry Pratchett).

Original title: Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett

In memory of Tim Curry, here’s my favorite thing he’s done, and he’s done a LOT of stuff I LOVE:

And, finally, I offer a sincere thank you to authors who are bringing back the retro over-the-top murder mystery covers, which are the most fun to work with!

Original title: Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman

Okay, that’s this roundup! Hopefully more to come soon, or at least sooner than a year away!

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1 Response to Fake Book Titles Extravaganza, Part 10!

  1. Amani Miya's avatar Amani Miya says:

    Part ten and still going strong — the fake titles that work are the ones where the parody reveals something true about how academic and genre publishing actually titles things. These compilations are a reliable mood repair. Keep them coming.

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