The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

19. A Book That Has An Alternate Title


When books are published internationally, sometimes the title gets changed. The content within the book is usually the same, it’s just published under a different title.

For example depending on where you live, you might know the popular read Beartown by Fredrik Backman as The Scandal. Or Louise Penny’s book, The Murder Stone as A Rule Against Murder. And did you know the original title for Outlander in the UK was Cross Stitch?

Also, for those also participating in our Agatha Christie Mystery Challenge many of her books have been published under different titles. This is a great way to double up on your challenges!

Check out our Goodreads List for examples

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien ❤

The Price of Salt/Carol, by Patricia Highsmith

In french Red White Royal blue is My dear f*** Prince.

The Book of Negroes

How the Penguins Saved Veronica / Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior.

The author of George changed the title to Melissa's Story last year to no longer be deadnaming the main character.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's / Sorcerer's Stone.

Tess Of The D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Cakes and Ale: or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard by Maugham

How the Penguins Saved Veronica was a fun read and was originally published in the UK as Away with the Penguins.

I'm taking a different spin on this prompt:

The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult....in the ancient Egyptian times, this book was referred to as "The Book of Going Forth by Day".

I just bought The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle in a UK bookstore, then came to Goodreads when I returned to the US, couldn't find it, and discovered it's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle here. Not sure why the 1/2 change as I haven't started it yet, but it definitely fits :)

And Then There Were None Alternate Title: Ten Little Niggers

I'll be using The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.

And Then There Were None/ several alternate titles/ Ten Little Indians was one of them.

Driving over Lemons - An Optimist in Andalusia by Chris Stewart - does that count?

Ang wrote: "I'm taking a different spin on this prompt:

The Book of Two Ways, by Jodi Picoult....in the ancient Egyptian times, this book was referred to as "The Book of Going Forth by Day"."

Nice one!! What a clever spin.

I started with this one and did The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. It was originally published as Tiger! Tiger! great great Science Fiction classic.

Andrea wrote: "Driving over Lemons - An Optimist in Andalusia by Chris Stewart - does that count?"
personally, I wouldn't count that. subtitles are usually an explanatory thing, unless it starts with "or," i.e. "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" or "Twelfth Night, or What You Will."
but as I said, that's how I'm taking it for my challenge. if you feel it works for your challenge, go for it!

A new book in the US is The Bright Side Running Club by Josie Lloyd. Apparently it was published in the UK as The Cancer Ladies' Running Club.

Ghosted (aka The Man Who Didn’t Call) by Rosie Walsh.

Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken
The alternate title is specified in the book by the author. He wanted to call the book Memories of the Future but his publisher changed it.

The Illustrated Child or The Book of Hidden Wonders Same book

Patricia Moyes, The Sunken Sailor (UK) / Down Among the Dead Men (US), 1961 -- a classic British mystery.

The lottery/ The adventures of a demon lover by Shirley Jackson

The Hiding Place/The Taking Of Annie Thorne by CJ Tudor

I'm going to read Girl, Serpent, Thorn/"She Was and She Was Not" by Melissa Bashardoust.

The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2022...
also published under the title Bone China

I want to read The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton as I just recently bought it.

Other recommendations:
The Taking of Annie Thorne / The Hiding Place by C.J. Tudor
Lullaby / The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani
Northern Lights / The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Prompt #19 - A book that has an alternate title

I read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

I read Let the Right One In which is also published as Let Me In.

I read Lucky Woman, which was previously published as Love Without Shadows.

Before the tv show: What in God's Name. After the TV show: Miracle Workers: A Novel. By Simon Rich.

I chose The People We Met on Vacation!

I re-read an old fave from high school - The Stranger

I read The Mysterious Mr. Quin. Each short story begins with the original title and where it was originally published. This was the next book in The Agatha Mystery Challenge that I am reading in chronological order.

Alicia wrote: "I chose The People We Met on Vacation!"

Same! I think it's call You and Me on Vacation in the UK or something like that!

I am reading A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Again, this is a book that I have been meaning to read for years and am just getting around to reading it. It is worth the wait; I am loving it.

The House at Riverton by Kate Morton (aka ‘The Shifting Fog’)

I read Jackie and Maria by Gill Paul titled THE SECOND MARRIAGE in the UK

Jackie and Maria: A Novel of Jackie Kennedy & Maria Callas by Gill Paul 5/7/22

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I read Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman, 3 Stars. Goodreads says "Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems" so it counts for me.

I read “Vintage 1954” by Antoine Laurain. Alternate title is ‘Millesime 54”

I read After the Funeral (aka Funerals Are Fatal) by Agatha Christie.

I’m going to be reading Crime on the fens by Joy ellis which is also known as mask of wars

Chariots of the Gods - Erich Von Daniken

“Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting” / “The People on Platform 5”

People We Meet on Vacation

The UK version is You and Me on Vacation.

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

For this, I read "When Knighthood Was in Flower," or "The Love Story of Charles Brandon & Mary Tudor the King's Sister, & Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth."

I also claim brownie points, because the author, too, has an "alternate" title (Charles Major, but my copy is published under his pseudonym, Edwin Caskoden).