How to title a novel?

Choosing a title for your novel can be difficult. It needs to catch the eye, intrigue the potential reader, and communicate something about the genre of the novel.

Using snippets of quotations from famous works or books, like the Bible or Shakespeare, is a popular choice, as they can help the reader to infer meaning from the title.

Some examples of this include:

  • The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (from the Bible)
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (from The Tempest)
  • The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (from Macbeth)
  • All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare (from a proverb of the time)
  • The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth (from Julius Caesar)
  • East of Eden by John Steinbeck (from Genesis)
  • Through a Glass Darkly by Donna Leon (from the Bible)

You can also turn to an AI assistant like QuillBot’s AI novel title generator. It’s free and will give you many suggestions based on the details you supply about your novel.