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One-Syllable Book Novel Titles in Literature

Name the title of the work, based on the author and year given.
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Last updated: May 25, 2026
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First submittedMarch 19, 2017
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Year
Author
Hint
Title
1808
Goethe
A scholar makes a bargain with Mephistopheles.
Faust
1887
H. Rider Haggard
Victorian adventure featuring Ayesha, an immortal queen.
She
1901
Rudyard Kipling
An orphaned Irish boy moves through British India’s Great Game.
Kim
1924
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Dystopia with numbered citizens living under glass walls
We
1956
Allen Ginsburg
A landmark Beat poem about a ruined, ecstatic generation.
Howl
1958
Elie Wiesel
A Holocaust memoir centered on Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
Night
1963
Thomas Pynchon
Follows Benny Profane and Herbert Stencil’s obsessive hunt
V.
1965
Frank Herbert
Noble houses, spice, sandworms, Arrakis
Dune
1969
Joyce Carol Oates
National Book Award novel about a struggling Detroit family
them
1973
J.G. Ballard
Transgressive novel about desire, technology, and car wrecks
Crash
1974
Peter Benchley
A great white shark terrorizes Amity Island.
Jaws
1986
Stephen King
Children in Derry face a shape-shifting terror.
It
1987
Michael Crichton
Underwater first-contact thriller about a mysterious metallic orb
Sphere
1998
Louis Sachar
Boys at Camp Green Lake dig every day in a dry lakebed.
Holes
2001
Chuck Palahniuk
A sex addict scams restaurant patrons by pretending to suffocate.
Choke
2010
Emma Donoghue
A mother and young son are imprisoned in an 11'x11' shed.
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5 Comments
interopia
+1
Level 90
Sep 3, 2020
Can you think of any others!?
interopia
+1
Level 90
Feb 25, 2022
Also try "And Something" Book and Novel Titles!
Newroadgirl
+1
Level 69
Mar 15, 2022
I consider literature to be one of my stronger subjects but found this very tricky. Enjoyed the challenge though.
interopia
+1
Level 90
Mar 15, 2022
Yeah I guess there aren't that many one-syllable book titles! Thanks for playing!
interopia
+2
Level 90
May 25, 2026
I added hints, instead of just years and author, so it should be a lot easier now!
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