Into the Fire

Karen Ball is doing a mini-series about titles on her blog. She brings up some interesting points from an editor and author/writer perspective. Once again the love of a title is subjective, but I’m sure you have your favorites, and I certainly have mine since I think the title is mega-important to a story.

You might recall in a review I did here awhile back how I thought a particular title (and the cover and back cover copy) did a disservice to the story itself. Titles really need to speak to the reader either symbolically, emotionally, or both and lead the reader into the story or depict a story resolution–or all of the “above”. They’re important and usually the first introduction a reader has to a book.

Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order and for multiple reasons:

Comes A Horseman by Robert Liparulo

The Famous One by Nicole Petrino-Salter; Hope Of Glory

Shoo Fly Pie by Tim Downs

Less than Dead by Tim Downs

Eyes of Elisha by Brandilyn Collins

Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers

In High Places by Tom Morissey

Blue Heart Blessed by Susan Meissner

The Stones Cry Out by Sibella Giorello

Treason; Hostage; Defiance by Don Brown

Demon . . . a memoir by Tosca Lee

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway; The Sun Also Rises

God, your creativity is never ending. That you impart even a portion of it to the people made in your image is beyond my imagination. Thank you for allowing us to partake in who you truly are. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.