Book

Real series title; fantasy by J.K. Rowling

Real title: Marvel's X-Men comic series.

Yes! Sacred book of Islam, widely published.

Yes! Shorthand for The Jungle Book, Kipling's classic.

Real thriller: 'You' by Caroline Kepnes (2014).

A published Alex Haley novel about an American family.

Yes - sacred text; classic book of Christianity.

Real book: Isabel Allende's 2005 Zorro novel.

Real book title; J. M. Barrie’s classic adventure.

Yes! Susan Cain's bestseller on introverts.

'Yes' is a real novel by Thomas Bernhard (1978).

Real title: Zoo by James Patterson (2012).

Real series; L. J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries.

Yep—real kids’ book title; ocean picture books.

Real book (The Lord of the Rings); epic by Tolkien

Valid—short for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Yes, Dickens classic novel about orphan Oliver.

Series title; Rick Riordan’s hero adventures.

Valid: common short title of Lewis Carroll's classic.

Valid book: Nancy Milford's Zelda biography.

Real novel: 'Year of Wonders' by Geraldine Brooks (2001).

Real novel: 'Yesterday' by Felicia Yap (2017).

Common short for 'your name.' by Makoto Shinkai.

Yes—novel by R. J. Palacio (2012), bestselling.

Common short for The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.

Real series title; funny books by Jeff Kinney

Classic novel by Louisa May Alcott; widely read

A real published children's picture book title. 📚

Real book: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates (1995).

Real novel by Harper Lee (1960). A classic!

Yes! Grimm tale; many books titled Red Riding Hood.

Real novel title; Jane Austen’s 1813 classic.

Valid—Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 1936.

Short for The Cat in the Hat; Dr. Seuss classic.

Valid: short for The Kite Runner by Hosseini (2003).

Yes! Roald Dahl novel about a gifted girl.

Yes! Picture book by Chris Van Allsburg.

Yep—Shakespeare tragedy, often read as a book.

Short for The X-Files; many tie-in novels exist.

Counts: variant of 'You & Me' by Padgett Powell (2012).

Valid: Orwell's satirical novella about a farm.

Yes, Shakespeare tragedy often published as a book.

Real book: Zero by Charles Seife (2000).

Classic children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame, 1908.

Accepted shorthand; dystopian by Suzanne Collins

Real book title; e.g., Neverland by Douglas Clegg.

Yes - classic fairy tale by Beaumont.

Valid—short for A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin.

Yes—classic by Emily Brontë (1847).

Classic pick—Jane Austen novel starting with E.

Valid - Disney's Zootopia junior novelization.

Bestselling YA by Suzanne Collins. Very famous.

Yes! Classic hero; many books titled Robin Hood.

Yes! Real book title; John Yorke's guide on story.

Yes! A real novel title, e.g., by Jim Crace.

Real book: 'Yearbook' by Seth Rogen (memoir, 2021).

Common short for The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.

Valid—novel by Charles Dickens, first published 1861.

Yes! Shakespeare’s tragedy, widely published.

Classic fairy tale in many books; widely known.

Series title of classic teen-sleuth mysteries.

Classic novel by Mary Shelley; well-known book with F.

Valid—thriller by Gillian Flynn (2012).

Classic sci-fi adventure by Frank Herbert

Beloved A. A. Milne children’s book about a bear.

Yes—Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace (1869).

Valid: Madeleine L'Engle's time-travel novel.

Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel, classic adventure.

Yes! Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel.

Accepted—short for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

Yes! Classic tale widely printed as children's books.

Fantasy novel by Michael Ende, filmed as “The NeverEnding Story”.

Yep—The Umbrella Academy, comics by Gerard Way.

Real picture-book title; many editions use "I Love You".

Valid: L. M. Montgomery's beloved classic.

YA dystopian novel by Veronica Roth

Yep—many real books titled 'Yellowstone' (park).

Yep! A Hogwarts Library book by J.K. Rowling.

A documented historical book title about Britain’s monarch.

"Quack" is a real children’s book title by Margie Palatini

Yes—Thomas More’s Utopia, classic satire (1516).

Real book by Jon Krakauer about Chris McCandless.

Short for The Fault in Our Stars by John Green; valid.

Nice one—Paolini fantasy, Inheritance Cycle #1.

Real book title (The Lion King); Disney storybook

Yes! DC comic book series title about the hero.

Valid: 1932 King Kong novelization by D. W. Lovelace.

Vampire romance by Stephenie Meyer. Huge hit.

Yes, Steinbeck novella, widely read in schools.

Valid title used by several children’s books.

Short for The Catcher in the Rye; by J.D. Salinger.

Gothic novel by Bram Stoker, vampire classic

Yep—Umbrella, a 2012 novel by Will Self.

Real kids' puzzle series by Marzollo & Wick.

Valid—novel titled Love by Toni Morrison (2003)

Yes! Also a Louisa May Alcott novel title.

Valid - short for Zeus: King of the Gods, a graphic novel.

Real book: Zoom by Istvan Banyai (wordless).

Valid—short for The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

Real novel by William Golding; dystopian classic