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13	!!Creators, sorted by surname:
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15	* Creator/RobertAbernathy's "{{Literature/Heritage}}"
16	* Creator/AnnAguirre's ''Literature/RazorlandTrilogy'': Each story released up to 2017 IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming of this:
17	** ''Literature/{{Enclave}}'' (2011)
18	** ''Outpost'' (2012)
19	** "Literature/{{Foundation\|Aguirre}}" (2012, ShortStory)
20	** "Endurance" (2012, ShortStory)
21	** "Restoration" (2013, ShortStory)
22	** ''Horde'' (2013)
23	** ''Vanguard'' (2017).
24	* Creator/IsaacAsimov: Many of his stories use IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming of short titles, [[JustifiedTrope explained]] by Asimov as the result of a particularly poorly-written (and titled) story from his youth.[[labelnote:*]]"Literature/TheWeaponTooDreadfulToUse"[[/labelnote]] He claimed in a later introduction to the story that its flaws and inaccurate title permanently soured him to longer titles.
25	** "Literature/{{Blank}}"
26	** "{{Literature/Escape}}": When Dr Asimov republished "Paradoxical Escape" in ''Literature/IRobot'', he [[PublisherChosenTitle changed the name]] to simply "Escape!".
27	** "Literature/{{Everest}}"
28	** "Literature/{{Evidence}}"
29	** "Literature/{{Flies}}"
30	** ''Literature/FoundationSeries'': The name of the series is just ''Foundation''.
31	*** "Literature/TheEncyclopedists": Originally published in 1942 as "Foundation".
32	*** ''Literature/Foundation1951'': The name of the first book in ''Literature/TheFoundationTrilogy'' is titled simply ''Foundation'', taking it from the original name for "Literature/TheEncyclopedists".
33	** ''{{Literature/Franchise}}''
34	** ''Literature/{{Heredity}}''
35	** ''Literature/{{History}}''
36	** "Literature/{{Hostess}}"
37	** "{{Literature/Irrelevance}}"
38	** "Literature/Liar1941"
39	** "Literature/Nightfall1941"
40	** ''Literature/Nightfall1990''
41	** "{{Literature/Robbie}}"
42	** "Literature/{{Runaround}}"
43	** "Literature/{{Reason}}"
44	** ''Literature/{{Risk}}''
45	** "Literature/{{Someday}}"
46	** ''Literature/{{Trends}}''
47	** "Literature/TheUglyLittleBoy": The original title is "Lastborn".
48	* Creator/MargaretAtwood has some:
49	** ''Literature/{{Expeditions}}''
50	** ''Literature/Surfacing1972''
51	** ''Literature/{{Interlunar}}''
52	** ''Literature/{{Maddaddam}}''
53	* Creator/JaneAusten
54	** ''Literature/{{Emma}}'': It's a ProtagonistTitle, as the novel is called after its heroine, Miss Emma Woodhouse.
55	** ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'': The novel's protagonist was persuaded by her godmother not to marry her one true love. Forms of the word "persuade" appear a lot in the text, and forms of persuasion shape the development of the story. The novel was named after Jane Austen's death by her heirs (the manuscript was titled ''The Elliots'').
56	** ''Literature/{{Sanditon}}'' is an unfinished novel. It's also ThePlace: Sanditon is a seaside town where the story takes place.
57	* Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
58	* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold:
59	** Several works in the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' (internal chronological order; ''Barrayar'', ''Cetaganda'', and ''Komarr'' are also examples of ThePlace, being fictional planets in the "Vorkosiverse"):
60	*** ''Barrayar''
61	*** ''Cetaganda''
62	*** "Labyrinth" (a novella)
63	*** ''Memory''
64	*** ''Komarr''
65	*** ''Cryoburn''
66	** All of the individual novels in ''Literature/TheSharingKnife'' series (internal chronological order):
67	*** ''Beguilement''
68	*** ''Legacy''
69	*** ''Passage''
70	*** ''Horizon''
71	* Creator/LordByron’s "Literature/{{Darkness}}"
72	* Creator/HalClement's "{{Literature/Proof}}"
73	* Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
74	* Creator/GregEgan
75	** ''Literature/{{Diaspora}}''
76	** ''Literature/{{Distress}}''
77	** ''Literature/{{Oceanic}}''
78	** ''Literature/{{Oracle}}''
79	** ''Literature/Quarantine1992''
80	* Creator/JoseMariaEguren: His {{poem}} book ''Simbólicas'' (translation: ''Symbolics''), ''Sombra'' (translation: ''Shadow''), and ''Rondinelas''.
81	* Creator/EllenHopkins' multiple series of YoungAdult verse novels:
82	** ''Literature/CrankTrilogy'':
83	*** ''Crank''
84	*** ''Glass''
85	*** ''Fallout''
86	** Other novels:
87	*** ''Literature/{{Impulse}}''
88	*** ''Literature/{{Identical}}''
89	*** ''Literature/{{Tricks}}''
90	*** ''Literature/{{Perfect}}''
91	*** ''Literature/{{Triangles}}''
92	*** ''Literature/{{Tilt}}''
93	*** ''Literature/{{Collateral}}''
94	*** ''Literature/{{Smoke}}''
95	*** ''Literature/{{Rumble}}''
96	* Creator/LRonHubbard's "{{Literature/Strain}}"
97	* Creator/ErinHunter: This is the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming of this, which is also an occupation, for her series'. However, most are commonly known by their title plus the species the work is themed around (including on this Wiki) for convenience's sake:
98	** ''Literature/{{Warrior\|Cats}}s''. Also uses time-based IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming for its books:
99	*** ''Eclipse''
100	*** ''Outcast''
101	*** ''Sunrise''
102	** The entire second series:
103	*** ''Dawn''
104	*** ''Midnight''
105	*** ''Moonrise''
106	*** ''Starlight''
107	*** ''Twilight''
108	*** ''Sunset''
109	** ''Literature/{{Seeker\|Bears}}s''
110	** ''Literature/{{Survivor\|Dogs}}s''
111	** ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}''.
112	* Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
113	* Creator/GordonKorman
114	** ''{{Literature/Masterminds}}''
115	** ''Literature/Island2000''
116	** ''{{Literature/Restart}}''
117	** ''{{Literature/Schooled}}''
118	** ''{{Literature/Ungifted}}''
119	** ''{{Literature/Supergifted}}''
120	* Creator/MyerKrulfeld's "{{Literature/Mudman}}"
121	* Creator/MurrayLeinster's "{{Literature/Tanks}}"
122	* Creator/EwanMcEwan's ''Literature/{{Nutshell}}''
123	* Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts's "{{Literature/Monopoly}}"
124	* Creator/AEVanVogt's "{{Literature/Asylum}}"
125	* Creator/DesmondWarzel's short stories:
126	** [[http://theopinionguy.com/OG25.pdf "Assumption"]]
127	** [[http://www.goldenvisionsmagazine.biz/October-Flash-Fiction.html "Called"]]
128	** [[http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/aliens/desmond-warzel/epinikion "Epinikion"]]
129	** "Ezekiel"
130	** "Fields"
131	** "Offerings"
132	* Creator/LynWendon's ''Literature/{{Letterland}}''
133	* Creator/{{Wildbow}}: Using this with the words being nouns, as IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming:
134	** ''Literature/{{Pact}}''
135	** ''Literature/{{Twig}}''
136	** ''Literature/{{Ward}}''
137	** ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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139	!!Individual books:
140	* ''Literature/{{Accelerando}}''
141	* "{{Literature/Autofac}}", by Creator/PhilipKDick (1955)
142	* "{{Literature/Angouleme}}", by Creator/ThomasMDisch (1971)
143	* ''Literature/TheAvatarChronicles'': IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming based on types of stories:
144	** ''Edda''
145	** ''Epic''
146	** ''Saga''
147	* ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'': Which is also a ProtagonistTitle and possibly a {{Portmantitle}}, as Beowulf is a combination of Beo and Wulf, or in English, Bee and Wolf.
148	* ''Literature/{{Bounders}}''
149	* ''Literature/Bubble2016''
150	* "{{Literature/Chief}}", by Creator/HenrySlesar
151	* "{{Literature/Chronopolis}}", by Creator/JGBallard (1960)
152	* ''Literature/TheChrysalids'': The usual title is ''The Chrysalids'', but it has also been called "Re-Birth" or "Rebirth" in other editions.
153	* ''Chrysalis'' {{Web Serial Novel}}s:
154	** ''Literature/ChrysalisBeaverFur''. It may be referring to the Terran's spaceship body, which is described as a smooth, elongated shape, and more metaphorically, it may refer to the body's role as the Terran's shell, or its nature as [[spoiler:the source of the transition from a biological humanity to an android one]].
155	** ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ'': Human reincarnated into ant monster.
156	* ''Literature/{{Clade}}''
157	* "{{Literature/Codemus}}", by Creator/TorAgeBringsvaerd (1968)
158	* ''Literature/{{Crabbe}}''
159	* ''Literature/{{Deeplight}}'', by Creator/FrancesHardinge. It refers to the eerie, unsettling light under the ocean.
160	* ''Literature/DeliriumSeries'':
161	** ''Delirium''
162	** ''Lena''
163	** ''Pandemonium''
164	* ''Literature/DirkPittAdventures'': A few of the books, like:
165	** ''Iceberg''
166	** ''Sahara''
167	* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels:
168	** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}''
169	** ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}''
170	** ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}''
171	** ''Literature/{{Jingo}}''
172	** ''Literature/{{Thud}}''
173	** ''Literature/{{Snuff}}''
174	* The three parts of ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'':
175	** ''Inferno''
176	** ''Purgatorio''
177	** ''Paradiso''
178	* ''Literature/{{Dreamspeaker}}''
179	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Book 12, ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', which is a WhamEpisode.
180	* ''Literature/{{Dry}}'', which focuses on characters trying to survive during a severe drought that has caused the taps to run dry.
181	* ''Literature/DungeonEngineer'': Multiple chapters, such as:
182	** "Arcanasynthesis"
183	** "Eavesdropping"
184	* ''Literature/{{Echo}}''
185	* ''Literature/{{Eludoran}}''
186	* "{{Literature/Emergence}}", the {{Novella}} by Creator/DavidRPalmer.
187	* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': The titles of each novel are singular words comprised out of two. The first is ''Furyborn'', the second ''Kingsbane'', and the third ''Lightbringer''.
188	* "{{Literature/Exposure}}", a ShortStory by Creator/EricFrankRussell.
189	* ''Literature/{{Fairest}}'': A warped Snow White tale, with the title being based off the line "The fairest of them all."
190	* ''Literature/{{Fearless}}''
191	* ''Literature/{{Fiasco}}''
192	* ''Literature/{{Flatland}}''
193	* ''Literature/{{Flawed}}'' and the sequel, ''Perfect'', both about the in-universe flaw system in the story and how the protagonist, who was seen as perfect, ended up being flawed.
194	* ''Literature/{{Fuzzy}}''
195	* ''Literature/{{Gambit}}'', one of the Literature/NeroWolfe mysteries by Creator/RexStout.
196	* "{{Literature/Games}}", a ShortStory by Creator/KatherineMacLean.
197	* ''Literature/{{Given\|2020}}''
198	* ''Literature/TheGolem'', by Gustav Meyrink: Not only is each chapter titled with just one word, they are all just one syllable long (in the original German). Some examples:
199	** "I"
200	** "Prag"
201	** "Schlaf"
202	** "Tag"
203	* ''Literature/{{Gone}}'', where everyone above 15 suddenly disappears. The sequels also count:
204	** ''Hunger'', which deals with the food getting scarce.
205	** ''Lies'', where several charcaters lie to each other which leads to disaster.
206	** ''Plague'', where a deadly disease starts spreading.
207	** ''Fear'', which deals with the dome going black and all light disappearing, causing a lot of fear.
208	** ''Light'', where the literal light comes back and where the characters are finally having hope again.
209	* ''Literature/{{Glitch}}'', with sequels:
210	** ''Override''
211	** ''Shutdown''
212	* "{{Literature/Grandpa}}", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1955)
213	* ''Literature/{{Grendel}}'': Which is also a ProtagonistTitle, about the titular antagonist of ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}''.
214	* ''Literature/Harmony2016''
215	* ''[[Literature/BriansSaga Hatchet]]''
216	* ''Literature/Haunted1988''
217	* ''Literature/Haunted2005''
218	* ''Literature/{{Haze}}''
219	* ''Literature/HedgeWitch'' and it's sequels ''[=WoodWitch=]'' and ''[=SeaWitch=]''.
220	* ''Literature/{{Hex}}''
221	* "{{Literature/Hindsight}}", by Creator/JackWilliamson
222	* ''Literature/HistoiresDeRobots'': A French {{anthology}} of ScienceFiction.
223	** This anthology translates "Literature/LostMemory", by Creator/PeterPhillips, as "Amnesie".
224	** This anthology translates "Literature/AGreatDealOfPower, by Creator/EricFrankRussell, as "Boomerang".
225	** This anthology translates "{{Literature/Instinct}}", by Creator/LesterDelRey, as "Instinct".
226	** This anthology translates "Literature/Liar1941", by Creator/IsaacAsimov, as "Menteur".
227	* ''Literature/{{Holes}}''
228	* "{{Literature/Hothouse}}", by Creator/BrianWAldiss
229	* ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'':
230	** ''Eragon'': ProtagonistTitle
231	** ''Eldest'': CharacterTitle
232	** ''Brisingr'': The true name for "fire", InUniverse, and [[spoiler:the name of a sword]]
233	** ''Inheritance'': Relates to an inherited sword.
234	* ''Literature/{{Insomnia}}''
235	* ''Literature/{{Impossible}}'' and its sequels, which are all IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming, as they all terms about beyond a 'normal':
236	** ''Extraordinary''
237	** ''Unthinkable''
238	* The ''Literature/{{Indexing}}'' series, NamedAfterFirstInstallment, referencing the Aarne–Thompson Index that plays a big part in the series.
239	* ''Literature/IronDruidChronicles'': The book called ''Stake''.
240	* ''Literature/{{It}}'': How the main characters sometimes refer to the antagonist. They don't know its real name. It may not have one...
241	* "It", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
242	* ''The League Of Secret Heroes''
243	** ''Literature/{{Cape}}''
244	** ''Literature/Mask2020''
245	** ''Boots''
246	* ''Literature/{{Lenore}}'': Also a CharacterTitle.
247	* ''Literature/Liar2009''
248	* ''Literature/TheLightlarkSaga''
249	** ''Lightlark''
250	** ''Nightbane''
251	* "{{Literature/Lulungomeena}}", by Creator/GordonRDickson (1953)
252	* "{{Literature/Mariana}}", by Creator/FritzLeiber
253	* ''Literature/MARiiMO'': CharacterTitle
254	* ''Literature/{{Mindblind}}''
255	* ''Literature/{{Misery}}'': Also a CharacterTitle.
256	* "{{Literature/Misfit}}", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
257	* ''Literature/Mouse2017''
258	* ''Literature/{{Nerdycorn}}''
259	* "{{Literature/Noise}}", by Creator/JackVance (1952)
260	* "{{Literature/Omnilingual}}", by Creator/HBeamPiper
261	* ''Literature/{{Oona}}''
262	* The ''Literature/{{Orthogonal}}'' trilogy, though the individual book titles have many words. ''Orthogonal'' is a referent to orthogonal matter, which plays a large part of the story's physics.
263	* "{{Literature/Pairpuppets}}", by Creator/ManuelVanLoggem (1972)
264	* ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''
265	* ''Literature/TheParasolProtectorate'' consists of ''Soulless'', ''Changeless'', ''Blameless'', ''Heartless'' and ''Timeless''.
266	** SequelSeries ''Literature/TheCustardProtocol'' consists of ''Prudence'' (also a CharacterTitle), ''Imprudence'' and ''Competence'' (with at least one more coming).
267	* ''Literature/{{Phantastes}}''
268	* ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}''
269	* "{{Literature/Pilgrimage}}", by Creator/NelsoSBond
270	* ''Literature/{{Power}}'', which is about the protagonist struggling for some sort of power in her life.
271	* ''Literature/{{Pure\|2011}}''
272	* ''Literature/ThePureTrilogy'':
273	** ''Pure''
274	** ''Fuse''
275	** ''Burn''
276	** ''Lyda''
277	* "{{Literature/Project}}", a ShortStory by Creator/LewisPadgett.
278	* "[[Literature/TheManWhoFearedRobots Psychotherapie]]", by Creator/HerbertWFranke, was the German name in ''Literature/DasZeitfahrrad'' {{Anthology}}.
279	* "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
280	* "{{Literature/Rainbird}}", by Creator/RALafferty
281	* ''Literature/{{Ravensong}}'': The Ravensong is the song of the Raven that is seen but unheard for most of the story.
282	* The ''Literature/{{Ravirn}}'' series:
283	## ''[=WebMage=]''
284	## ''Cybermancy''
285	## ''Codespell''
286	## ''[=MythOS=]''
287	## ''[=SpellCrash=]''
288	* ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}'': ''Swordhunt''
289	* ''Literature/{{Roar\|2017}}''
290	* ''Literature/{{Rogue}}'': ProtagonistTitle, sort of
291	* ''Literature/{{Rubbernecker}}''
292	* ''Literature/{{Rules}}''
293	* ''Run'' by Creator/EricWalters
294	* "{{Literature/Rust}}", by Creator/JosephEKelleam
295	* ''Literature/{{Safari}}''
296	* ''Literature/ShiShiEtko''
297	* ''Literature/{{Shtum}}''
298	* ''Literature/{{Singularity}}'': The book is presumably named for the black hole-ish nature of the Playhouse, and a singularity is the supermassive center of a black hole.
299	* ''Literature/{{Sisterland}}''
300	* "{{Literature/Soldier}}", by Creator/HarlanEllison
301	* ''Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy'': Each of the trilogy's books has a one-word title, [[LetterMotif all of which begin with the letter A]]:
302	** ''Annihilation''
303	** ''Authority''
304	** ''Acceptance''
305	* ''Literature/{{Sphere}}''
306	* "{{Literature/Start}}", by Creator/HerbertWFranke
307	* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'':
308	** ''[[Literature/StarWarsAftermath Aftermath]]''
309	** ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]''
310	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
311	** ''Crucible''
312	** The series ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' is obviously more than one word, but individual books:
313	*** ''Clones''
314	*** ''Spore''
315	* ''Literature/{{Stim}}''
316	* ''Literature/TheStoneheartTrilogy'':
317	** ''Ironhand''
318	** ''Silvertongue''.
319	** ''Stoneheart''
320	* "Literature/{{Thang}}", by Creator/MartinGardner
321	* ''Literature/ThereIsNoEpicLootHereOnlyPuns'': The chapter, [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns-dungeon.590739/page-13#post-41879302 "Conviction"]].
322	* The ''Literature/{{Threadbare}}'' series title. OneNameOnly-type ProtagonistTitle.
323	* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'':
324	** ''Literature/BekaCooper'':
325	*** ''Bloodhound''
326	*** ''Mastiff''
327	*** ''Terrier''
328	** ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall''
329	*** ''Page''
330	*** ''Squire''
331	* ''Literature/{{Transpecial}}''
332	* "{{Literature/Triceratops}}", by Creator/KonoTensei (1982)
333	* ''Literature/{{Tunnels}}'' and its sequels:
334	** ''Closer''
335	** ''Deeper''
336	** ''Freefall''
337	** ''Spiral''
338	** ''Terminal''
339	* "Twilight", by Creator/JohnWCampbell, under the PenName Creator/DonAStuart
340	* Creator/StephenieMeyer wrote the ''Twilight Saga'', which contained:
341	** ''{{Literature/Eclipse}}''
342	** ''{{Literature/Twilight}}''
343	* ''Literature/{{Twister}}'': Named for the tornadoes that appear.
344	* ''Literature/{{Underground}}''
345	* ''Literature/WagonsWest'' Of the 24 books of the original series, only ''New Mexico!'' had more than one word. The follow up series had only two one-word titles, and they were the last two books.
346	* ''Literature/Wasp1957''
347	* ''Literature/{{Weihnachtsabend}}'', by Creator/KeithRoberts (1972)
348	* ''Literature/WhiteIndian'':
349	** ''Renno''
350	** ''Tomahawk''
351	** ''Ambush''
352	** ''Seneca''
353	** ''Cherokee''
354	** ''Choctaw''
355	** ''Seminole''
356	** ''Apache''
357	** ''Manitou''
358	* ''Literature/{{Worrywart}}'', a ShortStory by Creator/CliffordSimak.
359	* ''Literature/{{Wyatt}}'':
360	** ''Kickback''
361	** ''Paydirt''
362	** ''Deathdeal''
363	** ''Crosskill''
364	** ''Wyatt''
365	* ''Literature/YoungWizards'': ''Theobroma'', a book that involves chocolate, and "Theobroma" is the genus of the cocoa plant.
366	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': The Generation 2 story, [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/2nd-gen-canon/764-hunger Hunger]], about a character afflicted with a supernatural hunger.

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