List of Works With Different Titles in The United Kingdom and United States - Literature

Literature

Type of work UK title US title Notes
Autobiography Cider With Rosie* Edge of Day By Laurie Lee.
Autobiography Memoir* All Will Be Well By John McGahern.
Autobiographical Over Seventy* America, I Like You By P. G. Wodehouse.
Autobiographical Performing Flea* Author! Author! By P. G. Wodehouse.
Book series Where's Wally?* Where's Waldo? By Martin Handford.
Book Down Under In a Sunburned Country* By Bill Bryson.
Book Notes from a Big Country* © I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away By Bill Bryson.
Collection of short stories Blandings Castle and Elsewhere* Blandings Castle By P. G. Wodehouse.
Collection of short stories The Clicking of Cuthbert* Golf Without Tears By P. G. Wodehouse.
Collection of short stories The Great Automatic Grammatizator* The Umbrella Man and Other Stories By Roald Dahl.
Collection of short stories The Heart of a Goof* Divots By P. G. Wodehouse.
Collection of short stories Just Crazy! Just Wacky! By Andy Griffiths. Originally published as Just Crazy* in Australia.
Collection of short stories Just Kidding! Just Joking! By Andy Griffiths. Originally published as Just Tricking* in Australia.
Collection of short stories Little Mexican* Young Archimedes By Aldous Huxley.
Collection of short stories Lord Emsworth and Others* Crime Wave at Blandings By P. G. Wodehouse.
Collection of short stories Ukridge* He Rather Enjoyed It By P. G. Wodehouse.
Comic strip Orson's Farm U.S. Acres* By Jim Davis.
Novel series The New Heroes* Quantum Prophecy By Irish author Michael Carroll.
Novel Benjamin Dickenson Carr and His (George) (George)* By E. L. Konigsburg.
Novel 4.50 from Paddington* What Mrs. MacGillicuddy Saw! as well as Murder, She Said By Agatha Christie.
Novel The Adventures of Sally* Mostly Sally By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel After the Funeral* Funerals are Fatal By Agatha Christie.
Novel Anne of Windy Willows Anne of Windy Poplars* By Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The UK title is also used in Australia and Japan. The two editions are not exactly the same, as when the book was first published, the working title was Anne of Windy Willows, but Montgomery's publisher wanted to change it because of its purported similarity to Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows. The same publisher also requested some scenes to be cut out for perceived gory or terrifying content, to which Montgomery complied. Montgomery's UK publisher, however, did not see the need for any of these changes, and published the unedited book under the title Anne of Windy Willows.
Novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen* The Cat-nappers By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Awful End* A House Called Awful End By Philip Ardagh. (German title: Schlimmes Ende)
Novel Barmy in Wonderland* Angel Cake By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody* Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody By Michael Gerber. The book is a parody of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
Novel Black Maria* Aunt Maria By Diana Wynne Jones.
Novel The Blue Boa* Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy By Jenny Nimmo.
Novel The Castle of Mirrors* Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors By Jenny Nimmo.
Novel Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock* Charlie Bone and the Shadow By Jenny Nimmo.
Novel Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf* Charlie Bone and the Beast By Jenny Nimmo.
Novel COLD*© Cold Fall By John Gardner. The U.K. version was published in some British Commonwealth Nations. Editorial differences also exist between the U.S. and U.K. edition.
Novel The Coming of Bill* Their Mutual Child By P. G. Wodehouse. Also known as The White Hope.
Novel Company for Henry* The Purloined Paperweight By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Cross Stitch Outlander* By Diana Gabaldon.
Novel Daggie Dogfoot* Pigs Might Fly By Ronald Gordon King-Smith, pen name "Dick King-Smith".
Novel I Am David North to Freedom By Danish author Anne Holm. Originally published in Danish under the title David*. North to Freedom was the title the book was first published under in the United States; now there it is also published as I Am David.
Novel Death in the Clouds* Death in the Air By Agatha Christie.
Novel Destination Unknown* So Many Steps to Death By Agatha Christie.
Novel Dumb Witness* Poirot Loses a Client By Agatha Christie.
Novel Emlyn's Moon* Orchard of the Cresent Moon By British author Jenny Nimmo. Emlyn's Moon is the second book in The Magician Trilogy.
Novel Five Little Pigs* Murder in Retrospect By Agatha Christie.
Novel Frozen Assets* Biffen's Millions By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Smilla's Sense of Snow By Peter Høeg. Danish original: Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne. English by Tiina Nunnally. Filmed as Smilla's Sense of Snow.
Novel Galahad at Blandings* The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel A Gentleman of Leisure* The Intrusion of Jimmy By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Gideon the Cutpurse* The Time Travelers By Linda Buckley-Archer.
Novel The Girl on the Boat* Three Men and a Maid By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel The Golden Fleece* Hercules, My Shipmate By Robert Graves.
Novel and film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* © Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone By J.K. Rowling. The US editor felt that the original title would be misinterpreted, as the legend of the Philosopher's stone and its links to alchemy are not widely known in America.
Novel Hickory Dickory Dock* Hickory Dickory Death By Agatha Christie.
Novel Temeraire His Majesty's Dragon* By Naomi Novik.
Novel Hercule Poirot's Christmas* Murder for Christmas, as well as A Holiday for Murder By Agatha Christie.
Novel The Hollow* Murder After Hours By Agatha Christie.
Novel The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail* Holy Blood, Holy Grail By Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln.
Novel Ice in the Bedroom* The Ice in the Bedroom By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel If You Could See Me Now* A Silver Lining By Cecelia Ahern.
Novel The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman* The War of Dreams By Angela Carter.
Novel The Inimitable Jeeves* Jeeves By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel The Iron Man* The Iron Giant By Ted Hughes.Title was changed to avoid trademark infringement with the comic book character, Iron Man.
Novel The Island of Adventure* Mystery Island By Enid Blyton. The American title shown is from the 1945 edition. The Island of Adventure is the first in The Adventure Series.
Novel Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit* Bertie Wooster Sees It Through By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Jeeves in the Offing* How Right You Are, Jeeves By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth and Me Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth* By E. L. Konigsburg.
Novel Jill the Reckless* The Little Warrior By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Journey by First Class Camel Journey to an 800 Number* By E. L. Konigsburg.
Novel Joy in the Morning* Jeeves in the Morning By P. G. Wodehouse. The American title shown here is from a later edition. Earlier American editions are titled Joy in the Morning.
Novel Atomised The Elementary Particles Originally a French novel by Michel Houellebecq entitled Les Particules Élémentaires*, which translates to the US title.
Novel Good Wives Little Women, Part II* By Louisa M. Alcott.
Novel Lord Edgeware Dies* Thirteen at Dinner By Agatha Christie.
Novel Madame Doubtfire* Alias Madame Doubtfire By Anne Fine.
Novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side* The Mirror Crack'd By Agatha Christie.
Novel The More the Merrier* The True Story of Winter By Anne Fine.
Novel The Moving Finger* The Case of the Moving Finger By Agatha Christie.
Novel Mrs McGinty's Dead* Blood Will Tell By Agatha Christie.
Novel Much Obliged, Jeeves* Jeeves and the Tie That Binds By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Murder is Easy* Easy to Kill By Agatha Christie.
Novel Murder on the Orient Express* Murder in the Calais Coach By Agatha Christie. American title to avoid confusion with Graham Greene's novel Stamboul Train, which in the US had been published as Orient Express
Novel The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Sea* © The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle By Joseph Conrad. US publisher objected to "nigger". In 2009, the Dutch company WordBridge Publishing published a new edition titled The N-Word of the Narcissus
Novel Northern Lights* The Golden Compass By Philip Pullman. US publishers changed title due to vague resemblance of alethiometer on cover to a compass. The film version was titled The Golden Compass in all markets.
Novel One, Two, Buckle My Shoe* An Overdose of Death as well as The Patriotic Murders. By Agatha Christie.
Novel Cross Stitch Outlander* By Diana Gabaldon.
Novel The Painted Man* The Warded Man By Peter V. Brett.
Novel Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin* The Plot That Thickened By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel A Pelican at Blandings* No Nudes is Good Nudes By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel The Quantum Prophecy* The Awakening By Irish author Michael Carroll.
Novel Two Hours to Doom* Red Alert By Peter Bryan George, pen name "Peter Bryant". The book was the basis for the film Dr. Strangelove.
Novel Right Ho, Jeeves* Brinkley Manor By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Ring for Jeeves* The Return of Jeeves By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Sakkara* Quantum Prophecy 2: The Gathering By Irish author Michael Carroll.
Novel Sam the Sudden* Sam in the Suburbs By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Shadow Dance* Honeybuzzard By Angela Carter.
Novel The Sheep-Pig* © Babe The Gallant Pig By Ronald Gordon King-Smith, pen name "Dick King-Smith".The corresponding film was titled Babe.
Novel The Silver Sword* Escape from Warsaw By Ian Serraillier.
Novel The Sittaford Mystery* The Murder at Hazelmoor By Agatha Christie.
Novel Something Fishy* The Butler Did It By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Something Fresh* Something New By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Sparkling Cyanide* Remembered Death By Agatha Christie.
Novel Stamboul Train* Orient Express By Graham Greene.
Novel The Stars' Tennis Balls* Revenge By Stephen Fry.
Novel Summer Lightning* Fish Preferred By P. G. Wodehouse.
Novel Taken at the Flood* There is a Tide By Agatha Christie.
Novel Aunt Becky Began It A Tangled Web* By L. M. Montgomery.
Novel Ten Little Niggers* And Then There Were None and Ten Little Indians By Agatha Christie. In the USA first published as And Then There Were None with the nursery rhyme changed to Ten Little Indians; a later US edition under that title; from the 1960s most British editions as And Then There Were None with the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Soldier Boys".
Novel Slave Girl Rover By Australian author Jackie French. Originally published in Australia under the title They Came on Viking Ships*.
Novel They Do It With Mirrors* Murder With Mirrors By Agatha Christie.
Novel Three Act Tragedy* Murder in Three Acts By Agatha Christie.
Novel The Time Twister* Charlie Bone and the Time Twister By Jenny Nimmo.
Novel The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe The Unsleeping Eye* By David G. Compton. Filmed as Death Watch.
Novel On Her Majesty's Wizardly Service To Visit the Queen* By Diane Duane.
Novel Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy* Catch a Falling Spy By Len Deighton.
Novel Where Rainbows End* Love, Rosie, or Rosie Dunne By Cecelia Ahern.
Novel Why Didn't They Ask Evans?* The Boomerang Clue By Agatha Christie.
Novel Wilkins' Tooth* Witch's Business By Diana Wynne Jones.

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