It could be the name of a character, a line of dialog, or even basic plot points. Can you explain the plot, describe the cover, or know the era, but just cant remember the one detail you need in order to actually find the book. Browse help by category finding books searching the books of a specific bookseller. A young girl had drowned in lake and appears to the girl and gives her toys and other articles which grandmother recognizes. Finding a book when you dont know the title or author. Other than the hot bedroom scenes i remember and the beginning of the book there is really no further continuation of the plot. I remember reading a book a while back that was quite good but i fail to recall its title. Feb 20, 2018 upon reading the book, we discover that the sea of rust is actually a key setting in the text which holds immense meaning for the characters and their fates. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Victim of malice finds an enormous treasure exacts cold revenge. This will remove any search results that include a specific word or phrase, if used in quotation marks.
Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Choose a title for your novel from the shortlist the last step in the title generation process is to choose a title from the remaining titles on the shortlist. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Is there a website that can help identify a book title based on a detailed description of the plot. I have been trying, in vain i might add, to remember the title of an erotic book i. I have no idea what it was called but the plot is well ingrained in my memory. The abebooks database tries to match isbns to books that have been.
Twelve historical miniatures, by stefan zweig read 1 dec 1974. Plot is different than theme, which deals with the bigger ideas a story seeks to explore. Take away craft a title which evokes strong imagery in the readers mind or is a key idea which is returned to regularly throughout the novel. Need help finding book title from vague description. Nov 22, 2017 first, pin down everything you can remember about the book, plot, character names, time period in which the book may have been published, genre, etc. The book is about him visiting ceylon as an adult with his wife and children and some extended family members. Its an award winning, inventive and enjoyable book, and the plot is ripped right out of the jungle book gaiman has more or less said so himself. The edge of belonging by amanda cox publication date. Note that all your search words must be part of a listings title in order to be. How to come up with the perfect title for your novel ny. So im trying to find a book i read about 15 years ago and i cant remember the author or the title. It was a spy novel involving a sleeper soviet agent who is married to us. How to find a book without knowing the title or author makeuseof. These tips will help you can find any book with just a vague description of the plot.
For example, if you enter alices adventures in wonderland, you will not find listings with the. If you recently heard a friend describing a great book she was reading, you might want to find that book and buy it for yourself. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. First, pin down everything you can remember about the book, plot, character names. He promises to text the friend the title when he gets home, but he forgets. Just err on the side of brevity if youre at all unsure. The more specific the phrase, the better the result. Finding a book titlei know plot, setting, characters names.
How to find a book from a vague description early bird books. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Romance precision book movie search powered by the gordonator precision search engine gpse how this search engine works click here how to use this engine. Finding a book without a title or author is tricky. Fiction is cataloged by author and title, not by subject or plot line, which makes identifying books by just their storyline difficult. How to steal a plot for your book and get away with it. Hes from sri lanka its former name ceylon is used in the book but he came to canada at a young age.
Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Im reasonably familiar with the usual ways of modifying a plot by writing your own x axis labels or a main title, but ive been unable to customize the output when plotting the results of a time s. The free searches do not provide much more than what can be found through the phone book or personal knowledge and they only want your email to send. There are quite a few websites that are dedicated to finding lost titles based on. And just like that, the opportunity to gain a new reader is lost. Mar 31, 2020 in case of a forgotten title or author, you have to remember anything you can use from the book. How to find a movie title if you only remember details of the. Jan, 2016 ive tried looking this movie up a thousand times and i cant figure it out. Note that all your search words must be part of a listings title in order to be returned as a result.
Fiction is cataloged by author and title, not by subject or plot line, which. International standard book numbers can be entered in either 10 or digit formats, with or without spaces or dashes. It was one of those teaser first chapters that gets you to buy the book. It would be nice if not including them meant that the entire plot space was utilized rather than leaving extra empty space. It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time agoeven if it was a book that was really important to you. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow your focus using our amazing set of criteria parameters. For a series of events to qualify as a plot, they must fulfill all of the following. Stephen king once wrote a short story with a sixword.
Your reader loves your book and tells his friend, i just read this amazing book. For example, a book about a man who wakes up one day in the dumpster. I know what the cover looked likeit was a man i think on a lounge chair by the pool with his wife laying with him. I swear i remember the title is something easy and possibly the girls name.
Find a book if you dont know the title or author booksrun. If you dont find the book or author youre looking for in the first page of results the chances are its because it is not one that we have featured. How to find a book without knowing the title or author. Man makes a monster family is terrorized pressured to make wife. For example, a book about a manwoman who did such and suchsaid such and suchwent to such and such. Abebooks offers an advanced search feature to help you find the book you are.
If you dont know a books author or title, tracking it down might prove difficult. Does anyone know of websites or reverse look ups for books based on their plots. Or maybe you remember reading a book as a child, but cant remember the title. Any name of the character, city, street, place, even a pet. I am trying to find the title and author of a book i read when i was in jr. Full results are for members only but you can crossreference more than one theme by using the buttons in the right column. Plot is about forward movement toward a specific end. Nov 30, 2009 the graveyard book by neil gaiman is another great example. All the memorable and interesting things that you remember from the book. As she gave me the things she could remember about the book cover and title, i realized she wasnt talking about a danielle steele book, but a. An additional trick is to use the symbol while searching. Occasionally, you may wish to purchase books from a specific bookseller or from booksellers in how to use search preferences. The full title or a portion of the title can be entered as a search term.
In r is there any way to produce plots which have no title and which use the space the title would otherwise have taken up in plot, main, sub, xlab, and ylab all default to null, but this just leaves blank space where they would have been, ditto for setting them to. A storys plot consists of the chronological series of events that occur in it. Help finding movie titles by plot or scene description. How to find a book by description with these tips, tricks. All these details are clues in identifying the title and author of the book. Often, readers confuse plot and theme when thinking of what a story is about.
Readers often ask librarians for help finding these kinds of books. The plot was recognizable if you looked for it, but it didnt read like plagiarism, rather a respectful homage. To find a storys plot, you must pay close attention to the events of. Feb 07, 2014 trying to find a book title may be a series too by plot.
Therefore, if you know what kind of book you like, you can find other authors who write similar kind of stories. Here are the five steps you should take to track down any book youre trying to remember the. Admittedly, this will involve your own subjective feelings, but in the end its your work and youve got to be happy with the title. Online resources can help with your search for a halfremembered book, even if all you have is a basic plot line. Then choose as few or as many options as you wish to search by, and click the search button at the very bottom of the page. And we cant figure out the mystery every single time, but we do have a few tricks to help find the answer. All rules of a normal search apply for instance, for exact searches put it in quotes. If you wrote down a quote, paragraph, or phrase from the book, find it. Michael ondaatjes nonfiction book running in the family is largely historical and it doesnt have a conventional plot. For example, if you like murder mysteries involving the murder of lawyers. For example a search for alice will find alice in wonderland and alice, where art thou.
It was a spy novel involving a sleeper soviet agent who is married to us congressman who is activated by the soviet union when a rouge soviet agent is going to bomb the united states as i recall it was a site in washington d. For starters, we classify books based on plot, setting, character, and writing style. Book titles with numerical figures or figures in words list. Jan 18, 2014 the absolutely free reverse phone lookup sites generally provide the most basic of information such as name and it works only for landlines. Have a feeling she may of been a single child, orphan, i remember that she was lonely she disappears into a parallel world that is very similar to our own. How to find a book online without knowing the title or the. Finding a book title i know plot, setting, characters names. Browse for books by genre, time period, setting and theme. In case of a forgotten title or author, you have to remember anything you can use from the book.
For example, a book about a manwoman who did such and such. But beside that world was another, then another and more. Child war prodigy chosen to defeat buggers mournful xenocide. But if in doubt, always prefer a short title to a lengthy one.
His friend asks for the title, but your dear reader cannot remember the title of your book. To get further information, money will have to be paid. I realize this is a total long shot, but my friend suggested i post here to see if anyone knew what i was talking about. When a search is done by keyword, the author, title, and publisher fields, as well as the full book description, are all checked for possible matches. How to find a book when you dont know the title or author book. If you see a book that you think is in the wrong place, tell us.
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