The Best Books With Moon in the Title

Updated October 13, 2018 492 votes 79 voters 8.2k views

It turns out that books with moon in the title are way more common than you think. Here are 100+ good books with moon in the title, including both fiction and non-fiction. It's safe to say that many of these titles are books about natural satellites known as moons, but the core commonality between these books is that they have the word moon in the title.

Books with moon in the title include New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein. If you have a favorite moon book, vote it up below, or add it to the list if it's not already here. It doesn't matter if it's science fiction, fantasy, romance, or non-fiction - if the book has moon in the name, it belongs on this list.

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Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
First Published: 1947
Subjects: Moon, Rabbits, Classics, Animal
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
Original Language: English Language
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Nine Chains to the Moon
Buckminster Fuller
Subjects: Technology, Future
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Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech
First Published: 1994-06-30
Subjects: Adolescence, Classics, Friendship, Family, United States of America
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Young adult literature
Original Language: English Language
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Wolf Mountain Moon
Terry C. Johnston
Genres (Book): Western, Fiction
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How the Shaman Stole the Moon
William H. Calvin
Subjects: Prehistoric archaeology, Anthropology, Geography
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein
First Published: 1966
Subjects: Social revolution, Self-governance, American science fiction, Colonialism, Colonization of the Moon
Genres (Book): Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Original Language: English Language
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Moon Tiger
Penelope Lively
First Published: 1987
Subjects: Literary, Egypt, British Cuisine
Genres (Book): Fiction, Novel
Original Language: English Language
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Sailor Moon 6
Naoko Takeuchi
Subjects: Graphic novel, Young adult, Manga, Comics
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
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The garden behind the moon
Howard Pyle
Subjects: Moon, Adventure
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
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The Moon Scroll
Tony Abbott
Subjects: Adventure, Time travel
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
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Fool Moon
Jim Butcher
First Published: 2001-01-01
Subjects: Wizards
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Crime Fiction, Horror Film, Fiction, Science Fiction
Original Language: English Language
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Sing Down the Moon
Scott O'Dell
First Published: 1970
Subjects: 19th century, United States of America, Places
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
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The Moon Maid
Edgar Rice Burroughs
First Published: 1926-02-06
Subjects: Moon, Adventure
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Original Language: English Language

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The Cold Moon
Jeffery Deaver
First Published: 2006-05
Genres (Book): Thriller, Fiction
Original Language: English Language
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From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
First Published: 1865
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Novel, Scientific romance, Science Fiction
Original Language: French Language
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New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
First Published: 2006-09-06
Subjects: Education, Young adult, Schools, Vampire, Love
Genres (Book): Romance novel, Speculative fiction, Horror Film, Fiction, Young adult literature
Original Language: English Language
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The Hungry Moon
Ramsey Campbell
First Published: 1986
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Fantasy
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The Moon Is Down
John Steinbeck
First Published: 1942
Subjects: Drama, United States of America
Genres (Book): Novel
Original Language: English Language
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The girl who married the Moon
Joseph Bruchac
Subjects: Mythology, North America, United States of America, Folklore, Native Americans in the United States
Genres (Book): Children's literature
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The Moons of Jupiter
Alice Munro
Subjects: Canada, Literary
Genres (Book): Fiction
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Maybe the Moon
Armistead Maupin
First Published: 1992
Subjects: California, Gay
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Novel
Original Language: English Language
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Ghost moon
Karen Robards
Subjects: Louisiana, Death
Genres (Book): Romance novel, Suspense, Fiction
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Moon Called
Patricia Briggs
Subjects: Shapeshifting, Werewolf, Vampire
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Urban fantasy

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Kitten's First Full Moon
Kevin Henkes
Subjects: Animal
Genres (Book): Picture book
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Moon Over Manifest
Clare Vanderpool
First Published: 2010-10-12
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Historical fiction
Original Language: English Language