The Best Books With Red in the Title

Updated March 1, 2020 401 votes 45 voters 6.4k views

It turns out that books with red in the title are way more common than you think. Here are 100+ good books with red in the title, including both fiction and non-fiction. It's safe to say that most of these titles aren't books about the color red and all of its hues, but the core commonality between these books is that they have the word red in the title.

Books with red in the title include One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, and Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell. If you have a favorite red 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 red in the name, it belongs on this list.

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Clifford the Big Red Dog
Barbara Kane
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Clifford, the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell
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The Red Box
Rex Stout
Genres (Book): Suspense, Mystery, Fiction, Detective fiction
Original Language: English Language
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The mask of red death
Harold Schechter
Subjects: Cannibalism
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Red Sun Setting
William T. Y'Blood
Subjects: World, Modern history, Military, World War II, 20th century
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Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy
Subjects: Espionage, World War III
Genres (Book): Fiction
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Red
Terry Tempest Williams
Subjects: Natural history, Utah, History of the Americas
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Red Sox
Steve Buckley
Subjects: Sports, Recreation, Baseball, New England, Massachusetts
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The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy
First Published: 1984
Subjects: Cold War, Espionage, Adventure, United States of America
Genres (Book): Techno-thriller, Suspense, Children's literature, Fiction, Novel
Original Language: English Language
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One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Dr. Seuss
First Published: 1960
Genres (Book): Children's literature
Original Language: English Language
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The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
First Published: 1842-05
Subjects: Plague, Death
Genres (Book): Horror Film, Gothic fiction, Short story
Original Language: English Language
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Amber Brown Sees Red
Paula Danziger
First Published: 1997
Subjects: Marriage, Schools, Family, Divorce
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
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Red Unicorn
Tanith Lee
First Published: 1998-11-15
Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Young adult literature, Fantasy

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The Big Red Train Ride
Eric Newby
Subjects: Siberia, Asia, History
Genres (Book): Travel
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I Gave My Love a Red, Red Nose
Gervase Phinn
Subjects: English Literature
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Under the Blood Red Sun
Graham Salisbury
First Published: 1995
Subjects: Adventure, United States of America, Hawaii, 20th century
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
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The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
First Published: 1933
Genres (Book): Novella
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The reds
Stuart Macintyre
Subjects: Oceania, Politics, Legislation, International relations, Australia
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The Red Planet
William John Locke
Subjects: England
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The Dale Carnegie Course, The Little Red Book
Dale Carnegie
Subjects: Entrepreneurship
Genres (Book): Business, Economics
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The adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
Thornton Burgess
Subjects: Classics, Adventure, Animal
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
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Red leaf, yellow leaf
Lois Ehlert
Subjects: Trees
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Red horizons
Ion Mihai Pacepa
Subjects: Military science, Current events, Politics, United States of America, Military administration
Genres (Book): Biography, Autobiography, Sociology

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The little rabbit who wanted red wings
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Subjects: Rabbits, Animal
Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
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The red limit
Timothy Ferris
Subjects: Cosmology, Science, History, Astronomy
Genres (Book): Mathematics, Science