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* Joyce Carol Oates' novel ''After the wreck, I picked myself up, spread my wings, and flew away.''
* Joyce Carol Oates' novel ''After the wreck, I picked myself up, spread my wings, and flew away.''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is not a long title, but it represents an abbreviation of its [[In-Universe]] counterpart, the Red Book, whose title is ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King (as seen by the Little People; being the memoirs of Bilbo and Frodo of the Shire, supplemented by the accounts of their friends and the learning of the Wise.) Together with extracts from Books of Lore translated by Bilbo in Rivendell.''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is not a long title, but it represents an abbreviation of its [[In-Universe]] counterpart, the Red Book, whose title is ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King (as seen by the Little People; being the memoirs of Bilbo and Frodo of the Shire, supplemented by the accounts of their friends and the learning of the Wise.) Together with extracts from Books of Lore translated by Bilbo in Rivendell.''
* From 2010 onwards, the lengths of the titles of [[Light Novel]]s (and adjacent genres like Chinese and Korean webnovels) has increased substantially, with titles released after 2014 averaging 9 words, versus 4-5 words in previous years. This is specially noticeable in novels from the [[Trapped in Another World|Isekai/Transmigration]] genres, which can get into [[In Where a Trope Is Described]] levels. Some egregious examples:
* From 2010 onward, the lengths of the titles of [[Light Novel]]s (and adjacent genres like Chinese and Korean webnovels) has increased substantially, with titles released after 2014 averaging 9 words, versus 4-5 words in previous years. This is specially noticeable in novels from the [[Trapped in Another World|Isekai/Transmigration]] genres, which can get into [[In Where a Trope Is Described]] levels. Some egregious (and legitimate) examples:
** ''I’m a successful light novel author at a boy’s high school, but I’m being strangled by a female classmate who’s a voice actress and is younger than me – Time to Play.''
** ''I'm a High School Boy and a Bestselling Light Novel author, strangled by my female classmate who is my junior and a voice actress – Time to Play.''
** ''(I’ve Already Saved This World and Taken Its Wealth and Power and I Live Happily in a Castle with a Female Knight and Demon Queen, So to All Other Heroes) Stay Out of This Fantasy World.''
** ''(I’ve Already Saved This World and Taken Its Wealth and Power and I Live Happily in a Castle with a Female Knight and Demon Queen, So to All Other Heroes) Stay Out of This Fantasy World.''
** ''Different World Reincarnation as a Sage ~With my Gaming Knowledge, I’ll become the World’s Strongest~''
** ''Different World Reincarnation as a Sage ~With my Gaming Knowledge, I’ll become the World’s Strongest~''
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