The blankety-blank's Daughter
It's really hard to come up with a good title for a novel. Really, really hard. Most authors will tell you about sleepless hours spent coming up with titles that marketing departments then scuttle. I tend to get grumpy when I see a piece of art in a museum with a sign next to it that says untitled. I can just imagine what my editor would say if I tried to sell her on Untitled: a Novel. Novel without a Name. Nameless Novel. Nope. Just won't wash.
Also, titles can't be copyrighted, so they do get reused. As so many novels are published every year, more titles will get recycled. It's inevitable.
And of course there are fashions and trends in novel titles, as there are fashions and trends in cover art and narrative voice. One trend that has got me a little irritated is this one: The (insert)'s Daughter. Below is a list I came up with after ten minutes with Amazon's search engine. It was amazingly easy. Grab any old profession or designation, add the genitive case marker ('s) and almost every time you'll strike it lucky. A few of these I already knew about and didn't have to search for.
Your assignment, if you chose to accept it, is this: figure out (without going to Amazon) which two of these titles are made up by me. That is, two of these titles I didn't find in the Amazon database.
If you're wondering about the equivalent construction The (insert)'s Son, you'll have to work a lot harder to find examples. I'm not going to contemplate the reasons behind that. At least not now.
The Hummingbird's Daughter
The Pope's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Demon's Daughter
The Thief's Daughter
The Rector's Daughter
The Squire's Daughter
The Poet's Daughter
The Professor's Daughter
The Executioner's Daughter
The Beekeeper's Daughter
The Innkkeeper's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Storyteller's Daughter
The Preacher's Daughter
The Transvestite's Daughter
The Woodsman's Daughter
The Duke's Daughter
The Con Man's Daughter
The Snake-Catcher's Daughter
The Immigrant's Daughter
The Wizard's Daughter
The Millionaire's Daughter
The Piano Man's Daughter
The Teacher's Daughter
The Fat Man's Daughter
The Alchemist's Daughter
The Sea-King's Daughter
The Legate's Daughter
The Sperm-Donor's Daughter
The Vampire's Daughter