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How do you alphabetize a list of words, say book titles, when some of them are two or more words?

For example:

Braindead
Brain Damage from Car Wrecks
Brains for Dummies

It may sound silly, but I keep getting stuck on this detail. Do you go by just the first word, or do you treat the first and second words as though one word?

In other words, would it be the way I originally typed it or:

Brain Damage from Car Wrecks
Braindead
Brains for Dummies

There are two acceptable ways to alphabetize: letter by letter or word by word.

Letter by letter is the most common. In that case, regardless of the length of the words or where they break, your list follows each letter:

Brain Damage from Car Wrecks (BRAINDA)
Braindead (BRAINDE)
Brains for Dummies (BRAINS)

If you alphabetize word by word, then you'll alphabetize only to the end of the first word. All 3 of your titles start with "Brain," but one of them is "Brain" all by itself, ending short. That comes first. Next, compare "Brains" and "Braindead." D comes before S, so the order is:

Brain Damage (BRAIN _)
Braindead (BRAIND)
Brains for Dummies (BRAINS)

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