What to do if another book has the same title as mine?

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Hey guys! I know it's been a while since I've posted on here!

I've had a dream while sleeping recently where a possible book series title has been revealed to me, also known as WINGS AWAY. BUT here's the problem that I'm having: What if another book exists with the SAME exact title? I really am hoping that there isn't one with that exact title yet cause if there is that could be trouble for me.

If you guys have any idea what or where this title WINGS AWAY could POSSIBLY exist, please let me know and I will gladly change it as I'm not too far into this series yet. Only outlining it for now!

Thanks guys and I hope to hear from you soon!

-KDS

I could not find any book entitled "Wings Away", but I think there are other reasons to consider a different name since "Wings Away" is already well-established elsewhere.

Wings Away is such a generic title that I'd say you're probably fine and shouldn't worry about it.

If your book was called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone though, then I'd say you should change it.

There are a lot of books that have the same name as another title.

There's a good chance any two-word title with common words has been used (multiple times) before somewhere in the world at some time:

http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=ti%3AW ... dblist=638

i would imagine that title similarity matters more when the content/type of the books are more or less similar.

someone titling his bird migration book "wings away" after another bird migration book with the same title has been published, would probably raise more eyebrows than an aviation book and a sports biography sharing the name "wings away".

short generic combinations of noun and preposition are probably safe to use anytime.