What is that book called? vs What is that book named?

Both phrases are correct and commonly used to inquire about the title of a book. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning.

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What is that book called?

This phrase is correct and commonly used to ask about the title of a book.

This phrase is used to inquire about the title of a book. It is a common and natural way to ask for the name of a book.

Examples:

What is that book called? I can't remember the title.
Can you tell me what that book is called? I want to look it up.
I need to know what that book is called before I can find it in the library.

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Karl, what's your book called?
So, what was the book called?
Mr. Selfridge, what's the book called?
And what's the next book called?
You ever read a book called Freakonomics?
What's the book called again?
What's Mathis Wergeland's book called, Erik?
Joanna, do you happen to have a book called Watership Down?
And can I write a children's book called that?
Have you ever heard of an Indian book called the Kama Sutra?
Who else would write a book called Down With Love?
The Great Gatsby wrote a book called Great Gatsby?
Then, in the Chicago paper, there was a review of a book called "What is Life?" by the great physicist, Schrodinger.
All we need is that book.
In 1944, he wrote a book called "What is Life?"
Is that that log book you called me about?
Here is that book that Tom wanted you to look at.
I'm writing a book called Great Names In Advertising.
There was a book called "Mole Man".
No, it was a book called Predestiny.

Alternatives:

What is the name of that book?
What is that book titled?
What is the title of that book?
What do they call that book?
What is the book's name?

What is that book named?

This phrase is correct and can be used to ask about the title of a book, though it is less common than 'called'.

This phrase is also used to inquire about the title of a book. While less common than 'called', it is still a valid way to ask for the name of a book.

Examples:

Do you know what that book is named? I can't find it online.
I wonder what that book is named. It sounds interesting.
Can you tell me what that book is named? I want to recommend it to a friend.

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All we need is that book.
And the first line of that book is, "Once there was a book named Cindy that was about the Titanic."
There's a girl in Treuffais' address book named Véronique Cash.
Pages 304 and 305 in Hungarian of the book named in Annex 1 mention the Scheuermann bakery in connection with today's Hviezdoslavovo námestie.
Here is that book that Tom wanted you to look at.
And I'll start calling everyone in the phone book - Named "bryant."
Where is that book with all the instructions and codes?
Well, I guess what I'm getting at is that books are all I know... and everything I love, and...
What is it you don't want us to see in that book?
What is it you don't want us to see in that book?
That book got me through prison.
You're not going on that book tour.
That book should have never existed.
Yes, until he published that book.
Isn't "American cheese" appropriately named? It's fake and processed, just like America.
He who mustn't be named?
How can there have been three Seekers named?
This book, it says one thing, that book says another, that book says another, that book contradicts the others...
And you write things in that book of yours.
And I just loved that book because...

Alternatives:

What is that book called?
What is the name of that book?
What is that book titled?
What is the title of that book?
What do they call that book?

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What is that book called? vs What is that book named?