Rationally designed composite materials could give full play to the performance superiority of each component. In this work, we designed and fabricated Ti−Fe−O nanocomposites coated with nitrogen-doped carbon to act as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, in which the components of Fe 3 O 4 and FeTiO 3 provide high capacity, a small fraction of TiO 2 improves the cycling stability, and the nitrogen-doped carbon coating not only enhances electronic conductivity but also alleviates the agglomeration and accommodates the volume change during cycling. The electrochemical performance associates greatly with the Ti/Fe molar ratio in the products, and the composite with a ratio of 1:2 exhibits the best cycling performance (reversible capacities of 426.4 mAh g −1 at 100 mA g −1 and 321.7 mAh g −1 after cycling 500 times at 500 mA g −1 ) as well as outstanding rate capabilities (374.1, 347.5, 315.9 and 260.3 mAh g −1 at 200, 400, 800, and 1600 mA g −1 , respectively). The combined merits of various components endow the nanocomposite with enhanced cycling and rate performance with respect to the carbon-coated TiO 2 and Fe 3 O 4 /FeTiO 3 counterparts prepared under the analogous conditions.