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Goodreads Users Picked It Up Because of the Title - The First 400 Books

This list has something for everyone, though the voting pattern has favoured contemporary works. And don't imagine these are purely frivolous books with wacky titles; many are serious fiction and non-fiction works.
Large numbers of suspect entries have been excluded. I will continue this list if there is sufficient interest (or maybe regardless, just to demonstrate the creativity of authors in dreaming up their titles.)
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avg. score: 49 of 400 (12%)
required scores: 1, 24, 39, 51, 71 
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
1
Ransom Riggs
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
2
Mark Haddon
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
3
Markus Zusak
Go the F*Ck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)
Go the F*Ck to Sleep
4
Adam Mansbach
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
5
Catherynne M. Valente
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
6
Douglas Adams
All My Friends Are Dead (Avery Monsen and Jory John)
All My Friends Are Dead
7
Avery Monsen and Jory John
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
8
Seth Grahame-Smith
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
9
Philip K. Dick
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
10
C.S. Lewis
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
11
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
12
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
13
Stephen Chbosky
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
14
Muriel Barbery
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
15
Alice Sebold
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
16
William Golding
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
17
Ken Kesey
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
18
Oliver Sacks
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart)
The Mysterious Benedict Society
19
Trenton Lee Stewart
The Book of Bunny Suicides (Andy Riley)
The Book of Bunny Suicides
20
Andy Riley
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
21
John Berendt
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
22
Lionel Shriver
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
23
Sloane Crosley
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
24
Oscar Wilde
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
25
Seth Grahame-Smith
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
26
Alan Bradley
The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)
The Tao of Pooh
27
Benjamin Hoff
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
28
Robert M. Pirsig
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Jon Scieszka)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
29
Jon Scieszka
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
30
Carson McCullers
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
31
Sue Monk Kidd
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison)
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
32
Louise Rennison
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
34
Ray Bradbury
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
35
Milan Kundera
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Douglas Adams)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
36
Douglas Adams
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
37
Tom Stoppard
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
38
Aimee Bender
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
39
Richard Adams
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Jonas Jonasson)
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
40
Jonas Jonasson
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