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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%)
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon)
3
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
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Go the F*Ck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)
Go the F*Ck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)
5
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 (Catherynne M. Valente)
6
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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All My Friends Are Dead (Avery Monsen and Jory John)
All My Friends Are Dead (Avery Monsen and Jory John)
8
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
10
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
11
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Mary Ann Shaffer)
12
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
13
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
14
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
15
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
16
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
17
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
18
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
19
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart)
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart)
20
The Book of Bunny Suicides (Andy Riley)
The Book of Bunny Suicides (Andy Riley)
21
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
22
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
23
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
I Was Told There'd Be Cake (Sloane Crosley)
24
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
25
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Seth Grahame-Smith)
26
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Alan Bradley)
27
The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)
The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff)
28
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M. Pirsig)
29
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Jon Scieszka)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Jon Scieszka)
30
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
31
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
32
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison)
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison)
33
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
34
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
35
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
36
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Douglas Adams)
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Douglas Adams)
37
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
38
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (Aimee Bender)
39
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
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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 (Jonas Jonasson)
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