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Goodreads Users Picked It Up Because of the Title - The First 400 Books - Page 4

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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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
121
Chuck Palahniuk
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
122
David Guterson
A Long Way Gone (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone
123
Ishmael Beah
An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears)
An Instance of the Fingerpost
124
Iain Pears
God Is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens)
God Is Not Great
125
Christopher Hitchens
The Cement Garden (Ian McEwan)
The Cement Garden
126
Ian McEwan
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
To Say Nothing of the Dog
127
Connie Willis
Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
Black Like Me
128
John Howard Griffin
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life
129
Helen Keller
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
130
Madeleine L'engle
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
131
Sylvia Plath
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
132
Kurt Vonnegut
The Blade Artist (Irvine Welsh)
The Blade Artist
133
Irvine Welsh
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
134
Nevil Shute
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
135
Tom Wolfe
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
136
Donna Tartt
A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson)
A Walk in the Woods
137
Bill Bryson
The Valley of Unknowing (Philip Sington)
The Valley of Unknowing
138
Philip Sington
I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You (Ally Carter)
I'd Tell You I Love You but Then I'd Have to Kill You
139
Ally Carter
Factotum (Charles Bukowski)
Factotum
140
Charles Bukowski
Clown Girl (Monica Drake)
Clown Girl
141
Monica Drake
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends and Influence People
142
Dale Carnegie
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
143
Frederick Forsyth
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train (William Kuhn)
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train
144
William Kuhn
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
145
Michael Chabon
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
146
Stephen King
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
147
J.K. Rowling
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
148
Edward Albee
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
149
Benjamin Alire Saenz
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time
150
Stephen Hawking
The Golem and the Djinni (Helene Wecker)
The Golem and the Djinni
151
Helene Wecker
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
152
Paul Auster
Diary of a Wombat (Jackie French)
Diary of a Wombat
153
Jackie French
Death Comes to Pemberley (P.D James)
Death Comes to Pemberley
154
P.D James
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
155
Stephen King
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
156
Ursula K. Le Guin
Tampa (Alissa Nutting)
Tampa
157
Alissa Nutting
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
158
Nathaniel Philbrick
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
Then We Came to the End
159
Joshua Ferris
So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Jon Ronson)
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
160
Jon Ronson
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