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

This is a continuation of the list I started in the challenge at the link. And fear not. Even this far down the list you will find many popular books with high total ratings; it's just that their titles might not be as compelling (or wacky) as the further-up books. As before, many are serious fiction and non-fiction works.
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avg. score: 33 of 400 (8%)
required scores: 1, 14, 26, 35, 49 
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Crime (Irvine Welsh)
Crime
1
Irvine Welsh
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (James Comey)
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
2
James Comey
Tartuffe (Molière)
Tartuffe
3
Molière
He's Just Not That Into You (Greg Behrendt)
He's Just Not That Into You
4
Greg Behrendt
Running With Scissors (Augusten Burroughs)
Running With Scissors
5
Augusten Burroughs
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
6
Dava Sobel
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
7
Aristophanes
Mad Kings & Queens: History's Most Famous Raving Royals (Alison Rattle, Allison Vale)
Mad Kings & Queens: History's Most Famous Raving Royals
8
Alison Rattle, Allison Vale
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
9
Franz Kafka
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient
10
Alex Michaelides
Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's (John Elder Robison)
Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's
11
John Elder Robison
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
12
Doris Kearns Goodwin
American Sniper (Chris Kyle With Scott McEwen and Jim Defelice)
American Sniper
13
Chris Kyle With Scott McEwen and Jim Defelice
Everyday Sexism (Laura Bates)
Everyday Sexism
14
Laura Bates
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
15
John Le Carré
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
16
Joseph Campbell
Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
17
Mark Bowden
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
18
William Shirer
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
19
Charlotte Brontë
The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lepore)
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
20
Jill Lepore
The Death of Bunny Munro (Nick Cave)
The Death of Bunny Munro
21
Nick Cave
Escape From Camp 14 (Blaine Harden)
Escape From Camp 14
22
Blaine Harden
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I (Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb)
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the I
23
Malala Yousafzai and Christian Lamb
Yes Please (Amy Poehler)
Yes Please
24
Amy Poehler
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Bill Watterson)
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
25
Bill Watterson
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
26
Carl Sagan
Naked (David Sedaris)
Naked
27
David Sedaris
Killing Floor (Lee Child)
Killing Floor
28
Lee Child
Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
Post Office
29
Charles Bukowski
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Oliver Sacks)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
30
Oliver Sacks
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Tim Marshall)
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
31
Tim Marshall
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (John E. Douglas)
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
32
John E. Douglas
A Voyage Long and Strange (Tony Horwitz)
A Voyage Long and Strange
33
Tony Horwitz
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
34
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Richard III (William Shakespeare)
Richard III
35
William Shakespeare
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
36
Cormac McCarthy
March : Book One (John Lewis)
March : Book One
37
John Lewis
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Jack Weatherford)
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
38
Jack Weatherford
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West
39
Cormac McCarthy
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Malcolm Gladwell)
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
40
Malcolm Gladwell
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