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Great Titles

A title can tell you as much about the contents of a book as the welcome mat tells you about the contents of a house. Think of Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises." Would they still be considered literary classics if they'd been titled "Those Crazy Compsons" and "The Bagman," respectively? Probably. Still, admit it . . . you're more intrigued by "I Knew 3,000 Lunatics" than "Tea With My Aunt" or whatever. Here are some memorably titled books, some of which live up to their titles, some of which should have stopped there.
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All About Sausage (Ellen Edwards)
All About Sausage
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Ellen Edwards
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
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Ass Goblins of Auschwitz (Cameron Pierce)
Ass Goblins of Auschwitz
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Cameron Pierce
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
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Bible Camp Bloodbath (Joey Comeau)
Bible Camp Bloodbath
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Joey Comeau
The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories (Alisa Surkis and Monica Nolan)
The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
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Alisa Surkis and Monica Nolan
Cluck! the True Story of Chickens in the Cinema (Jon Stephen Fink)
Cluck! the True Story of Chickens in the Cinema
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Jon Stephen Fink
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Mark Haddon
Death by Haggis (Jay Cutts)
Death by Haggis
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Jay Cutts
Do-It-Yourself Coffins for Pets and People (Dale Power)
Do-It-Yourself Coffins for Pets and People
10
Dale Power
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
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Katherine Dunn
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
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The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
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The Haunted Vagina (Carlton Mellick III)
The Haunted Vagina
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Carlton Mellick III
Hello Kitty Must Die (Angela S Choi)
Hello Kitty Must Die
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Angela S Choi
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (Robert Rankin)
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
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Robert Rankin
How Not to Be a Dick (Meghan Doherty)
How Not to Be a Dick
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Meghan Doherty
How to Fill Mental Cavities (Bill Maltz)
How to Fill Mental Cavities
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Bill Maltz
How to Live With an Idiot (John Hoover)
How to Live With an Idiot
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John Hoover
How to Sharpen Pencils (David Rees)
How to Sharpen Pencils
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David Rees
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
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Jonas Jonasson
I Am the Cheese
I Am the Cheese
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I Knew 3000 Lunatics (Victor R Small)
I Knew 3000 Lunatics
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Victor R Small
The Improbable Adventures of Marvelous O'Hara Soapstone (Zibby O'Neal)
The Improbable Adventures of Marvelous O'Hara Soapstone
24
Zibby O'Neal
Lizard Music (Daniel Pinkwater)
Lizard Music
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Daniel Pinkwater
Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary (Monica Nolan)
Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary
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Monica Nolan
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Oliver Sacks)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
27
Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
28
G.K. Chesterton
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf
29
Music for Chameleons (Truman Capote)
Music for Chameleons
30
Truman Capote
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist
31
My Darling, My Hamburger (Paul Zindel)
My Darling, My Hamburger
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Paul Zindel
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (Various)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
33
Various
Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand (Dana Kollmann)
Never Suck a Dead Man's Hand
34
Dana Kollmann
Nibbled to Death by Ducks (Robert Campbell)
Nibbled to Death by Ducks
35
Robert Campbell
Night of the Assholes by Kevin Donihe
Night of the Assholes by Kevin Donihe
36
Nostradamus Ate My Hamster (Robert Rankin)
Nostradamus Ate My Hamster
37
Robert Rankin
Old Age, Its Cause and Prevention (Sanford Bennett)
Old Age, Its Cause and Prevention
38
Sanford Bennett
Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball (Paul Zindel)
Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball
39
Paul Zindel
Paint It Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking (Francois Voltaire)
Paint It Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking
40
Francois Voltaire
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