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Wretched Writing: A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language - Page 5

These are the books mentioned in "Wretched Writing" (2013) by Ross and Kathryn Petras. I did not include the stories, articles, poems, and movies quoted.
Nos. 37-52 (as well as #164) are included for their titles alone. 179-184 are there for their blurbs. Some classics are there merely for an unfortunate word (such as "ejaculated") that has changed meaning somewhat over the years.
My favorite entry:
"There are some sounds in nature which are anathema to man. For most people they are confined to the strangled screaming of a vixen in heat, hideous and unearthly in the black voids of a sleepless night. The question you have to ask yourself here is, 'Am I most people?' "—#242
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-A Study of Hospital Waiting Lists in Cardiff, 1953-1954
-Who's Who in Barbed Wire
-Simple Hints for Mothers on the Home Sex-Training of Boys
-Sloppy Dingle
-Lawless Guns
-Come On Mom
-Where the Big Gun Rides
-A Voyage of Discovery
-Wind in the Cypress
-A Noose for the Marshal
-Future Tense
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161
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
162
Doctor Thorne (Anthony Trollope)
Doctor Thorne (Anthony Trollope)
163
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
164
Designing High-Performance Stiffened Structures (Imeche)
Designing High-Performance Stiffened Structures (Imeche)
165
The Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
The Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
166
The Social Animal (David Brooks)
The Social Animal (David Brooks)
167
Commune 2000 A.D. (MacK Reynolds)
Commune 2000 A.D. (MacK Reynolds)
168
Charleston (John Jakes)
Charleston (John Jakes)
169
Blinding Light (Paul Theroux)
Blinding Light (Paul Theroux)
170
Dreams, Demons and Desire (Wendy Perriam)
Dreams, Demons and Desire (Wendy Perriam)
171
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
172
Arc of the Dream (A.A. Attanasio)
Arc of the Dream (A.A. Attanasio)
173
Playing With Cobras (Craig Thomas)
Playing With Cobras (Craig Thomas)
174
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
175
The Curse of Salamander Street (G.P. Taylor)
The Curse of Salamander Street (G.P. Taylor)
176
Dark Continuum (John E. Muller)
Dark Continuum (John E. Muller)
177
No Dawn and No Horizon (A.J. Merak)
No Dawn and No Horizon (A.J. Merak)
178
The Forgotten Planet (Murray Leinster)
The Forgotten Planet (Murray Leinster)
179
Civitas Dei (Lionel Curtis)
Civitas Dei (Lionel Curtis)
180
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
181
Conventions of War (Walter Jon Williams)
Conventions of War (Walter Jon Williams)
182
Make the Corpse Walk (James Hadley Chase)
Make the Corpse Walk (James Hadley Chase)
183
Dragon Actually (G.A. Aiken)
Dragon Actually (G.A. Aiken)
184
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
185
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (Sax Rohmer)
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (Sax Rohmer)
186
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
187
The Hottest State (Ethan Hawke)
The Hottest State (Ethan Hawke)
188
Masters of Time (A.E. Van Vogt)
Masters of Time (A.E. Van Vogt)
189
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
190
Escape to Hell and Other Stories (Muammar Qaddafi)
Escape to Hell and Other Stories (Muammar Qaddafi)
191
Stargate (Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich)
Stargate (Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich)
192
Don't Blink (James Patterson, Howard Roughan)
Don't Blink (James Patterson, Howard Roughan)
193
The Devil's Passkey (Jimmy Shannon)
The Devil's Passkey (Jimmy Shannon)
194
Those Who Trespass (Bill O'Reilly)
Those Who Trespass (Bill O'Reilly)
195
The Overton Window (Glenn Beck)
The Overton Window (Glenn Beck)
196
The Tag Murders (Carroll John Daly)
The Tag Murders (Carroll John Daly)
197
The Path of Daggers (Robert Jordan)
The Path of Daggers (Robert Jordan)
198
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
199
Chess With a Dragon (David Gerrold)
Chess With a Dragon (David Gerrold)
200
The Trap (Harry Stephen Keeler)
The Trap (Harry Stephen Keeler)
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