The Twenty Oddest And Funniest Book Titles Ever

By Teh Master Gamer, published Feb 20, 2008
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Ever think you could judge a book by its title? Then these books would make very interesting literature! The following is a list of books with "interesting" titles to say the least. Hope you enjoy reading the titles as much as the books themselves!

1) 100 Proofs That the Earth is Not a Globe! - W. Carpenter (1871)

(yeah we all know that's true...)

2) A Toddler's Guide to the Rubber Industry - D. Lowe (1947)

(hmmmm... toddlers want to know about rubber...)

3) Constipation and Our Civilization - James C. Thomson (1943)

(Yeah that's a very important part of our civilization huh?)

4) The Gay Boys of Old Yale! - John Denison Vose (1869)

(Now this is an interesting book!)

5) Full Revelations of a Rat Catcher after 25 Years' Experience - Ike Matthews (1898)

(Something I always wanted to read about!)

6) Colon Cleanse The Easy Way! - Verna Burnett and Jennifer Weiss (1979)

(there's an easy way to do this? I should have read this book last year...)

7) Eleven Years a Drunkard; or, The Life of Thomas Doner, Having Lost Both Arms Through Intemperance, He Wrote This Book With His Teeth as a Warning To Others - Thomas Doner (1878)

(I guess this one speaks for itself)

8) Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe -William A. Rossi (1976)

(Another one of those things I always wanted to know about!)

9) Teach Yourself Alcoholism - Meir Glatt (1843)

(I always wanted to try it but never knew how...)

10) Living Without Eating - Herbert Thurston (1931)

(Read this book at your own risk!)

11) Cooking With God - Lori David & Robert Robb (1978)

(I wonder what sort of food God eats...)

12) Daddy Was an Undertaker - McDill McCown Gassman (1952)

(That's better than mine... he was a rapist.. just kidding ;] )

13) How I Know That the Dead Are Alive - Fanny Ruthven Paget (1917)

(Oh my Gosh! I always thought I was the only person to believe this!)

14) Gay Agony - H.A. Manhood (1930)

(No comment...)

15) A Letter to the Man Who Killed My Dog - Richard Joseph (1956)

(I seriously need to buy this book! LOL!)

16) The Manliness of Christ - Thomas Hughes (1931)

(I wonder if this is included in the bible?)

17) Chancho: A Boy and His Pig in Peru - Sutherland Stark (1947)

(I met him online!)

The Twenty Oddest And Funniest Book Titles Ever

Ever think you could judge a book by its cover? If so then these would be the most funniest and most interesting books you could find.

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Did You Know?
Took at least one month to find these book names
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Well written and informative article - thanks for directing me to humorous books. In return I would ask you to look at my article on the book, ' Mrs. Grundy Studies in Prudery and give a comment or two..

Posted on 03/21/2008 at 10:03:02 PM

 
Very cute list.

Posted on 03/16/2008 at 12:03:32 PM

 
I love StumbleUpon ... check this list of funny books http://www.madhusudhan.info/misc/Ridiculous_Book_Titles.php

Posted on 03/06/2008 at 9:03:11 AM

 
Thanks for the laugh!

Posted on 02/26/2008 at 11:02:16 AM

 
hahaha, those are pretty damn funny. people are so weird. =)

Posted on 02/21/2008 at 4:02:25 PM

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