# Funny book titles. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393 "2004-11-06T21:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/1 "2004-11-06T21:05:07Z")
What book titles did you find the funniest? My favorites are **“Historia de un Idiota Contada por él mismo”** (An idiot’s story told by himself) by Felix de Azua followed by **“The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts”** by Louis de Bernières. Another favorite is Will Cuppy’s **“Rise and Fall of Practically Everybody”**. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/2 "2004-11-06T21:16:07Z")
[_Civilization (And Its Part In My Downfall)_](http://www.quarrington.org/civil.htm), by Paul Quarrington. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/3 "2004-11-06T21:33:18Z")
_Bimbos of the Death Star_ and _Zombies of the Gene Pool_, both by Sharyn McCrumb. Apologies if I’ve mangled either title, I can’t seem to get any book-related site to load today. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/4 "2004-11-06T22:01:23Z")
_The Partly Cloudy Patriot_ by Sarah Vowell. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/5 "2004-11-06T22:48:21Z")
I’ve always liked _The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank_ by Erma Bombeck. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/6 "2004-11-06T22:49:43Z")
**Unix in a Nutshell** ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/7 "2004-11-06T22:55:27Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > _Bimbos of the Death Star_ and _Zombies of the Gene Pool_, both by Sharyn McCrumb. Apologies if I’ve mangled either title, I can’t seem to get any book-related site to load today. It’s _Bimbos of the Death Sun._ ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/8 "2004-11-06T22:58:56Z")
Fantasy author Patricia A. McKillip has some great ones. _The Throme of the Erril of Sherill The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath The Alphabet of Thron_ ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/9 "2004-11-06T23:19:38Z")
I’m currently reading **The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time** by Mark Haddon. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/10 "2004-11-06T23:38:57Z")
And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won Off Fatty Hagen in a Poker Game ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/11 "2004-11-06T23:41:18Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > It’s _Bimbos of the Death Sun._ Gah. I knew I’d mess it up. I have cable internet and I still couldn’t get Amazon or [BN.com](http://BN.com) to load. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/12 "2004-11-07T00:35:01Z")
And of course we wouldn’t want to forget _The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death._ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/13 "2004-11-07T01:50:36Z")
Then there’s The Neighbors are Scaring My Wolf by Jack Douglas. And, while it’s not a book, wacky titles should include a reference to Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/14 "2004-11-07T07:51:27Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > **Unix in a Nutshell** ```auto $ HELP! I'M IN A NUTSHELL! WHAT KIND OF MASSIVE NUT HAS A SHELL LIKE THIS? ``` Anyway, I was at a bookstore today and saw two books right next to each other: “Why Cats Paint” and “Why Paint Cats”. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/15 "2004-11-07T07:56:38Z")
_Sir Apropos of Nothing_, and the sequel, _The Woad to Wuin_, are both worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/16 "2004-11-07T08:47:41Z")
[Apocalipstick](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/038533656X/ref%3Dpd%5Fsl%5Faw%5Falx-jeb-6-1%5Fbook%5F2132790%5F1/002-7998855-1636061) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/17 "2004-11-07T14:02:29Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > ```auto > > $ HELP! I'M IN A NUTSHELL! WHAT KIND OF MASSIVE NUT HAS A SHELL LIKE THIS? > > ``` I was thinking of the homonym. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/18 "2004-11-07T14:04:21Z")
Erm… Okay, ‘Unix’ and ‘eunochs’ aren’t really homonyms; but they’re close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/19 "2004-11-07T18:29:32Z")
_Heisenberg Probably Slept Here_ by Richard P. Brennan. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/20 "2004-11-07T19:51:55Z")
The Joy of Sects. Although, I seem to be the only one that finds that one funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393.md?page=2)