# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/21 "2004-11-07T20:19:35Z")
“My Brother Was An Only Child” Raymond Smullyan’s “What Is The Name Of This Book?” and “This Book Needs No Title”. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/22 "2004-11-07T20:25:53Z")
It helps to read the book, I suppose, but I always loved “Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca?”, by non other than G.M. Ford (like this would be his real name :D) Hint: The action takes place in Seattle ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/23 "2004-11-07T20:38:13Z")
> [@Merhouse](#): > > It helps to read the book, I suppose, but I always loved “Who In Hell Is Wanda Fuca?”, by non other than G.M. Ford (like this would be his real name :D) > > Hint: The action takes place in Seattle Heh. I call it ‘The Strait of Wanda Fuca’ too. But I pronounce it ‘Fukka’. Johnny L.A. Birch Bay, WA ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/24 "2004-11-07T20:47:22Z")
[How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0595094724/qid=1099860821/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-9813628-1193625?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@shadowfax33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shadowfax33)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/25 "2004-11-07T21:11:18Z")
_The Sweet Potato Queen’s Book of Love._ And it’s nonfiction. There really are Sweet Potato Queens. And one of them wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/26 "2004-11-07T21:37:02Z")
Thomas M. Disch’s “Fun With Your New Head” I’ve never read it, but I love the title. ---
**Author:** ![Catsmeow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Catsmeow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catsmeow)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/27 "2004-11-07T22:10:39Z")
I like : [The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Enhancing Self Esteem](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UG05NjMA5Z&isbn=0028629302&itm=5) Which, if you had great self esteem, perhaps you wouldn’t consider yourself a complete idiot? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/28 "2004-11-08T01:40:16Z")
bY Chrisopher Moore: Island of the Sequined Love Nun and Lust Lizard of Meloncholy Cove ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/29 "2004-11-08T02:26:59Z")
[Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: a memoir](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393051390/qid=1099881148/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-4207700-8959354) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/30 "2004-11-08T02:38:28Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Heh. I call it ‘The Strait of Wanda Fuca’ too. But I pronounce it ‘Fukka’. > > Johnny L.A. > Birch Bay, WA [hijack] My mom, visiting from the east coast, is a bit hard of hearing and thought I said ‘The Strait of Buttifucco’ [/hj] ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/31 "2004-11-08T03:14:41Z")
The magazine store I used to work in sold discounted books. One had the odd title, _Big Hair: A Journey into the Transformation of Self_. The Joseph Campbell approach to hair care, apparently. (Slightly off-topic, but we also sold a magazine named _Monster Tits_ in the porn section,. I always wondered about day-to-day life at that magazine: secretaries answering, “Hello, you’ve reached Monster Tits,” guys with “Monster Tits” on their resumes – some proud elderly women informing her bridge partners that her son is the editor of _Monster Tits_ magazine…) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/32 "2004-11-08T06:01:34Z")
[Me Talk Pretty One Day](http://www.twbookmark.com/books/72/0316776963/chapter_excerpt12044.html) [The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553280287/002-0880053-9449654?v=glance) [Steal This Book](http://www.tenant.net/Community/steal/) ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/33 "2004-11-08T06:20:34Z")
“How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling From Philadelphia to Medicine Hat” (short story by Carl Sandburg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/34 "2004-11-08T06:34:17Z")
Pretty much all of Will Cuppy’s books have very funny titles. In addition to Decline, there’s How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes, How to Attract the Wombat, How to Become Extinct, and How to Be a Hermit. ---
**Author:** ![professor\_folk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df788c/32.png) [@professor\_folk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/professor_folk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/35 "2004-11-08T06:44:51Z")
Eats, Shoots and Leaves If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? by Cynthia Heimel ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/36 "2004-11-08T14:00:00Z")
I always thought **Keep the Aspidistra Flying** was a funny title. You know, for a George Orwell book. ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/37 "2004-11-08T14:46:36Z")
**Elvis is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good** Lewis Grizzard ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393/38 "2004-11-08T15:08:41Z")
P.S. Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood (who later wrote A Chorus Line) Motherhood, the Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck (she said at book signings, people actually asked her “What’s the First?” :eek:) I have a book called “Kniiting with Dog Hair” which is exactly what the title says. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-book-titles/273393.md?page=1)