Not necessarily good books, per se, but clever or witty titles.
“Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy”.
I knew nothing of the radio show, never heard of the story before I saw the book on the shelf. But the title totally engaged me.
Sue Grafton’s alphabetical mystery series also made me pick it up, but that wasn’t a specific title, it was seeing the whole binch of them together as a series.
Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Mark Ruff
Diary of a Dead Man. Turned out to be posthumously published diaries of a Civil War POW who died in internment.
My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner.
An Underachiever’s Diary by Benjamin Anastas.
Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni.
and about a zillion others over the years…
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland.
An Armful of Warm Girl
by Spackman. It was okay, but I love the title.
Ooooh, ** lipstick jihad **sounds worthy of a pickup!
another one I saw today was Badger Knitting. or Knitting for young badgers. (Something like that.) The author’s last name is Badger. (What a cool last name.)
“The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break”
Saw it in the library and read it in a week… which is really fast for me.
The Satanic Bible. Wasn’t as good as it sounds.
Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
I thought I’d had the world’s worst dog. I didn’t.
Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. And it turned out to be an awesome book.
Golfing for Cats had a swastika on the cover and was supposed to pander to the three major interests of the book buing public, but I was not fooled.
I bought Geek Love for the title, and The Beans of Egypt, Maine. Both good reads.
Cover art draws me in more often than titles. How could a horror fan not be attracted to the cover of The Good House by Tananarive Due. (Good book too.)
69 things to do with a dead princess.
great title, but not much of a read.
The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant
Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
Susan
The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood - and I enjoyed the book.
**They Came and Ate Us - Armageddon II: The B-Movie ** by Robert Rankin. Not that great, but it led me to the book it was a sequel to, Armageddon: The Musical, which was a hoot.
I’m not sure how to feel about this.