# Invent book titles and appropriately-named authors **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 6, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943 "2014-08-06T12:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/21 "2014-08-06T19:59:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > _The Jerry Sandusky Story_ by Ben Dover It was actually ghost-written by Phil McCracken ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/22 "2014-08-06T20:03:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > _The Jerry Sandusky Story_ by Ben Dover Too Soon ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/23 "2014-08-06T20:13:24Z")
_Training Lions and Tigers_ by Claude Badly. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/24 "2014-08-06T20:19:43Z")
Oldies (Ancienties, actually) but Goodies \*\*\*Birth Control in Russia \*\*\*by Ivana Kutcherkokoff _ **The Tiger’s Revenge** _ by Claude Balls \*\*\*20 Years in the Saddle \*\*\*by Major Assburn _ **Vasectomies** _ by Holden McGroyne ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/25 "2014-08-06T21:05:21Z")
_Physical affection among gay men_ by Amanda Kissinhug ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/26 "2014-08-07T07:05:23Z")
\*The Worst Book Ever \* By Joe King _The Big Book of Humor_ By Joe King ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/27 "2014-08-07T11:18:34Z")
In response to a query received by PM, although I said “invent” in the thread title, posting old ones seen elsewhere is perfectly fine also. I suppose I should have said “invented” to make this more explicit. _Themes Arising From “The Apprentice”_ by Alan Sachs (or Donald Sachs, if you’re a fan of the American version) _Cures for Flatulence_ by Ivana Trump _My Favourite Two Disciples_ by Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/28 "2014-08-07T12:55:35Z")
_Gesundheit_! by Anna Choo ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/29 "2014-08-07T13:25:46Z")
_Getting Rid of Your Halloween Jack O’Lanterns_ by Chuck Pumpkins ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/30 "2014-08-07T13:41:33Z")
\*Wind Through the Laurels \*by Stanley Phartuccio ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/31 "2014-08-07T14:25:37Z")
\*Cheat And Backstab Your Way To Success \*by Isaac Hunt. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/32 "2014-08-07T15:24:34Z")
\*Let’s Cherish the Thought \*by Saul Lovett \*Mr. Cranky Pants \*by Alice Moody \*Only Nine Lives \*by Diane Katz \*Strawberries Are Dead To Me \*by Cherry Garcia ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/33 "2014-08-12T01:36:05Z")
_Hit by the Pitch_ by Anibal Hertz _Out Again_ by Pop Fly _Kickin’ Butt_ by Homer deGen OK I _am_ watching baseball. 🙂 Oh, look at that! _Home Safe!_ by Miss deTag 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/34 "2014-08-12T02:14:29Z")
Missed the edit window to add: _Live in the Moment_ by Wanda Game ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943/35 "2014-08-12T11:13:25Z")
Just remembered one that I was very proud of thinking of as a twelve-year-old, though I’m sure I wasn’t the first: _The Life of a Lapdancer_ by Oliver Klothesov [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-book-titles-and-appropriately-named-authors/694943.md?page=1)