# What are the best titles? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2000, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118 "2000-12-05T09:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/21 "2000-12-09T04:08:20Z")
**Steal This Book** by Abbie Hoffmann ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/22 "2000-12-09T04:46:20Z")
Sassy, how’s this for ironic? I bought that book, but someone stole it from **me**! I kid you not. I didn’t even get a chance to read it. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/23 "2000-12-09T05:16:56Z")
Harlan Ellison is a natural for this; but some other notables: The renewable virgin by Barbara Paul; competent mystery writer who had a flair for titles (see also: Liars and tyrants and people who turn blue Dead cat bounce: another murder mystery; the title, deftly apt, is a bit of Wall Street jargon. Do androids dream of electric sheep Midnight in the garden of good and evil Dwarf rapes nun, flees in UFO: the subtitle is “a novel of journalism”. Terrifying enough, the title ends up making perfect sense. In movies: They might be giants The man who would be king I’m not much good on movies; trying to hold back on the book titles because enthusiasm is overtaking me. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/24 "2000-12-09T19:43:23Z")
Stupid funny songs: (I don’t know the authors, sorry) How can I get you off my mind if you’re sitting on my face? Dropkick me Jedud through the goalposts of life. You done stomped upon my heart and mashed that sucker flat. That’s all for now. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/25 "2000-12-10T00:15:31Z")
Tango Till They’re Sore -Tom Waits (song) The Cat Inside- William Burroughs (book) We Wish to Inform You That Tommorow We Will Be Killed With Our Families- Philip Gourevitch (book) Oh Bondage, Up Yours- X-Ray Specs (sond) ---
**Author:** ![Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/26 "2000-12-10T00:57:28Z")
The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky ---
**Author:** ![afireinside](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@afireinside](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/afireinside)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/27 "2000-12-10T02:41:43Z")
“Abra Cadaver” (a Tales from the Crypt episode) Guyana Punch Line (a band name) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/28 "2000-12-11T02:05:24Z")
“The Nine Billion Names of God” - Arthur Clarke Bump of Chicken - Japanese pop group Pocket Biscuits - Another J-pop group Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Yet another J-pop group (I think they just randomly flipped through a dictionary) –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118/29 "2000-12-11T03:19:19Z")
Also, most of the songs from Grease have fantastic titles– - Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee - Rock and Roll Party Queen - Born to Hand Jive - It’s Raining on Prom Night - Beauty School Drop-out [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-titles/44118.md?page=1)