Books With Interesting Titles

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Do you ever pick up a book just because the title is so interesting? If you've read a book with a great title, did it live up to your expectations? Books you've read, TBR and wishlist titles all welcome - if you like you can use the comments section to say why (you do have to add a book to your own list or give it the thumbs down to comment). How about titles that are just appalling/embarrassing and would put you off reading a book?
1
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
de Steven Sherrill
758 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
elkiedee, Charon07, T-Morison
2
I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better
de Sarah Shankman
104 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
3 Members
edparks, elkiedee, T-Morison
Explications
elkiedee: I remember this title and it's definitely intriguing but I don't think I've read it.
3
Beau comme un aéroport
de Douglas Adams
12,209 membres
120 critiques
3.9
3 Members
dhm, elkiedee, T-Morison
Explications
dhm: interesting in its ability to make me feel comfortable
elkiedee: I have this on my Kindle TBR. Douglas Adams has a few great titles!
4
Le lézard lubrique de Melancholy Cove
de Christopher Moore
3,219 membres
82 critiques
3.8
3 Members
edparks, Charon07, T-Morison
5
Have the Men Had Enough?
de Margaret Forster
172 membres
5 critiques
4
2 Members
charl08, T-Morison
6
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
de Maile Meloy
681 membres
34 critiques
3.9
3 Members
edparks, elkiedee, T-Morison
7
La vestale à paillettes d'Alualu
de Christopher Moore
3,220 membres
84 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
edparks, Charon07
8
Bimbos of the Death Sun
de Sharyn McCrumb
1,077 membres
35 critiques
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
elkiedee: I have a copy of this somewhere, still TBR - it is an intriguing title. Thanks for adding some intriguing titles to the list.
9
Brief in die Auberginenrepublik: Roman
de Abbas Khider
15 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
2 Members
spiphany, T-Morison
10
Granny Made Me an Anarchist
de Stuart Christie
168 membres
4 critiques
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, T-Morison
Explications
elkiedee: Bought for the title. I think one or two of the booksellers who worked at my local Ottakars branch at the time also likes a good title, as sfter Waterstones took over and shut this branch, they started an independent bookshop over the road, wjereim I found a few great books with brilliant titles!
11
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories
de Karen Russell
1,623 membres
66 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
elkiedee, spiphany
Explications
elkiedee: Bought in my local indie bookshop on the strength of the title
12
Hand Me Down World
de Lloyd Jones
325 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
spiphany, T-Morison
13
Sur les Ossements des morts
de Olga Tokarczuk
2,753 membres
140 critiques
3.9
2 Members
elkiedee, spiphany
Explications
elkiedee: Some great titles on your list, including some that have caught my eye too.Thanks
14
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
de Garth Nix
1,256 membres
58 critiques
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, spiphany
Explications
spiphany: I loved some of Nix's other work, but the title is the clincher here.
15
Que vont devenir les grenouilles?
de Lorrie Moore
1,392 membres
43 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
Explications
elkiedee: My paperback TBR
16
Les chiens-monstres
de Kirsten Bakis
1,055 membres
38 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Charon07
17
Le passe-muraille
de Marcel Aymé
498 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Helenliz
18
What They Did to Princess Paragon
de Robert Rodi
188 membres
3.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
19
Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera
de George S. Chappell
36 membres
2 critiques
2.9
Member
dhm
Explications
dhm: found in a used book store
20
L'élégance du hérisson
de Muriel Barbery
11,854 membres
654 critiques
3.8
2 Members
edparks, elkiedee
21
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
de Robert Rankin
1,573 membres
44 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
Explications
elkiedee: Yes, I enjoyed the book nearly as much as the title. Quirky PI novel set in Toyland. Still need to read the sequel, The Toyminator.
22
The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas
de Edward Gorey
654 membres
14 critiques
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
23
Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God
de Joe Coomer
260 membres
7 critiques
3.9
Member
edparks
24
Une oeuvre déchirante d'un génie renversant
de Dave Eggers
2,366 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
25
La Schismatrice
de Bruce Sterling
604 membres
6 critiques
3.8
Member
dhm
Explications
dhm: Choose your syllable to emphasize
26
You Can't Iron a Wrinkled Birthday Suit
de Sharon Phennah
24 membres
2 critiques
½ 2.3
Member
edparks
27
Then We Came to the End: A Novel [Paperback] by Ferris, Joshua
de Joshua Ferris
4,525 membres
221 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
28
Les jours s'en vont comme des chevaux sauvages dans les collines
de Charles Bukowski
597 membres
5 critiques
3.9
Member
edparks
29
Les canards en plastique attaquent
de Christopher Brookmyre
440 membres
21 critiques
3.9
Member
elkiedee
Explications
elkiedee: Paperback TBR and one of several attention grabbing titles by Christopher Brookmyre
30
Comme la grenouille sur son nénuphar
de Tom Robbins
2,685 membres
22 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
edparks
31
Cinderella Goes to the Morgue
de Nancy Spain
33 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Member
elkiedee
Explications
elkiedee: One of several books by the author I hope to read soon. Library book TBR
32
Le langage perdu de grues
de David Leavitt
1,289 membres
22 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
33
The Snow and the Works on the Northern Line
de Ruth Thomas
15 membres
4
Member
elkiedee
Explications
elkiedee: Serialised on Radio 4, Library TBR
34
Driving in Cars with Homeless Men: Stories
de Kate Wisel
24 membres
1 critique
4.1
Member
edparks
35
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards: Stories
de Robert Boswell
59 membres
3 critiques
4.2
Member
edparks
36
Vampires in the Lemon Grove
de Karen Russell
1,505 membres
63 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
37
Histoire universelle de l'infamie
de Jorge Luis Borges
1,401 membres
29 critiques
4
Member
spiphany
38
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
de Gretchen McCulloch
1,081 membres
46 critiques
4
Member
spiphany
39
Mémoires trouvés dans une baignoire
de Stanisław Lem
1,033 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
40
Le Lundi commence le samedi
de Arkadi Strugatski
630 membres
15 critiques
4
Member
spiphany
41
L'Incroyable Bestiaire de Monsieur Henderson
de Caspar Henderson
486 membres
9 critiques
4
Member
spiphany
42
L'Institut de remise à l'heure des montres et des pendules
de Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
453 membres
8 critiques
4.1
Member
spiphany
43
Love Warps the Mind a Little
de John Dufresne
239 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
edparks
44
La Faculté de l'inutile
de Yury Dombrovsky
175 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
45
Façons tragiques de tuer une femme
de Nicole Loraux
84 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Read sections of this as assigned reading for a Greek lit class, but the title is what stuck with me...
46
The Restless Supermarket
de Ivan Vladislavić
72 membres
2 critiques
3.8
Member
spiphany
47
The Wrecking Light
de Robin Robertson
67 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
48
Lucifer Unemployed
de Aleksander Wat
58 membres
1 critique
3.2
Member
spiphany
49
Irreführung der Behörden
de Jurek Becker
50 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
spiphany
50
The Half-God of Rainfall
de Inua Ellams
44 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
51
Institute for Taxi Poetry
de Imraan Coovadia
13 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: I'm afraid I never warmed up to this one, though both title and concept sounded like something I would love.
52
The Book of Imprudent Flora
de Claudio Romo
11 membres
4
Member
spiphany
53
Wild Ducks Flying Backward
de Tom Robbins
967 membres
11 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
edparks
54
Jambes fluettes, etc.
de Tom Robbins
4,372 membres
46 critiques
4
Member
edparks
55
There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake
de Hazel Edwards
231 membres
1 critique
4.2
Member
elkiedee
56
Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon
de Marjane Satrapi
81 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
Explications
elkiedee: Another Big Green Bookshop buy from their picture book shelves, and a huge hit with my son 7+ years ago. I wish the publishers would reprint this for today's small children.
57
Go West Young F*cked-Up Chick
de Rachel Resnick
31 membres
3.1
Member
edparks
58
Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm
de Jeanne Marie Laskas
278 membres
12 critiques
4
Member
edparks
59
It Needs to Look Like We Tried
de Robert Todd Petersen
15 membres
4.8
Member
edparks
60
Même les cow-girls ont du vague à l'âme
de Tom Robbins
5,173 membres
51 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
edparks
61
Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories
de Pam Houston
788 membres
10 critiques
3.9
Member
elkiedee
62
Among Other Things, I've Taken Up Smoking
de Aoibheann Sweeney
256 membres
14 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
edparks
63
Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones
de Lana Witt
54 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
edparks
64
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
de Elizabeth McCracken
573 membres
32 critiques
4.1
Member
edparks
65
The Snarling Citizen: Essays
de Barbara Ehrenreich
141 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
elkiedee
66
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
de Danielle Evans
481 membres
42 critiques
4.1
Member
elkiedee
67
Love Don't Live Here No More: Book One of Doggy Tales
de Snoop Dogg
36 membres
2 critiques
3.1
Member
edparks