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Books I Acquired Just for the Title

By Rebecca Foster on | 32 Comments

Sometimes you know just from the title of a book – without even opening it or reading anything about it – that it’s one you have to have. Here’s a photo gallery of books I acquired on the strength of the title, whether:

 

Bookish necessities—

Humor titles I knew would ring true—

Phrases that made me want to find out more—

Intriguing titles, but even better subtitles—

Provocative—

Or just plain random—

And here’s a selection of books I want to read that are on my “Awesome Title” shelf on Goodreads:

  • I’m No Longer Troubled by the Extravagance by Rick Bursky
  • The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
  • If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting by Anna Journey
  • Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous
  • How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
  • Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
  • What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman
  • There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
  • The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac by Sharma Shields
  • Why the Child Is Cooking in the Polenta by Aglaja Veteranyi

 

What are some of the best book titles you’ve come across recently?

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