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Staff Picks

We’ve covered (get it?) a lot of books on Better Book Titles. Over 800 books, to be precise. Sometimes, you want a laugh fast, so we made a page of the funniest posts we’ve done so far!

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Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything - "Thousands of Interesting Scientific Facts I Forgot Seconds After Closing The Book"

Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything

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David Foster Wallace: Infinite Jest - "Don't Sit Too Close To The TV Or You'll Go Crazy" better book titles meme

David Foster Wallace: Infinite Jest

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Elena Ferrante: My Brilliant Friend - "It's Easier To Be Stabbed In Italy Than Be Friends With Someone"

Elena Ferrante: My Brilliant Friend

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Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint - "The Man Who Came On Dinner"

Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint

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Albert Camus: The Stranger - "YOLO"

Albert Camus: The Stranger

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Robert A. Caro: The Power Broker - "After Reading This Book, You Can Curse Robert Moses Instead Of Jesus While Stuck In NYC Traffic"

Robert A. Caro: The Power Broker

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Junot Diaz: This Is How You Lose Her - "Great Prose For Breakup Stories Told By Your Drunk Roommate"

Junot Diaz: This Is How You Lose Her

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William Faulkner: Light in August - "If You Liked It Then You Shoulda Put A Ring On It"

William Faulkner: Light in August

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John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men - "Never Flirt with Puppy Killers"

John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men

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Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach - "It's OK If Giant Fruit Kills Your Aunts So Long As They Were Bitches"

Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach

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Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass - "Inside A Cat Lady's Opium Nap"

Lewis Carroll: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

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Ian McEwan: Atonement - "Kids Say The Darndest Things"

Ian McEwan: Atonement

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Top Reader Submissions

Andy Weir: The Martian - "If NASA Had An Actual Budget"

Andy Weir: The Martian

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George R.R. Martin: A Storm of Swords - "Four Weddings and a Shitload of Funerals"

George R.R. Martin: A Storm of Swords

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Reader Submission: Todd Bubier

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Kathryn Stockett: The Help - "Diarrhea of a Mad Black Woman"

Kathryn Stockett: The Help

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Reader Submission: Casey Burr

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Frank Herbert: Dune - "Spice World"

Frank Herbert: Dune

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Reader Submission: Rentz Leinbach

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Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel: What to Expect When You’re Expecting - "There Will Be Blood"

Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel: What to Expect When You’re Expecting

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Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird - My Dad Is Cooler Than Your Dad

Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird

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Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead - "Hate-Fucking & Architecture"

Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead

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Reader Submission: Anya Garrett

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Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence - Emotions Are For Poor People

Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence

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Reader Submission: Michelle Legro

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Sophocles: Oedipus the King - "How I Met Your Mother"

Sophocles: Oedipus the King

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Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale - "Sarah Palin's America"

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale

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Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - "One of My Best Friends Is Black"

Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Strunk and White: The Elements of Style - "Correct Your Friends Like a Dick"

Strunk and White: The Elements of Style

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Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are - "Skipping Dinner Is Like Dropping Acid"

Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are

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Reader Submission: John Molina

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J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - "Two Guys, One Cup"

J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises - Jews Ruin Parties

Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises

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Herman Hesse – Steppenwolf

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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby - "Drive My Car"

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

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Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man And The Sea

Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man And The Sea

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William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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William Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale

William Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale

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Donna Tartt: The Goldfinch - "What Happens In Vegas... Turns Out To Be Very Important To The Plot"

Donna Tartt: The Goldfinch

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Rick Moody: The Ice Storm - "NextDoor XXX"

Rick Moody: The Ice Storm

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Vonnegut god bless you mr. Rosewater funny fake cover that says the suicide hotline would be better if you got $1,000 every time you called

Kurt Vonnegut: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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Karl Ove Knausgaard: My Struggle

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Karl Ove Knausgaard: My Struggle: Book 1 - "My Editor Is Dead"

Karl Ove Knausgaard: My Struggle: Book 1

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Richard Powers: The Overstory - "The Lorax: The Snyder Cut"

Richard Powers: The Overstory

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Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Better book titles, diary of a wimpy kid

Charles Dickens: David Copperfield

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Elizabeth Strout Olive Kitteridge, better book titles, funny joke cover, every family in maine is hanging on by a thread

Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge

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Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals - "Lincoln: America's First Goth President"

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals

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Sigrid Nunez: The Friend - "Marmaduke for Smart People"

Sigrid Nunez: The Friend

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