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New York Public Library's Fun Book Titles

Here are some amusing and weird book titles, compiled by the New York Public Library. Have you read any of these?
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Apocalypse Meow Meow (James Proimos)
Apocalypse Meow Meow
1
James Proimos
The Art of Eating (Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher)
The Art of Eating
2
Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
3
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts (Joshua Hammer)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
4
Joshua Hammer
Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance (Stephen Herrero)
Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
5
Stephen Herrero
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Italo Calvino)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
6
Italo Calvino
Dancing With Cats (Burton Silver)
Dancing With Cats
7
Burton Silver
The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit (Taras Grescoe)
The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit
8
Taras Grescoe
The Disappearing Spoon (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon
9
Sam Kean
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Carolyn MacKler)
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
10
Carolyn MacKler
The End of Your Life Book Club (Will Schwalbe)
The End of Your Life Book Club
11
Will Schwalbe
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain (A. Lee Martinez)
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
12
A. Lee Martinez
Everything Sucks: Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool (Hannah Friedman)
Everything Sucks: Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool
13
Hannah Friedman
Food : A Love Story (Jim Gaffigan)
Food : A Love Story
14
Jim Gaffigan
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
15
Katherine Dunn
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil (Stephen Collins)
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
16
Stephen Collins
The Glass Sentence (Mapmakers Trilogy #1) (S.E. Grove)
The Glass Sentence (Mapmakers Trilogy #1)
17
S.E. Grove
Go the F*Ck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)
Go the F*Ck to Sleep
18
Adam Mansbach
Goatman: How I Took a Holiday From Being Human (Thomas Thwaites)
Goatman: How I Took a Holiday From Being Human
19
Thomas Thwaites
Gold Fame Citrus (Claire Vaye Watkins)
Gold Fame Citrus
20
Claire Vaye Watkins
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich (Alice Childress)
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich
21
Alice Childress
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (Daniel Pinkwater)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
22
Daniel Pinkwater
Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend (Alan Cumyn)
Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend
23
Alan Cumyn
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
24
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
25
Charles Yu
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
26
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (Matthew Inman)
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
27
Matthew Inman
Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet (Jennifer Weiss)
Hurts Like a Mother: A Cautionary Alphabet
28
Jennifer Weiss
I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats (Francesco Marciuliano)
I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats
29
Francesco Marciuliano
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall (Judy Sheehan)
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall
30
Judy Sheehan
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel (Firoozeh Dumas)
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
31
Firoozeh Dumas
It Ended Badly (Jennifer Wright)
It Ended Badly
32
Jennifer Wright
The Kalahari Typing School for Men (Alexander McCall Smith)
The Kalahari Typing School for Men
33
Alexander McCall Smith
Kasher in the Rye (Moshe Kasher)
Kasher in the Rye
34
Moshe Kasher
Kill the Boy Band (Goldy Moldavski)
Kill the Boy Band
35
Goldy Moldavski
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (Frederik Backman)
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
36
Frederik Backman
Polaroids From the Dead (Douglas Coupland)
Polaroids From the Dead
37
Douglas Coupland
The Rogue Not Taken, (Sarah MacLean)
The Rogue Not Taken,
38
Sarah MacLean
Sex Criminals Vol 1 (Matt Fraction)
Sex Criminals Vol 1
39
Matt Fraction
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade
40
Kurt Vonnegut
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