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Wretched Writing: A Compendium of Crimes Against the English Language - Page 5

These are the books mentioned in "Wretched Writing" (2013) by Ross and Kathryn Petras. I did not include the stories, articles, poems, and movies quoted.
Nos. 37-52 (as well as #164) are included for their titles alone. 179-184 are there for their blurbs. Some classics are there merely for an unfortunate word (such as "ejaculated") that has changed meaning somewhat over the years.
My favorite entry:
"There are some sounds in nature which are anathema to man. For most people they are confined to the strangled screaming of a vixen in heat, hideous and unearthly in the black voids of a sleepless night. The question you have to ask yourself here is, 'Am I most people?' "—#242
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-A Study of Hospital Waiting Lists in Cardiff, 1953-1954
-Who's Who in Barbed Wire
-Simple Hints for Mothers on the Home Sex-Training of Boys
-Sloppy Dingle
-Lawless Guns
-Come On Mom
-Where the Big Gun Rides
-A Voyage of Discovery
-Wind in the Cypress
-A Noose for the Marshal
-Future Tense
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The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
161
Anthony Trollope
Doctor Thorne (Anthony Trollope)
Doctor Thorne
162
Anthony Trollope
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
163
Charles Dickens
Designing High-Performance Stiffened Structures (Imeche)
Designing High-Performance Stiffened Structures
164
Imeche
The Teeth of the Tiger (Tom Clancy)
The Teeth of the Tiger
165
Tom Clancy
The Social Animal (David Brooks)
The Social Animal
166
David Brooks
Commune 2000 A.D. (MacK Reynolds)
Commune 2000 A.D.
167
MacK Reynolds
Charleston (John Jakes)
Charleston
168
John Jakes
Blinding Light (Paul Theroux)
Blinding Light
169
Paul Theroux
Dreams, Demons and Desire (Wendy Perriam)
Dreams, Demons and Desire
170
Wendy Perriam
Hannibal (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal
171
Thomas Harris
Arc of the Dream (A.A. Attanasio)
Arc of the Dream
172
A.A. Attanasio
Playing With Cobras (Craig Thomas)
Playing With Cobras
173
Craig Thomas
The Crimson Petal and the White (Michael Faber)
The Crimson Petal and the White
174
Michael Faber
The Curse of Salamander Street (G.P. Taylor)
The Curse of Salamander Street
175
G.P. Taylor
Dark Continuum (John E. Muller)
Dark Continuum
176
John E. Muller
No Dawn and No Horizon (A.J. Merak)
No Dawn and No Horizon
177
A.J. Merak
The Forgotten Planet (Murray Leinster)
The Forgotten Planet
178
Murray Leinster
Civitas Dei (Lionel Curtis)
Civitas Dei
179
Lionel Curtis
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy)
Debt of Honor
180
Tom Clancy
Conventions of War (Walter Jon Williams)
Conventions of War
181
Walter Jon Williams
Make the Corpse Walk (James Hadley Chase)
Make the Corpse Walk
182
James Hadley Chase
Dragon Actually (G.A. Aiken)
Dragon Actually
183
G.A. Aiken
Excession (Iain M. Banks)
Excession
184
Iain M. Banks
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (Sax Rohmer)
The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu
185
Sax Rohmer
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
186
Vladimir Nabokov
The Hottest State (Ethan Hawke)
The Hottest State
187
Ethan Hawke
Masters of Time (A.E. Van Vogt)
Masters of Time
188
A.E. Van Vogt
The Beetle (Richard Marsh)
The Beetle
189
Richard Marsh
Escape to Hell and Other Stories (Muammar Qaddafi)
Escape to Hell and Other Stories
190
Muammar Qaddafi
Stargate (Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich)
Stargate
191
Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich
Don't Blink (James Patterson, Howard Roughan)
Don't Blink
192
James Patterson, Howard Roughan
The Devil's Passkey (Jimmy Shannon)
The Devil's Passkey
193
Jimmy Shannon
Those Who Trespass (Bill O'Reilly)
Those Who Trespass
194
Bill O'Reilly
The Overton Window (Glenn Beck)
The Overton Window
195
Glenn Beck
The Tag Murders (Carroll John Daly)
The Tag Murders
196
Carroll John Daly
The Path of Daggers (Robert Jordan)
The Path of Daggers
197
Robert Jordan
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
198
Herman Melville
Chess With a Dragon (David Gerrold)
Chess With a Dragon
199
David Gerrold
The Trap (Harry Stephen Keeler)
The Trap
200
Harry Stephen Keeler
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