Bizarre Book Titles

Here are some of my favorites - they are actual books that have been published (the year in brackets). Often surrealism reveals hidden truths!

The Memoir of the Late Honorable Justice Onoocool Chunder Mookerjee (1873)

Correct Mispronunciations of Some South Carolina Names (1984)

How to Write While You Sleep (1985)

What is a Cow? And Other Questions That Might Occur to You When Walking the Thames Path (2000)

The Longevity of Starved Cockroaches (1957)

The Urine Dance of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico (1885)

The Benefit of Farting Explain’d (1722)

How To Be Plump (1878)

The Inheritance of Hairy Ear Rims (1961)

How to Pick Up Women in Discos (1981)

The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution (1979)

Squid Jiggling from Small Boats (1989)

Frolic and Fun with Egg-Shells (1903)

How to Eat a Peanut (1900)

Ice Cream for Small Plants (1937)

How to Cook Roadkill: Gourmet Cooking (1987)

How to Cook Husbands (1899)

How to Survive Snack Attacks Naturally (1979)

Life and Laughter ‘midst the Cannibals (1926) – relates to a story of a sailor visiting the Solomon Islands who avoided being eaten by cannibals but whose false teeth fell overboard and in attempting to retrieve them, was eaten by a shark.

The Time Registering Closet. A new system whereby much valuable time of employees is saved. (1892)

How to Make an Atomic Bomb in your own Kitchen (1951)

Gunrunning for Fun and Profit (1986)

The “Walking Stick” Method of Self-Defence (1926)

Hand Grenade Throwing as a College Sport (1918)

The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum (1901)

Taking Life Imprisionment Seriously (2002)

Snoring as a Fine Art, and Twelve Other Essays (1958)