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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen.

Funny book titles catch your attention.

The title of a book is important, and it can take on a few forms. It can be straightforward and explain what the book is about. It can be mysterious, encouraging readers to want to discover more by picking up the book.

And sometimes, the title can be downright hilarious, whether or not it falls into the first or second category…or a different one all together.

Find below over 40 hilarious, cringeworthy, and funny book titles. All of these are real books, rather than spoofs. Sometimes the reasoning behind the titles becomes evident and other times, it’s simply meant to make you laugh.

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Love these? You’ll also love 30 hilariously cringeworthy book titles.

Hilarious, Cringeworthy, and Funny Book Titles

 

Always Ask A Man: The Key To Femininity

 

Being a white woman in the 1960s must’ve been exhausting.

 

And on the Eighth Day God Created Hairdressers

 

We’re all blessed for this.

 

 

The Bible and Flying Saucers

 

 

Together forever.

 

Brainwashing is a Cinch!

 

 

Both self-help and a how-to.

 

 

Carma Sutra: The Auto‑Erotic Handbook

 

 

It even gets model specific.

 

 

Catflexing: A Catlover’s Guide to Weightlifting, Aerobics & Stretching

 

 

No cat would agree to this.

 

The Commuter Pig Keeper

 

 

This isn’t about piggy banks.

 

 

Cooking to Kill: The Poison Cook-book

 

 

If this is on shelf at someone’s house, pass on dinner.

 

Gallop Your Maggot: The Ultimate Book of Sexual Slang

 

 

I don’t know if the title or the cover is funnier here.

 

Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop: And Other Practical Advice In Our Campaign Against The Fairy Kingdom

 

 

Fairies are pesky creatures.

 

Hookers or Cake: Animal Spirits, Pop Culture, God and Robots

 

 

Why not both?

 

How to Cook Husbands

 

 

I’m intrigued!

 

How to Enjoy Your Weeds

 

 

Everything on Earth has a purpose.

 

How To Make Your Wife Your Mistress

 

 

No carma sutra?

 

How To Teach Quantum Physics To Your Dog

 

 

Valuable information for good boys.

 

How to Train Goldfish Using Dolphin Training Techniques

 

 

That fish is not amused.

 

How YOU Are Like Shampoo

 

 

Trademark your Trademark.

 

I Gave You My Heart, but You Sold It Online

 

 

I hope it brought in a good sum.

 

 

If The Devil “Made” You Do It, You Blew It

 

 

Maybe the devil was behind the fashion decisions made here.

 

The Joy of Water Boiling

 

 

It’s hot.

 

Living with Crazy Buttocks

 

 

I have questions.

 

The Llama of Death

 

 

No one ever suspects the llama.

 

Men Who Knit & The Dogs Who Love Them

 

 

Then the men teach the dogs quantum physics.

 

My Big Book of Pretty Pussies

 

 

The mouse just adds to it.

 

Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power: How to Use the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts

 

 

Hmm.

 

Natural History of Vacant Lots

 

 

Fascinating!

 

No, He’s Not a Monkey, He’s an Ape and He’s My Son

 

 

Sounds like a Lifetime movie.

 

Pet Goats & Pap Smears

 

 

I’ll skip opening my heart and mind at the line of goats at my next pap smear.

 

Practical Muskrat Raising

 

Practical is key here.

 

Raccoons Are the Brightest People

 

 

“A one of a kind book” for sure.

 

Still Stripping After 25 Years

 

 

You go, Eleanor!

 

Spinsters Are Wonderful People

 

It’s a periodical, raising awareness of the power of spinsters.

 

Teach Your Wife To Be A Widow

 

 

After you make her your mistress, of course.

 

Toilet Paper Origami

 

No longer is the family argument about whether the roll goes over or under.

 

What Bird Did That?

 

 

Fess up, pheasants.

 

Who Cares About Elderly People?

 

 

The contrast in the title and the book series “child’s play” is especially disheartening.

 

 

Why Isn’t God Giving Cash Prizes?

 

 

I’ve always wondered myself.

 

Who Peed On My Yoga Mat?

 

 

If you were at goat yoga recently, the answer is easy.

 

The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine

 

 

Is it the plant? The paper? The bottle of water?

 

Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies

 

 

Maybe raccoons aren’t the best people after all.