Most unfortunate titles

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Tio små negerpojkar

av Agatha Christie

21,266 medlemmar

536 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: thorold, konallis
Förklaringar: thorold: Probably the most famous case: First it was "Ten little niggers", then it was "Ten little Indians", and now it's "And then there were none"

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Scouts in bondage

av Geoffrey Prout

3 medlemmar

2 Members: thorold, konallis
Förklaringar: thorold: Michael Bell used this one as the title for a book about unfortunate titles

3

Shag

av Thomas C. Hinkle

33 medlemmar

2 recensioner

½ 3.5

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: I almost suffocated with laughter the first time I fell upon this.

4

Ice cream for small plants,

av Etta H. Handy

2 medlemmar

Member: konallis

5

Riding the Snake

av Stephen J. Cannell

222 medlemmar

3 recensioner

½ 3.4

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: Seriously! You want me to explain?

6

Jill rider igen

av Ruby Ferguson

97 medlemmar

1 recension

3.9

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: It's hard to believe that this one is perfectly genuine, not a parody.

7

The Pocket Book of Boners: An Omnibus of School Boy Howlers and Unconcious Humor

av Alexander Abingdon

30 medlemmar

1 recension

3.9

Member: Sylak

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SOS i Antarktis

av Hammond Innes

213 medlemmar

5 recensioner

½ 3.7

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: Not Alabama, but the Antarctic ice

9

A woodcock in the hand: Tips for examining, aging & sexing American woodcock

av Greg F Sepik

1 medlem

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: I agree; you'd have to be very, very infantile to find this amusing. ;)

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Vril : eller Den kommande rasen

av Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

483 medlemmar

12 recensioner

3

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: Presumably it's a case of last one to finish gets the prize?

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Melons for the Passionate Grower

av Amy Goldman

56 medlemmar

5

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: Apparently, Amy has grown a lovely pair her self.

12

Escaped Cock

av D. H. Lawrence

44 medlemmar

1 recension

½ 3.3

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: Nothing to do with flies being left undone.

13

So Guy Came Too

av Lorna Hill

11 medlemmar

½ 3.5

Member: thorold

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The Ten Commandments from the Back Side

av J. Ellsworth Kalas

168 medlemmar

½ 2.5

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: Opens up whole new areas of theology

15

The Perfect Pair (Silver Blades)

av Melissa Lowell

29 medlemmar

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: Tee-hee Boobies.

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The Bottom of the Harbor

av Joseph Mitchell

160 medlemmar

2 recensioner

½ 4.3

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: Not the memoirs of a quayside rent-boy, but a rather good book of essays

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A Rocket in My Pocket

av Carl Withers

136 medlemmar

3 recensioner

½ 3.7

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: ...or, are you just glad to see me?

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The Scouts of Stonewall

av Joseph A. Altsheler

37 medlemmar

1 recension

3

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: Story of the men who left the Village People before they became famous

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Games you can play with your pussy ; and lots of other stuff cat owners should know

av Ira Alterman

21 medlemmar

4 recensioner

1

Member: Sylak

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My adventures in bolshevik Russia

av Odette Keun

3 medlemmar

2 recensioner

½ 3.5

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: It's the French title, Sous Lénine, that gets this one into the list.

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Overcoming Obstacles With SPUNK!

av L. Diane Wolfe

2 medlemmar

Member: Sylak
Förklaringar: Sylak: This may only be funny in Britain?

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Hårda tider

av Charles Dickens

10,588 medlemmar

133 recensioner

½ 3.5

Member: thorold
Förklaringar: thorold: If Dickens had had a shilling for every time this was used as title of a 70s porn film, he'd be a rich man

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