Hey y’all! Top Ten Tuesday is a bookish question idea that was originally created and hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, from way back in June 2010! Since January 2018, Top Ten Tuesday has been hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Thanks for taking it over! The idea is to make a list of ten books or bookish things on different topics each week. Check out her site for details on how to join and what the upcoming prompts are. 😊 You can also see all the posts from other bloggers linked on each weekly post on their main site.
This week’s prompt was for funny book titles, but the only one I could think of even close to this was Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, which is only funny to me because I know what the style of her writing in it is.
Instead, I’m switching this up to be books that made me laugh, which is actually a post I did a year or two ago but still tracks. Maybe I’ll do a new list soon but for today this works! This list has both nonfiction and fiction, and a brief description of the kind of humor in each. 🙂
Crowdsourced List
The second part of this is a look at what books other have posted for today’s actual prompt. I’ve done this once or twice before for other Top Ten Tuesday prompts and had a lot of fun with it! Plus I’m curious what others have found, and if there even ARE any that multiple people mention. Let’s see…
- Most folks seem to agree: nonfiction titles are funnier! There are a lot (and a lot of mine were too)
- I don’t think I saw a SINGLE book mentioned twice!! Very impressive!
- wordplay, turns of phrase, and unexpectedly blunt or bizarre titles were the bulk of these
- huge range of genres: cozy mystery, historical, memoir, children’s, erotica, romance, contemporary, scientific… so much to choose from!
The covers of each book below link to the blog where I found it listed! Thanks to all — the folks listed below are:
- Cheryl @ The Book Connection
- Anne @ Head Full of Books
- Ely @ Earl Grey Books
- Dedra @ A Book Wanderer
- Lectrice @ Lectice Vorace
- Rissi @ Rissi Writes
- Michael @ Books Lovers Sanctuary
- Allison @ Bookish Allison
- Nicole @ Nicole’s Nook
Comment below with what kind of humor do you usually prefer in books, and as always, drop links to your lists as well! 😊
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Ohmygoodness.. These are priceless!
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Thanks so much for including my post in your post, Jennifer!
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What a fun idea!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-hilarious-book-titles/
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When these kinds of prompts come up, I realize all over again that I don’t really read funny books. At least not ones that are intentionally funny, you know? I love to laugh, but I guess I prefer more serious books. These titles are humorous, though, and definitely catch the eye!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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These are great funny titles! I agree, non-fiction titles are often so much funnier than fiction ones. (Though it’s not always a good indication of how the book will read. Sometimes… but not always.)
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Humor in nonfiction will usually make me give it a chance though, so it’s never a bad way to start 🙂
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Yes! I’m a lot more likely to read a non-fiction book if it can keep my interest, and humor is one way to do that.
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I’ve seen Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs on a few blogs now. I love it. I’m constantly wondering if my cat is plotting to kill me, lol. Great choices!
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I really liked the book, and I’m pretty sure I’ve also read one called “How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you” xD
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Thanks for the mention this week. I like how you put your list together. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? sounds so funny. Finding Mr. Better Than You also caught my eye.
Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog last week.
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Sure thing! If you like science with humor, the Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs books is really good!
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Finding Mr Better Than You is one that just made me LOL when I read it, so that was a great fit for my list, too. 🙂 Thanks so much for the shoutout! Appreciate that and you stopping by the TTT list on my site on this week. Apologies it took me this long to return visit here.
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No worries, there’s never an obligation 🙂 There were so many unique titles among lists it was hard to choose just a few! Tons of options for this one
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