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Vote for World’s Worst Book Title
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The nominees for World’s Worst Book Title came in, and boy, some people’s minds are really in the gutter.
I said to keep it PG-rated, and nearly everyone did, but the amount of potty humor and innuendo was still pretty high. Still, I waded in and selected 10 that I thought were most worthy. I tried to get some that weren’t in the nudge-nudge-wink-wink category, which was hard. And I ended up with a mix of real and invented titles. My quick research shows that three of these are real books, although I’m not identifying which ones. Just vote for whatever floats your boat as the World’s Worst Book Title.
Voting will remain open until midnight Tuesday Nov. 20, and I will announce the winner on Nov. 21.
Our Top 10, in no particular order:
“Cooking With Pooh”
“Who Drooled on My Shoulder? A Guide to Sleeping Well on Trans-Atlantic Flights”
“Ennui for Dummies”
“Everything You’ll Need to Remember About Alzheimer’s”
“Curious George and the High Voltage Fence”
“Letting It Go: a History of American Incontinence”
“The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification”
“The Joy of Uncircumcising!”
“Daddy Drinks Because You Cry”
“Coming Out: A Transsexual Debutante’s Surprise to the South”
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By Tim
November 16, 2007 8:18 AM | Link to this
I have to go with Cooking with Pooh.
By Jeff
November 16, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this
I’ll go for Cooking with Pooh as well. The others are funny and might be worth a buy just to have a conversation piece, but Cooking With Pooh… well, it would take a LOT of explaining, or flat out showing them that the ‘Pooh’ in question is the bear we grew up with rather than something else entirely!
By sansho1
November 16, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this
I’m crashing the party with this:
“How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?”
Don’t believe me? Go to Amazon and search “depression anus malarkey”. You’d planned to, anyway….
By Kate
November 16, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this
I’ll go with Curious George and the High Voltage Fence. I wish I had thought of it!! So funny!
By Michelle
November 16, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this
Anything by Ann Coulter.
By lovelyliz
November 16, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
Coming Out: A Transsexual Debutante’s Surprise to the South
Sounds awful to me
By smitr
November 16, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
These may not be real books but they’re still pretty awful: 1. You’re Different — And That’s Bad 2. The Boy Who Died from Eating All His Vegetables 3. Meet Robert: Dad’s New Wife 4. Fun Four-Letter Words to Know and Share 5. The Kids’ Guide to Hitchhiking 6. Kathy Was So Bad That her Mom Stopped Loving Her 7. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence 8. All Cats Go to Hell 9. The Little Sissy That Snitched 10.Why Can’t Mr. Fork and Mrs. Electrical Outlet be Friends? 11.That’s It, I’m Putting You Up for Adoption. 12.Grandpa Gets a Casket 13.101 Things You Can Do at the Bottom of the Pool 14.The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator 15.Controlling the Playground: Respect Through Fear 16.The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy 17.Strangers Have the Best Candy 18.Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way 19.You Were an Accident 20.Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will 21.Daddy Drinks Because You Cry 22.Your Nightmares Are Real 23.Where Would You Like to be Buried? 24.You’ve Got Hepatitis B, Charlie Brown 25.Valuable Protein and Other Nutritional Benefits of Things from Your Nose
By Andrew
November 16, 2007 7:32 PM | Link to this
I’m still laughing at a post from last week. If I Did It: by OJ Simpson. Still the best one
By thecowssaidmoo
November 16, 2007 7:40 PM | Link to this
“Useful Stories From The AJC” :)
By N
November 16, 2007 8:57 PM | Link to this
“Daddy Drinks Because You Cry” was taken from Maxim magazine several years ago. Still funny, but not real and already done.
By jon
November 16, 2007 9:02 PM | Link to this
The Bible (non-fiction)
By Lulubelle
November 17, 2007 3:24 AM | Link to this
“Letting It Go: a History of American Incontinence” has got to be a disgusting book and title…
By Tiki
November 17, 2007 3:30 AM | Link to this
Check this one out! If you want closure in your relationship start with your legs..
By ron
November 17, 2007 5:49 AM | Link to this
I’ll vote for”The stray shopping carts of Eastern North America’.
By Bill Wright II
November 17, 2007 5:56 AM | Link to this
“Everything You’ll Need to Remember About Alzheimer’s”
By Bikini Bimbo
November 17, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this
Phil Kloer criticizes scatalogical titles and then awards “Cooking w/ Pooh”.
‘duff said
By NICK
November 17, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
The KORAN!
By Mark
November 17, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this
The bible (fiction)
By Craig
November 18, 2007 5:27 AM | Link to this
Okay Sansho, I didn’t believe you - but you were right.
Just one more question, though, does it work?
By kellix
November 18, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this
thug matrimony by wahida clark
By kia
November 18, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
“Who Drooled on My Shoulder? A Guide to Sleeping Well on Trans-Atlantic Flights”
By sansho1
November 18, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
I’ll vote for the shopping carts
By Solange
November 18, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this
“Everything You’ll Need to Remember About Alzheimer’s”
By Marcelle
November 18, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this
Cancel-Your-Own-Goddam-Subscription by William F Buckley is the worst I’ve seen. What a shame to use our Father’s name in vain. Reckon he doesn’t believe in the 10 Commandments. I’ve let it slip in the past also but I would never consider putting it in the title of a book which gets vast exposure. Gof will get him for this. He’s so money and possession rich he probably doesn’t care. But Hell is waiting on his arrival. Of course, the AJC is liberal so they wouldn’t consider this one as one of the worst.
By Peachy
November 18, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this
I hate to do this, but…
“How to be a Winner: Tips and Tricks for Success by the 2007 Atlanta Falcons”
OMFG it’s 31-0 with less than 2 mins left… BARF
I’d actually read “Coming Out” because it sounds hilarious, but the worst up there is the history of incontinence.
Oh wait, the Falcons just scored a TD…yay.
By Matt
November 18, 2007 7:17 PM | Link to this
Letting it go: A History of American Incontinence
By SC
November 18, 2007 11:28 PM | Link to this
Field guide to Shopping Carts! Too funny and off the wall…gets my vote.
By FCM
November 19, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this
OK, one of mine made the top 10! WOO HOO….nearly spilled my coffee when I saw it this morning….However owning a copy of ‘Chef Mickey’ I think that Disney could have done a better job of titling their Children’s cookbook (“Recipes from the 100 Acre Wood” would be better)….therefore “Cooking With Pooh” gets my top vote.
By dc
November 19, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this
As much as I love Winnie the Pooh, I could not bring myself to by a book titled “Cooking with Pooh” - this gets my vote for worst title.
By Elise
November 30, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this
Cooking with Pooh is the worst because it is the most plausibly true, judging from the cover art shown. Somehow I think the shopping cart guide and the transexual book sound like they could also be real.