Being surrounded by writers on all sides in my personal and professional worlds, I’m ever sensitive to titles of books, articles, blog posts, etc. I’ve run across some bad ones and thought I’d reduce them ala David Letterman to a Top Ten list. So, here it goes…

10. – Unmentionable Cuisine – Year Published: 1979 – Author: Calvin W. Schwabe

9. – Let’s Make Some Undies – Year Published: 1954 – Author: Marion Hall

8. – How to Get Fat – Year Published: 1865 – Author: Edward Smith

7. – The Pleasures of the Torture Chamber – Year Published: 1930 – Author: John Swain

6. – Children are Wet Cement – Year Published: 1981 – Author: Ann Ortlund

5. – Scouts in Bondage – Year Published: 1930 – Author: Geoffrey Prout

4. – How to Cook Husbands – Year Published: 1899 – Author: Elizabeth Strong Worthington

3. – Reusing Old Graves – Year Published: 1998 – Author: D. Davies & A. Shaw

2. – Sex After Death – Year Published: 1983 – Author: D.E. Frey

And, drumroll please, the absolute worst title is…

1. – Preserving Dick – Year Published: 1867 – Author: Mary D. R. Boyd

Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it…Tip of the Hat to Stupid History by Leland Gregory for some of the raw material for this post.