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Ooh, this is FUN: lesser books

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Porpoise · 21/05/2010 16:11

Just seen this on Twitter. It's basically the titles of "lesser books".

So...

Love in the Time of a Chesty Cough

or

To Kill a Starling

or (my personal favourite)

Alice in Sunderland

Any more for any more?

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Numberfour · 22/05/2010 13:35

The medium sized, unfriendly short man

Numberfour · 22/05/2010 13:26

I have wet myself laughing....

Pozzled · 22/05/2010 13:22

Strawberry Finn

EleanorHandbasket · 22/05/2010 13:18

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Numberfour · 22/05/2010 13:14

Snow White and the 6 short blokes

Numberfour · 22/05/2010 13:13

Winnie the Wee

TheFoosa · 22/05/2010 13:05

misdeameaners and their subsequent consequences

TheFoosa · 22/05/2010 12:59

Rachel's Short weekend Break

TheFoosa · 22/05/2010 12:58

Gone with the Breeze

TheFoosa · 22/05/2010 12:55

The Pavement

BelaLugosisDad · 22/05/2010 12:44

The Hunchback of Brixton Hill United Reformed Church

UnrequitedSkink · 22/05/2010 12:41

'Zen and the Art of Pottering About in the Garage'

MrsDanversBites · 22/05/2010 12:28

'The Grapes of Pique'

'The Belgian private's bitch'

'Tis a pity she's a bit slutty at times'

These are brilliant!

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 22/05/2010 11:55

Near Misses of the Second Kind

Sticky and Co

Old Possum's Book of Slightly Inept Cats

A Series of Fairly Lucky Events

The Just So Stories

Four Look at Kirrin Island

The Fairly Well-known Seven

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 22/05/2010 11:49

The Fairly Obvious Knife

The Corner Shop Keeper of Venice.

The Girl Who Played with Matches

Gibbons' Decline and Fall of Romford

Terry Pratchett's Fairly Small, Cheap Chaps

NormaSknockers · 22/05/2010 11:47

The Morse Code

Lord of the Ringtones

The Dairy of Anne Diamond

A Streetcar Named Dave

Farm

NormaSknockers · 22/05/2010 11:42

Blustery Heights

YunoYurbubson · 22/05/2010 11:14

Catcher in the sliced white.

The grapes of pique.

Barratt Holmes.

King Leer.

Crime and Appropriate Consequences.

Realistic Expectations.

nickelbabe · 22/05/2010 10:31

No Noises in the Night

The Tale of one City

The Tale of Two very Well-Behaved Mice

The Stitch-Ripper of Gloucester

Angus, Socks and a bit of Hand-Holding

shockers · 22/05/2010 10:20

Northanger Potting Shed.

Lady Chatterly's Chum.

Danny, Runner-up of the Playground.

The Cheesed Off and the Butter Knife.

Smuggery and Reg n Phylis.

Ooops... brought too many fags through customs...Cove.

My Misunderstood Younger Sibling.

Pippi Anklesocks.

maamalady · 22/05/2010 10:14

Becky (Daphne du Maurier)

WingedVictory · 22/05/2010 10:08

The Phantom of the HMV

The Scribblers' and Doodlers' Handbook

The Age of Dunno (Edith Wharton)

A Room with an Air Vent (E.M. Forster)

Poorly Souls (Dostoevsky)

Philip K Dick was already onto this game, though, with his "Minority Report"

ASmallBunchOfFlowers · 22/05/2010 09:58

Oranges Are The Only Fruit Left In The Fruitbowl

NormaSknockers · 22/05/2010 09:57

The Diary of a Call Centre Operator

NormaSknockers · 22/05/2010 09:56

The Tiger Who Didn't Come To Dinner