Ive taken many of our name puns and some others, and created name pun author jokes where the title of the book relates to the author s name in a humorous way. Humour, puns and wordplay silly author names of senseless book titles. Hell be more likely to use the bookmarks and not be upset over losing one if hes still got something to keep to remember your thoughtfulness and the puns as well. Generate a random story title thats relevant to your genre. Theres a reason that book puns show up on fun tshirts, tote bags, and mugs. Have fun with this collection of funny book title jokes. How about also making a frameable print or mini book of your handcarved illustrations and all the puns you used so he can have a back up version of your project. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The eyre affair by jasper fforde, first among sequels by jasper. The book was very good and had a history of puns from several different people and places. The tradition of using a food pun in the titles of culinary mysteries traces back to the 1990s when diane mott davidsons cereal murders and phyllis richmans the butter did it came out.
Oct 08, 2017 8 funny book titles with hilarious authors to match. This handout teaches your students how to make funny puns using book titles and author names that should. Why is john milton a terrible guest at game nights. In the news free ebooks free kindle books the bookbub blog invite your friends help all authors all books. Puns in the titles of cozy mysteries signal a light tone and often a large helping of humor. A chain letter ive received a few times, with 10 bad puns. Those given to me may be altered to some degree to, imho, improve them, but all submissions will be duly credited. Shakespeare wrote the titles of dozens of films and books before their authors did. Daft authors and book titles mumblingnerds mumbling blog. Book puns, a humor site featuring funny book titles and name pun authors. See more ideas about book title, book humor, funny. Silly book titles silly book titles there are several ways to view the topic of silly book titles.
Because when hes around, theres a pair of dice lost. The canonical list of punny book titles compiled by harold reynolds. Various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long over 50. Delighted, as ever with anything that makes no sense, i sent him back a few of my own. Below are listed a large number of book title puns, sorted according to author s last name. Theres an entire subgenre of cozy mysteries built entirely around puns for titles. One hundred alcoholic puns for book lovers or bookish. If a title is interesting, most readers are quick to become intrigued, eager to delve in. Ive taken many of our name puns and some others, and created name pun author jokes where the title of the book relates to the authors name in a humorous way. Name puns and funny name tags,book puns and celebrity puns. Mary daheims scots on the rocks, creeps suzette, and legs benedict.
This colourful and amusing posterprint features 150 batty book jokes with made up play on the name authors inspiringly matched to imaginary book titles. With that in mind, here are the ten best book titles to get a reader stoked. Making puns using book titles and authors teaching resources. Book puns are not only good for a laugh or an eye roll. Funny book titles and authors names lighter side of transinterp. Making puns using book titles and authors by happyedugator. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
Its also full of books that make me wonder if humanity has lost its grip on reality. Tamar myerss play it again spam and butter safe than sorry. You can pick between fantasy, crime, mystery, romance, or scifi. This handout teaches your students how to make funny puns using book titles and author names that should make you laugh. One sunday during the pujo build up, a friend mailed me a list of 20 book names with alcohol related punning. I purchased this thinking my granddaughter who is 12 would like it.
Many of these are pretty lame, so if you have any improvements, send them along. Did you know that many of the people on our site are authors. Some titles are innately ridiculous, for example i was tortured by the pygmy love queen. Go forth, fellow bookworms, and find some good cozy mystery titles. True, and wait until you see the titles of their books.
Ive been told not to judge a book by its cover, but when the cover has a title like reusing old graves, its hard not to. Apr 16, 2020 i find these book titles funny, whether it be the title itself or the choice of cover illustrations, i find the humour in it. An illustrated play on words book of puns, pun gifts, punny gifts clements, frida on. Some of the people who wrote these funny book titles might have been absentminded and out of touch, but it could also have to do with changing word use in the english language. The best book of puns by art moger, kensington publishing. Worldcat is an excellent various is the correct author for any book with multiple unknown authors, and is acceptable for books with multiple known authors, especially if not all are known or the list is very long over 50. An illustrated play on words book of puns, pun gifts, punny gifts. Feb 27, 2020 book titles that should not have been approved see more ideas about book title, books and my books. Read funny book titles from the story random jokes by screaminbloodymurder grace with 5,608 reads. With that in mind, here are the ten best book titles to get a. In other cases its the combination of title and author that brings a smile to our face, for instance by forestry by teresa green.
Here are thirty hilarious book titles that make me wonder what exactly the authors were thinking when they wrote them. Popsugar 2020 a book with a pun in the title 2 books. This site contains hundreds of book titles with humorous name pun authors. Humorously related to the funny names, these titleauthor puns are sure to amuse. A place to make up your own book titles along with fictitious authors as pun pairs. Most of them have to do with food, and the opportunities for puns are legion. Making puns using book titles and authors by happyedugator tpt. A large collection of fillintheblank tests the nature of the universe. Heres 8 funny book titles with their puntastic authors. Jul 25, 2018 theres an entire subgenre of cozy mysteries built entirely around puns for titles. It comes from a phrase in an essay by samuel johnson, i rejoice to concur with the common reader. Theyre great for libraries, for teachers, and for other book lovers who want to find clever, catchy ways to draw attention to books and reading.
Humorously related to the funny names, these title author puns are sure to amuse. Some of the book was interesting to her, but not what i thought it would be. Book title generator the ultimate bank of 10,000 titles. Of course i think ive made up about half of these, but theyve probably all been done before. Below are listed a large number of book title puns, sorted according to authors last name. Nerd observations pi pie punography puns quotations science shopping short jokes silly spell check spelling star trek top ten tips. He kept asking for more, and him being truly m and me being truly s, the list just grew on and on, from 30 to 42 to finally 100. Nov 12, 2018 book puns are not only good for a laugh or an eye roll. It contains hundreds of book titles with humorous name pun authors. If anyone knows of earlier punning titles of food mysteries, please let me know. Dick wasnt always a slang word the way we use it today used to be a shorter version of the name richard and nothing else, and neither was boner a word.
1491 434 153 464 1023 1344 542 798 959 386 1459 859 1402 47 298 358 237 1019 1116 1252 1234 1068 324 1532 1431 345 227 777 772 1192 854 795 866 262 955 257 533 1226 1339 178 16 371 413