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Better Book Titles

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  I have often heard of people getting upset when a book series doesn’t match — like, the physicality of it. Hardcover/softcover, matching colors/designs, being the same size (that’s a big one)… but I don’t often hear people talk about what I’m here to complain about, which is when book titles in series seem so out of left field. I’m thinking of 2 collections in particular. They aren’t even series, but they are by the same author. So maybe I have nothing to complain about. But better titles were  right there  so I am going to go on about it. The first one I’ll bring up is the author that was on my radar longer: Mary Roach. She writes hilarious and interesting non-fiction science books on bizarre topics. Her first was on dead human bodies. Yep. Her list: Stiff  (cadavers) Spook  (ghosts) Bonk  (sex) Packing for Mars  (space) Gulp  (alimentary canal) Grunt  (military) Fuzz  (animals vs. law) You see the one that stands out there, righ...