101 Historical Sites To Visit Before You Get Gout was self-published by Terry Bricks in 2011. Despite its wide range of historical sites, it failed to make much of a dent in the travel book genre. Since the book’s release and failure, Bricks has continued to write more travel books with a twist and currently…
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The Beginner’s Guide To Making Your Children Do Their Own Dentistry
‘The Beginner’s Guide To…’ is a series of how-to and reference books that provide readers with a basic understanding of complex and often dangerous topics. The first guide was released in 2003 and a further 87 have been released since. Topics include ‘fly a helicopter upside down’, ‘punch a tiger’, and ‘abseil down a cliff…
Healthy Recipes You Will Never Eat
Healthy Recipes You’ll Never Eat was compiled and written by Connie Gobble and released through Cookbook Publications in 2005. The book’s condescending title and tone, which included numerous snide comments toward its readers, did little to enamour it to the cookbook-buying public, and Cookbook Publications soon released a statement distancing themselves from the book and…
Napoleon Bonaparte’s 101 Least Favourite Meals
Napoleon Bonaparte’s 101 Least Favourite Meals was written by Queen guitarist Brian May in 1993, having spent much of the previous decade studying the French leader’s culinary habits to help move on from the commercial failure of their 1982 album Hot Space. The book sold reasonably well and was surprisingly at the top of the…
Susan’s Shit Sunglasses
Susan’s Shit Sunglasses by Lucy Goggles was released in 2014 by the now-liquidated publishing company Raybans Publications. The book failed to garner any success upon its release. Since its release as an eBook on Amazon four years ago, it has again failed to spark any interest, with only four downloads and one review, which simply…
The Great Pyramids Of Egypt
The Great Pyramids Of Egypt was released in 1993, and as you can see from the book’s title and cover, several mistakes were made during its writing, editing, book design, and printing. Despite the glaring error, the book went on to sell out of its initial print of 5,000 copies and was voted the best…
Urine Scented Breath
Urine Scented Breath by Susan Mince, published in hardback in 2003, was Rancid Publishing’s first and ultimately final book. Of the original ten thousand copies printed, only five were sold before being pulped. Four of those five copies sold were burnt by the people who purchased them. The book was released as an eBook in…
Let’s Watch People Dogging
The intense romance novel ‘Let’s Watch People Dogging’ was self-published by Claudia Drainage in 1999. Having sold over 500 copies of her previous book ‘Piss On My Nipples’, Drainage was confident of a significant improvement on her next book. Unfortunately for Drainage, of the 1,000 copies printed, 997 still sit in a box gathering dust…
SUSAN SARANDON’S FAVOURITE HOT DOGS
Released in 2009, Susan Sarandon’s Favourite Hot Dogs was met with much confusion. However, while the topic was derided, the writing was lauded as THE finest words about hot dogs ever committed to paper. Sarandon’s love of the versatile meal shines through, and her knowledge of its origins in the royal court of Vienna during…
Never Gonna Give You Up
Never Gonna Give You Up was an interstellar best-seller for Rick Astley in 1987, selling over 5,000 copies worldwide. The book’s publishers, Stock, Aitken & Waterman Publications, were one of the most successful in the UK for almost over a decade in the 1980s, with authors such as Jason Donovan and many others. While Astley…
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