Is hideous prose and ghastly poetry more fabulous than great literature? Determined to find out, award-winning comedian Robin Ince has spent most of the 21st century to date rummaging through charity shops, jumble sales, and even the odd skip, to compile the defining collection of the world's worst ? inadvertently hilarious ? books. This book will guide you through the minefield that is celebrity autobiography, from an underappreciated classic by It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Don Estelle to the late Terry Major Ball's account of life as an Englishman with a PM for a brother, MAJOR MAJOR. It offers a detailed examination of romance and its many sub-genres, from equine tales like DIAMOND STUD to gynaecological dramas like SIGN OF THE SPECULUM. And it will prove invaluable to anyone who has ever wondered about WHAT GOD DOES WHEN WOMEN PRAY or, perhaps THE SECRETS OF PICKING UP SEXY GIRLS. Consistently hilarious, this book is the ultimate guide to the Books That Should Never Have Been.