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Books to scare away mates
The New York Times did a story about relationships torpedoed by a incompatibility in taste in books.

"We’ve all been there. Or some of us have. Anyone who cares about books has at some point confronted the Pushkin problem: when a missed — or misguided — literary reference makes it chillingly clear that a romance is going nowhere fast."

Which got me thinking - what books do I have that would be most likely to send a prospective date running for the door, never to be seen again?

My top 10:
1.  The original edition of Dungeons and Dragons, the small brown books from the late 70's.  A deal breaker for many.
2.  All Flesh Must Be Eaten - simply the greatest zombie roleplaying game ever written.  Okay, maybe it's not fair to pick to RPGs, but just in case D&D didn't do it, this might.
3. Planning Issues for On-Ste and Decentralized Waste Water Treatment  This is a work book I need to take back.  Nothing says sexy like septic.
4. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.  I wouldn't have put this one on the list before I read the article in the Times.
5.  Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander.
6. Anything by Harlan Ellison.  Nothing like some mysoganistic vintage SF from the master.
7. The Queer as Folk book.  A companion guide to a truly great series, (at least until the last season) but the book might send the wrong message.
8. Birth as an American Rite of Passage. - a anthropological deconstruction of the ritual of western medicinized births.
9.  The Gilligan's Island Handbook (complete with recipes for coconut creme pies)
10. The Rock Paper Scissors Strategy Guide.

Post 7 in the 100 Posts in 100 Days project.