Saturday, February 27, 2016

The Oddest Book Title of the Year

What is the oddest book title you've ever seen? Did you know there is an award given each year for just that distinction? And you can help pick this year's winner!
The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year is administered by The Bookseller, one of the United Kingdom's longest standing magazines having been the business magazine of the British book trade since 1858. The magazine has awarded this humorous honor 38 times since it was first conceived in 1978 as a way to avoid boredom at the Annual Frankfurt Book Fair. :-)
Consider these this year's list of unique titles and vote for your choice before the poll closes on March 15th. Neither the content of the text nor the cover of the book matter, the award is given simply for the title the the book -- the oddest title of the year.
The 2015 nominations for the Diagram Prize are:
  • Behind the Binoculars: Interviews with Acclaimed Birdwatchers by Mark Avery and Keith Betton
  • Paper Folding with Children by Alice Hornecke and translated by Anna Cardwell
  • Reading from Behind: A Cultural History of the Anus by Jonathan Allan
  • Reading the Liver: Papyrological Texts on Ancient Greek Extispicy by William Furley and Victor Gysembergh
  • Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig
  • Too Naked for the Nazis by Alan Stafford
  • Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns from Outer Space: A Consideration of Cult Film by Mark Kirwan-Hayhoe

Vote on your choice of oddest title now! The winner will be revealed in The Bookseller on March 18. 

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