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Just a bit of fun:
"The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title and commonly known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title. The prize is named after the Diagram Group, an information and graphics company based in London,and The Bookseller, a British trade magazine for the publishing industry.[3][4] Originally organised to provide entertainment during the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair, the prize has since been awarded every year by The Bookseller and is now organised by the magazine's diarist Horace Bent.[The winner was initially decided by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been decided by a public vote on The Bookseller's website.
The shortlist for 2022:
The winner for 2022, in December 2022, was RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning With RuPaul's Drag Race by Lindsay Bryde and Tommy Mayberry:
Some curious titles:
Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power: How to Use the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts - 1985
Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality- 1986
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art-1989
People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It-2005
Is Superman Circumcised?-2021
"The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title and commonly known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title. The prize is named after the Diagram Group, an information and graphics company based in London,and The Bookseller, a British trade magazine for the publishing industry.[3][4] Originally organised to provide entertainment during the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair, the prize has since been awarded every year by The Bookseller and is now organised by the magazine's diarist Horace Bent.[The winner was initially decided by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been decided by a public vote on The Bookseller's website.
The shortlist for 2022:
Oddest Book Title of the Year shortlist announced for The Diagram Prize 2022
Books referencing Frankenstein’s vegetarianism, killer clowns, Jane Austen’s Buddhist leanings and Canadian nudism are in contention for the 2022 The Bookseller Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year, while McFarland & Co makes history.
www.thebookseller.com
The winner for 2022, in December 2022, was RuPedagogies of Realness: Essays on Teaching and Learning With RuPaul's Drag Race by Lindsay Bryde and Tommy Mayberry:
Oddest Book Title of the Year shortlist announced for The Diagram Prize 2022
Books referencing Frankenstein’s vegetarianism, killer clowns, Jane Austen’s Buddhist leanings and Canadian nudism are in contention for the 2022 The Bookseller Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year, while McFarland & Co makes history.
www.thebookseller.com
Some curious titles:
Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power: How to Use the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts - 1985
Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality- 1986
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art-1989
People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It-2005
Is Superman Circumcised?-2021