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Vote for The Oddest Book Title
February 26, 2008

Take a break from all of the presidential campaigning out there and cast your vote for something that doesn't matter one bit, but will make you laugh: voting for The Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title is now open. 

A list of this year's nominees, as well as winners back to 1978, is here. The winner will be announced on March 28, and the person who spotted it receives a magnum of champagne. This article from The Bookseller, which sponsors the contest, not only provides synopses of the shortlist, but announces that as 2008 is the 30th anniversary of the award, a special "Diagram of Diagrams" prize will be given to the Oddest Book Title Ever, to be awarded by public vote. I can't wait!

If you could add an odd book title from your 2007 reading, what would it be?

Posted by Bethanne Patrick on February 26, 2008 | Comments (10)


February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Marko commented:

"Your Body Is Changing" by Jack Pendarvis




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Christine commented:

This is from a couple of years ago, but there was a book published in the UK with the unfortunate title How to Bombproof Your Horse.




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Stacey commented:

It's a number of years old but I've always loved the title "Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow" by Tim Brookes. It may not be particularly odd but it always gave me a laugh.




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Stacey commented:

It's a number of years old but I've always loved the title "Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow" by Tim Brookes. It may not be particularly odd but it always gave me a laugh.




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Kevin A. Lewis commented:

I'm probably being unfair to a great writer, but You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers has always struck me as one of the most elegant ways of saying "pretentious literary horseradish" I've ever seen... The title is why I've never read the book.




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Gayle commented:

The one that makes me ask "What were they thinking?" every time I see it is Cooking with Pooh




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Rebecca commented:

One I liked from last year was "An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England." Odd title, good book.




February 26, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Ken K. commented:

"Cuisines of the Axis of Evil"




February 27, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
ted commented:

"The Week You Weren't Here." Okay, but where wasn't I?




February 27, 2008
In response to: Vote for The Oddest Book Title
Tony Eldridge commented:

I came across this one from Amazon.com: "Benefit of Farting Explained" by Jonathon Swift. It's perhaps one of his least-known titles.





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