Public vote to find the oddest book title of the past 30 years

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Public vote to find the oddest book title of the past 30 years

Aug 11 2008

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, the UK trade publishing magazine, The Bookseller, has announced the "Diagram of Diagrams" – a public vote to find the oddest book title of the past 30 years.

The winner of the Diagram of Diagrams will be officially announced on Friday, 5th September, 2008

Contenders include:

1978: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice (University of Tokyo Press)
1979: The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution (Transaction Press)
1985: Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts (Westwood Publishing Co)
1996: Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers (Hellenic Philatelic Society)
2003: The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories (Kensington Publishing)
2006: The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification (Harry N Abrams)

Source: Vote for the Oddest Book Title

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