The annual
Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year was announced last February 22. The winner will be announced on March 22, 2013.
For a list of current entries for 2013, as well as entries from 2012 (perhaps a better vintage of odd), see below.
2013
Was Hitler Ill?, by Henrik Eberle and Hans-Joachim Neumann (Polity).
Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop, by Reginald Bakeley (Conari).
How Tea Cozies Changed the World, by Loani Prior (Murdoch).
Lofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts, by Jerry Gagne (Foy’s Pet Supplies).
How to Sharpen Pencils, by David Rees (Melville House).
God’s Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis, by Tom Hickman (Square Peg).
2012
A Century of Sand Dredging in the Bristol Channel: Volume Two, by Peter Gosson (Amberley).
Cooking with Poo, by Saiyuud Diwong (Urban Neighbours of Hope) ("Poo" is Thai for "crab" and is also Diwon's nickname).
Estonian Sock Patterns All Around the World, by Aino Praakli (Kirjastus Elmatar).
The Great Singapore Penis Panic and the Future of American Mass Hysteria, by Scott D Mendelson (Createspace).
Mr Andoh's Pennine Diary: Memoirs of a Japanese Chicken Sexer in 1935 Hebden Bridge, by Stephen Curry and Takayoshi Andoh (Royd Press).
A Taxonomy of Office Chairs, by Jonathan Olivares (Phaidon).
The Mushroom in Christian Art, by John A Rush (North Atlantic Books).