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September 5, 2008

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odd%20titles%20edited.jpg File under Oddities from the Mother Country (the folks who inspired the Ministry of Silly Walks): Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers has been named the oddest book title of the past 30 years. The Bookseller, a British trade pub (not that kind of pub), annually gives an award to an odd -- but not gimmicky -- title. To mark the 30th anniversary of the prize, a special award was made.

Rural Postmen, published in 1994 by a British stamp-collecting organization. is a comprehensive record of a sector of Greece's postal routes. It finished just ahead of People Who Don't Know They're Dead and a guide to avoiding maritime mishaps, How to Avoid Huge Ships.

Here's the complete list of annual winners.

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.