TGIF: Strip & Knit, and other odd book titles
The shortlist for the annual Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year has been announced by The Bookseller, a British website. The list -- with the customary Brit nod to naughtiness -- has six titles.
Said Philip Stone, a sales analyst at The Bookseller, "Six seems such a cruelly low number given titles such as Excrement in the Late Middle Ages and All Dogs Have ADHD were rejected."
The shortlist: Baboon Metaphysics by Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth
Curbside Consultation of the Colon by Brooks D. Cash
The Large Sieve and its Applications by Emmanuel Kowalski
Strip and Knit with Style by Mark Hordyszynski
Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring by Lietai Yang
The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais by Prof. Philip M. Parker
The award was conceived by The Diagram Group’s Bruce Robertson to avoid boredom at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Last year’s winner was If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs. The winner of the 2008 award will be chosen by a public vote at The Bookseller and will be announced March 27.
