The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, also known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to the book with the oddest title.
Some winners:
1978: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice.
1979: The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution.
1984: The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History, and Its Role in the World Today.
1994: Highlights in the History of Concrete.
2004: Bombproof Your Horse.
2008 The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais.
Full list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookseller/Diagram_Prize_for_Oddest_Title_of_the_Year
Oooooh, that book about marmalade sounds like quite a page turner!
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