The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Title of the Year has been awarded every year since 1978 by The Bookseller magazine. Originally organised for the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair and chosen by a panel of judges the competition has now grown immeasurably and is currently awarded according to public vote.
Previous Winners
1978:
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice
1979:
The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution
1980:
The Joy of Chickens
1981:
Last Chance at Love: Terminal Romances
1982:
Population and Other Problems
1983:
The Theory of Lengthwise Rolling
1984:
The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in
the World Today
1985:
Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other
90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts
1986:
Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality
1987:
No Award
1988:
Versailles: The View From Sweden
1989:
How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost
Art
1990:
Lesbian Sadomasochism Safety Manual
1991:
No Award
1992:
How to Avoid Huge Ships
1993:
American Bottom Archaeology
1994:
Highlights in the History of Concrete
1995:
Reusing Old Graves
1996:
Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers
1997:
The Joy of Sex: Pocket Edition
1998:
Development in Dairy Cow Breeding and Management: and New
Opportunities to Widen the Uses of Straw
1999:
Weeds in a Changing World
2000:
High Performance Stiffened Structures
2001:
Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service
2002:
Living With Crazy Buttocks
2003:
The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories
2004:
Bombproof Your Horse
2005:
People Who Don’t Know They’re Dead: How They Attach Themselves to
Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It
2006:
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field
Identification
2007:
If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs
2008:
The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage
Frais
2009:
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes
2010:
Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way
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