Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year (Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year)

Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year

The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title at the Frankfurt Book Fair, commonly known as the Diagram Prize for short, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to the book with the oddest title. The prize is named after the Diagram Group, an information and graphics company based in London, and The Bookseller, a British trade magazine for the publishing industry. Originally organised to provide entertainment during the 1978 Frankfurt Book Fair, the prize has since been awarded every year by The Bookseller and is now organised by the magazine's diarist Horace Bent. The winner was initially decided by a panel of judges, but since 2000 the winner has been decided by a public vote on The Bookseller's website. Controversy arose since the creation of the awards; there have been two occasions when no award was given because no titles were judged to be odd enough, Bent has complained about some of the winners chosen by the public, and the 2008 winner, The 2009â€“2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais, proved controversial because rather than being written by its listed author, Philip M. Parker, it was instead written by a machine of Parker's invention. The most recent winner, in 2014, was How to Poo on a Date by Mats & Enzo.

Date Established : 1978

Check all the winners of Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year presented under Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year since 1978 .

Michael R. Young

Honored for : Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Cathy Williams	The Italian's One-Night Love-Child
Joel Silverman	What Color Is Your Dog?
Martin Whyte	Myth of the Social Volcano
Michael R. Young	Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way
Graciela Nowenstein	The Generosity of the Dead

Daina Taimina

Honored for : Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes

(Mathematical book featuring crocheted hyperbolic planes)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ellen Scherl	The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Maria Dubinsky	The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
James Yannes	Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich
Ronald C. Arkin	Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots
Tara Jansen-Meyer	What Kind of Bean is this Chihuaha?
D. W. T. Crompton	Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter

Philip M. Parker

Honored for : The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais

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Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dorothy L. Cheney	Baboon Metaphysics
Robert M. Seyfarth	Baboon Metaphysics
Brooks D. Cash	Curbside Consultation of the Colon
Emmanuel Kowalski	The Large Sieve and its Applications
Mark Hordyszynski	Strip and Knit with Style
Lietai Yang	Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring
Philip M. Parker	The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais

Big Boom

Honored for : If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs

(A self-help book written by a man for the benefit of women.)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jasper McCutcheon	I was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen
Brian Piddock	How to write a how to write book
Catharine MacKinnon	Are women human?
P. L. H. McSweeney	Cheese Problems Solved
Big Boom	If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs
Dee Gordon	People Who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr Feelgood

Julian Montague

Honored for : The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

(About how to identify abandoned shopping carts.)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Franz-Josef Bruggemeier	How Green Were the Nazis?
Thomas Zeller	How Green Were the Nazis?
Mark Cioc	How Green Were the Nazis?
Roger De Boer	D. Di Mascio\u2019s Delicious Ice Cream: D. Di Mascio of Coventry: An Ice Cream Company of Repute, with an Interesting and Varied Fleet of Ice Cream Vans
Harvey Francis Pitcher	D. Di Mascio\u2019s Delicious Ice Cream: D. Di Mascio of Coventry: An Ice Cream Company of Repute, with an Interesting and Varied Fleet of Ice Cream Vans
Alan Wilkinson	D. Di Mascio\u2019s Delicious Ice Cream: D. Di Mascio of Coventry: An Ice Cream Company of Repute, with an Interesting and Varied Fleet of Ice Cream Vans
Julian Montague	The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification
Robert Chenciner	Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan
Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov	Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan
Gabib Ismailov	Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan
Alex Binnie	Tattooed mountain women and spoonboxes of Daghestan
Robert J Anderson	Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
Juliet A. Brodie	Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
Edvar Onsoyen	Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
Alan T. Critchley	Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
David Benatar	Better Never to Have Been

Gary Leon Hill

Honored for : People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It

(About dead spirits who took up residence in bodies that did not belong to them.)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gary Leon Hill	People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It
Tina Stephens	Bullying & Sexual Harassment
Jane Hallas	Bullying & Sexual Harassment
Simon Milledge	Rhino Horn Stockpile Management: Minimum Standards and Best Practice from East and Southern Africa
Robin Torrence	Ancient Starch Research
Huw Barton	Ancient Starch Research
A. Phear	Soil Nailing: Best Practice Guidance
C. Dew	Soil Nailing: Best Practice Guidance
B. Ozsoy	Soil Nailing: Best Practice Guidance
Jay Beale	Nessus, Snort and Ethereal Powertools
Brian Caswell	Nessus, Snort and Ethereal Powertools
Noam Rathaus	Nessus, Snort and Ethereal Powertools
Gilbert Ramirez	Nessus, Snort and Ethereal Powertools

Rick Pelicano, Lauren Tjaden

Honored for : Bombproof Your Horse

(Full title Bombproof Your Horse: Teach Your Horse to Be Confident, Obedient, and Safe, No Matter What You Encounter.[31])

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kenji Ekuan	The Aesthetics of the Japanese Lunchbox
Rick Pelicano	Bombproof Your Horse
Lauren Tjaden	Bombproof Your Horse
Mike Edwards	Detecting Foreign Bodies in Food

Alisa Surkis, Monica Nolan

Honored for : The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories

(Eight stories in a pastiche of dime novel styles from different decades, each involving lesbian romance and horses.[30])

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Paulette Cooper	227 Secrets Your Snake Wants You to Know
Mark Shulman	The voodoo revenge book
Roger Kirby	Hot Topics in Urology
Michael O'Leary	Hot Topics in Urology
Jon G. Hughes	Celtic Sex Magic: For Couples, Groups and Solitary Practitioners
Eric Ericson	Design for Impact: 50 Years of Airline Safety Cards
Johan Pihl	Design for Impact: 50 Years of Airline Safety Cards
Alisa Surkis	The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories