Oddest book title prize
RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award
RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian
Sarah Shaffi
09, Dec, 2022 @9:01 AM
Is Superman Circumcised? wins oddest book title of the year award
Study of the superhero’s Jewish influences beats off stiff competition to come first in this year’s Diagram prize
Alison Flood
03, Dec, 2021 @6:01 AM
Is Superman Circumcised? favourite to win Oddest book title of the year
This year’s Diagram prize also pits Curves for the Mathematically Curious against The Life Cycle of Russian Things and Hats: A Very Unnatural History
Alison Flood
05, Nov, 2021 @11:52 AM
Oddest book title prize: Dirt Hole Variations beats War on Artisan Cheese
Guide by the late Charles L Dobbins, known as the father of modern trapping, sees off polemical defence of traditional dairies
Alison Flood
29, Nov, 2019 @11:35 AM
Ending the War on Artisan Cheese begins battle for Oddest book title prize
Shortlist for this year’s Diagram prize also includes The Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Noah Gets Naked and How to Drink Without Drinking
Alison Flood
01, Nov, 2019 @12:01 AM
The Joy of Waterboiling: kettle cookbook wins oddest book title award
The German-language recipe collection takes the Diagram prize in a public vote lauded as ‘a clear call for a second Brexit referendum’
Alison Flood
23, Nov, 2018 @2:16 PM
The Joy of Waterboiling is hot tip for oddest book title prize
This year’s shortlist also includes Jesus on Gardening, Equine Dry Needling and Why Sell Tacos in Africa?
Danuta Kean
26, Oct, 2018 @6:01 AM
The Commuter Pig Keeper triumphs at oddest book title award
Fresh from a win at the Weald and Downland rare breed show, author Michaela Giles ‘beyond excited’ to have taken the annual Diagram prize as well
Alison Flood
28, Jul, 2017 @10:17 AM
Nipples on My Knee leads shortlist for 2017's oddest book title award
Contenders for this year’s Diagram prize also include An Ape’s View of Evolution and a must-have volume for ‘Australian coin error collectors’
Danuta Kean
07, Jul, 2017 @12:29 PM
Oddest book title prize shortlist gets behind cultural history of the anus
Reading From Behind lines up for public vote alongside works including Soviet Bus Stops and Paper Folding With Children
Sian Cain
26, Feb, 2016 @12:01 AM
Divorcing a Real Witch makes Diagram’s ‘oddest book title of the year’ shortlist
Diana Rajchel’s self-help book on pagan relationships competes with Nature’s Nether Regions and Advanced Pavement Research for the annual non-fiction prize
Alison Flood
27, Feb, 2015 @7:01 AM
Oddest book prize goes to How to Poo on a Date
The Diagram prize, honouring the year's strangest title, awarded to self-help guide to toilet etiquette
Alison Flood
21, Mar, 2014 @7:30 AM
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