2011 Diagram Prize
In 1978, The Bookseller, a trade magazine for publishers, established an award to honour the oddest book title at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Now open to all books, the titles are nominated and the winner is chosen by the public. No actual prize is awarded, although Daina Taimina author of the 2009 winner, Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, saw sales of her book increase significantly following the announcement.
This year the prize was awarded to Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way by Michael R. Young.
Previous winners have included:
The Book of Marmalade: Its Antecedents, Its History and Its Role in the World Today by Anne Wilson
Highlights in the History of Concrete by C.C. Stanley
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
Bombproof Your Horse by Rick Pelacano and Lauren Tjaden
2011 Shortlist
8th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium Proceedings by various authors
The Generosity of the Dead by Graciela Nowenstein
The Italian's One-Night Love Child by Cathy Williams
Myth of the Social Volcano by Martin King Whyte
What Color is Your Dog by Joel Silverman
-posted by M.
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Can’t wait to hear which one of these great titles wins! I’m rooting for “What color is your dog?”