In recent weeks we’ve blogged about important book honors such the Hans Christian Andersen Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Orange Prize, RITA Award.
But I have to say that I took a little more notice than usual when I read about another awards announcement over the weekend—for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, sponsored by The Bookseller, a British book industry magazine.
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina is apparently the oddest book title of the year, followed by What Kind of Bean is this Chihuahua? by Tara Jansen-Meyer; Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich by James A. Yannes; and other decidedly odd titles. Read the press release here and tell us—what’s your favorite odd book title? (There are some gems out there; how about The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification?)
Related in BookPage: In this month’s Author Forum, Tom Robinson asks Brian Freeman, Susan Gregg Gilmore and Rosemary Harris: Have you ever judged a book by its title?
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I don’t find that title odd at all. But then, my best friend has been building hyperbolic planes with origami for years.
I have a copy of ‘stray shopping carts..’ and I have to say it is an extremely well researched and illustrated book!
Yay Daina!
The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival, by Dene Low.
The oddest thing of all is that it turned out to be a lovely book.
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