Friday 28 March 2008

The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories And Other Odd Titles

Bookseller magazine has a competition that has been running since 1978 for the oddest book title. Past winners have been:
  • The Joy of Chickens
  • American Bottom Archaeology
  • Versailles: The View From Sweden *LOVE IT*
  • Re-using Old Graves
  • Highlights in the History of Concrete
  • The Joy of Sex: Pocket Edition
  • Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers
  • The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories *AHEM*
  • People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It
  • The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification *CLASSIC*

The 2008 nominees were:
  • I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen *TORRID*
  • How to Write a How to Write Book
  • Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues
  • Cheese Problems Solved *YES, I NEED THAT ONE*
  • People who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr Feelgood

And the winner is If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs.

Alrighty then.

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