Short List for Odd Book Titles

The Bookseller, a publishing trade magazine in the UK, has released its annual short list of odd book titles. Head to the publication's web site and take your pick of the following:

• I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen


• How to Write a How to Write Book


• Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues


• Cheese Problems Solved


• If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs


• People who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr Feelgood

The first title is from a novel, but the rest are nonfiction. And here are some of the titles that just missed this year's short list:

• Drawing and Painting the Undead


• Stafford Pageant: The Exciting Innovative Years 1901–1952


• Tiles of the Unexpected: A Study of Six Miles of Geometric Tile Patterns on the London Underground

But, really, how could Drawing and Painting the Undead miss? I detect an anti-zombie bias.