Friday, February 22, 2008

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.

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posted by Erik Sherman @ 11:57 AM

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