Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year

UPDATE: The winner has been announced for The Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year 2013, and Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley was the clear favourite. How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Loani Prior was the second most voted for title.

The 2013 shortlist for the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year has been unveiled, and the six contenders will be battling for an honour claimed last year by Cooking with Poo, a cookbook by Saiyuud Diwong, whose nickname “poo” is the Thai word for crab. The winner will be chosen by a public vote on http://www.welovethisbook.com/diagram-prize-2013 and announced on 22nd March. The titles include:

• Was Hitler Ill? by Hans-Joachim Neumann and Henrik Eberle
• Lofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts by Jerry Gagne
• Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop by Reginald Bakeley.
• God’s Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis by Tom Hickman
• How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Loani Prior
• How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees

The award is run by The Bookseller diarist Horace Bent. Mr Bent said: “It remains a great honour to represent a prize that draws attention to authors not called Hilary Mantel.”