Oddest book titles: top ten of all time The announcement of the shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title is a humorous reminder of just how inventive, not to mention downright bizarre, authors can be. While the first winner in 1978 - Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice - takes some beating, this year's six nominees have certainly done their best to stay esoteric and baffling, with titles including God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis and the wonderfully British How Tea Cosies Changed The World. 2) An Arsonist's Guide To Writers" Homes In New England - Brock Clarke 3) What To Say When You Talk To Yourself - Shad Helmstetter 4) Truncheons: Their Romance and Reality - Erland Fenn 5) Fancy Coffins To Make Yourself - Dale L Power 6) The Art of Faking Exhibition Poultry - George Ryley Scott 7) Penetrating Wagner's Ring - John L DiGaetani (editor) 8) Reusing Old Graves - Douglas Davies and Alastair Shaw 9) The Joy of Uncircumcising - Jim Bigelow 10) Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read In School - Carl Japikse