Every year since 1978, the renowned British magazine Bookseller has held an award for the "Funniest Book Title." The prize is called the Diagram. Librarians, publishing house employees, and even booksellers participate in the competition. It's worth noting that authors are not allowed to participate. The winner receives a bottle of champagne, and the author receives popularity and increased sales for their work. We present a list of the most shocking book titles that actually exist.
Bookseller Diagram's Funny Books of the Year 1978–2018
1978. Proceedings of the second international workshop on nude mice.
1979. The madam as entrepreneur: career management in house prostitution.
1980. The joy of chickens. .
1981. Last chance at love - terminal romances. .
1982. Population and other problems: family planning, housing 1,000 million, labor employment.
1983. The theory of lengthwise rolling.
1984. The book of marmalade: its antecedents, its history, and its role in the world today.
1985. Natural bust enlargement with total power: how to increase the other 90% of your mind to increase the size of your breasts.
1986. Oral sadism and the vegetarian personality.
1987. Better never to have been: the harm of coming into existence.
1988. Versailles: the view from Sweden.
1989. How to shit in the woods: an environmentally sound approach to a lost art.
1990. Lesbian sadomasochism safety manual.
1991. Male genitalia of butterflies of the Balklan peninsula, with a checklist.
1992. How to avoid huge ships.
1993. American Bottom Archaeology.
1994. Highlights in the history of concrete.
1995. Reusing old graves.
1996. Greek rural postmen and their cancellation numbers.
1997. The joy of sex: pocket edition.
1998. Developments in dairy cow breeding: new opportunities to widen the use of straw.
1999. Weeds in a changing world: British crop protection council symposium proceedings no.64.
2000. High performance stiffened structures - about the use of stiffness in engineering design.
2001. Corporate manslaughter service.
2002. Living with crazy buttocks.
2003. The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories.
2004. Bombproof your horse.
2005. People who don't know they're dead: how they attach themselves to unsuspecting bystanders and what to do about it.
2006. The stray shopping carts of eastern north america: a guide to field identification.
2007. If you want clarity in your relationship, start with your legs.
2008. Tattooed mountain women and spoon boxes of Daghestan.
2009. Baboon metaphysics.
2010. Crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes.
2011. Managing a dental practice: the Genghis Khan way.
2012. Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop.
2013. How to Poo on a Date.
2014. Strangers Have the Best Candy.
2015. Too Naked For the Nazis.
2016. A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Pigs when Time is your Most Precious Commodity.
2018. The Joy of Waterboiling).
And a few more examples from life:
Well, human imagination truly knows no bounds. The most astonishing thing is that these fanciful and punning titles conceal truly remarkable scientific works. This article will not only make you smile but, most likely, will also inspire a desire to read these literary masterpieces.