The oddest book titles of the year

The Bookseller magazine and Diagram Group, a graphics company, have just released their shortlist for the Oddest Book Title of the Year award. It is now up to the public to decide on a winner.

1. Advanced Pavement Research

A collection of peer-reviewed papers from a pavement symposium.

2. Nature’s Nether Regions

History of the evolution of genitalia.

3. The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones

The story of one woman’s experience of the menopause.

4. Where Do Camels Belong?

An investigation into the contradictions of “native” and “invasive” species.

5. Divorcing a Real Witch: For Pagans and the People That Used to Love Them

A self-help book for those whose spouses have been drawn away to the occult.

6. The Ugly Wife is a Treasure at Home

A study of the revolutionary act of romantic love and sexual freedom in Mao’s China.

7. Strangers Have the Best Candy

A chronicle of the author’s meetings with strangers.

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