The polls are open!  Make your vote count!  The Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the past 30 years is at stake.  Here are some of the 24 contestants:

“Highlights in the History of Concrete”
“How to Avoid Huge Ships”
“The Joy of Sex: Pocket Edition”
“Weeds in a Changing World”
“Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers”

and of course. . . .

“The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories”

The Oddest Book Title of the Year contest was begun in 1978 to combat boredom at the Frankfurt Book Fair.  (Last year the winner was “If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs.”)

Go here to vote and here for more info about the contest.  The winner will be announced Friday, September 5, 2008.

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