Books with very, very odd titles...

Greek postmen, the history of marmalade and opportunities to widen the uses of straw: it seems there is no book too odd to get into print. 

For the past 30 years, the Bookseller magazine has awarded a prize to the oddest book title it can find. The first ever winner was Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice 

Mind-boggling as that is, it is far from the strangest. Now the top prize has been won by the 1996 magnum opus Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers, published by the Hellenic Philatelic Society and edited by Derek Willan. 

In past years, Today listeners have been inspired by these curiosities. Last year, Tim Sanders wrote a stunning fictional opening to the book title How Green Were the Nazis? More...

See also:

• Want to write a best-seller? How about a story that tells women to STFU!!!
• Why are we reading less? Is it because books are expensive?
• Who is Haruki Murakami?
• A list of 100 must-read books...