Which of these books has the "oddest" title of the year?

The Oddest Book Title of the Year (a.k.a. the Diagram Prize) has a strong field of nominees this year. Which of books will inherit the title from 2013’s winner, Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop? The nominees:

How to Poo on a Date
Working Class Cats: The Bodega Cats of New York City
Pie-ography: When Pie Meets Biography
Are Trout South African?
The Origin of Feces

One of the people running the contest says, “Working Class Cats will appeal to the great mass of people who spend their days watching cat videos on the internet when pretending to work, [while bakers] will be thrilled by Pie-ography’s inclusion. And we have two books about poo.” 

YAY!

Addition: I can't believe this book has never been nominated.

101 recipes for microwave mug cakes

Important Announcement: Your Fruit Juice Problems CAN Be Solved!

The contestants for the Oddest Book Title of the Year have been chosen! The Bookseller's Diagram Prize will be given out later this month, and here is a shortlist of eligible titles:

100 Girls on Cheap Paper


Advances in Potato Chemistry

and Technology


Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter

An Intellectual History of Cannibalism

Bacon: A Love Story

Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes

Cute Yummy Time

Father Christmas Needs a Wee

Food Digestion and Thermal Preference of Toads

How YOU Are Like Shampoo: For Job Seekers

I Stopped Sucking My Thumb…Why Can't You Stop Drinking?

Is the Rectum a Grave? 


Peek-a-poo: What's in Your Diaper? 


Planet Asthma: Art and Activity Book

Soft Drink & Fruit Juice Problems Solved

The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin

What Horses Do For Us

What Kind of Bean is this Chihuahua?

I’ll tell you what book I think should win: Soft Drink & Fruit Juice Problems Solved is a brilliant name for a book. In fact, based on that name, I’ve left a review for it at Amazon (and below), and I encourage you to do the same!

Working together, we can bring soft drink and fruit juice problems to the world’s attention…where they belong.

In my opinion, this modest volume will come to be an invaluable resource for those encountering juice and soft drink difficulties both at home and in the workplace. Speaking for myself, I typically encounter hardships with my juice while walking to the monorail. Yes, sippy cups were helpful, but it wasn't until I cogitated on this fine volume's contents that I was able to make it to my cubicle without blueberry stains on my cravat. So bravo to authors Ashurst and Hargitt!

Cheese Problems Solved

For 30 years, the Diagram Prize has been awarded to books with the oddest titles imaginable. Its winners tend to be specialized books aimed at a splinter of the book-buying public, like Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers or How to Avoid Huge Ships. But what about general-interest books with out-and-out bad titles?

Along these lines, Neal Stephenson’s new novel Anathem was singled out by the Paper Cuts blog for analysis on why it had such a bad title. (The fact that the title looks like Anathema was somehow missed.) This led to a call for reader submissions of bad book titles. Some selections:

Cooking With Pooh by Mouse Works

Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

Book by Robert Grudin

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

"Me, Hood!" by Mickey Spillane

The Dork of Cork by Chet Raymo

Women, Fire and Dangerous Things by George Lakoff

Memories of the Ford Administration by John Updike

The Human Stain by Philip Roth

My nominee? My wife has impeccable taste, and she loved Leif Enger’s novel So Brave, Young and Handsome. I’m happy to take her word on its virtues, but I ain’t reading any book with a title like that; what would the guys at the gun club think?