The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais by Professor Philip M Parker scooped The Diagram Prize for oddest book title of the year.
Baboon Metaphysics by Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth came in second place, and Curbside Consultation of the Colon by Brooks D Cash in third.
Previous winners of the annual prize, run by the Bookseller magazine, include How to Shit In The Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art, Bombproof Your Horse, and People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves To Unsuspecting Bystanders And What To Do About It.
The other titles in this year's shortlist were Strip And Knit With Style by Mark Hordyszynski, which came fourth, The Large Sieve And Its Applications by Emmanuel Kowalski in fifth and Techniques For Corrosion Monitoring by Lietai Yang in sixth.
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