The importance of being odd

The Bookseller has released the shortlist for this year's Diagram Prize for oddest unintentional book title of the year. The candidates for this celebrated yet dubious honour are:

• Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich by James A Yannes;
• Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter by D W T Crompton;
• Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots by Ronald C Arkin;
• The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Ellen Scherl and Marla Dubinsky;
• Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina; and
• What Kind of Bean is this Chihuahua? by Tara Jansen-Meyer.

I have always thought this prize interesting yet somehow snarky: laughing behind hands at the implied silliness of the titles. How much more fascinating it would be to know the sales figures and the Amazon ranking of odd titles. Profitable oddity would be a cause really worth celebrating.