‘Too Naked for Nazis’ named the strangest book title of the year

Too Naked For The Nazis has been named the strangest book title of the year, narrowly beating Reading From Behind: A Cultural History Of The Anus.

The title won the top spot in The Bookseller’s Diagram Prize for the ‘Oddest Book Title of the Year’, in what organisers have described as the closest contest “of all time”.

Alan Stafford’s biography of a musical hall act gained 24.8% of the public vote, putting it just ahead of Dr Jonathan Allan’s examination of “the grand narrative” of the anus, which received 24.3%.

Transvestite Vampire Biker Nuns From Outer Space: A Consideration Of Cult Film, by Mark Kirwan-Hayhoe, with 20.7% of the vote, took third place. The contest is organised by industry magazine, The Bookseller.

Horace Bent, The Bookseller’s diarist, who has run the contest since 1982, said it was the narrowest margin of victory since public voting was introduced in 2000.

“When future historians write about 2016, they will inevitably look at two seismic events: the closest Diagram Prize race of all time, and the election of President Trump, which led to the downfall of Western civilisation,” he said.

“Until that dire time, we can celebrate a worthy winner from one of the strongest Diagram shortlists in recent memory.”