"Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop" by Reginald Bakeley and Clint Marsh has won this year's Oddest Book Title of the Year award.

"Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop", a book that provides advice on protecting one's chicken coop from goblins, by Reginald Bakeley and Clint Marsh, has been announced as the recipient of the Oddest Book Title of the Year award.

The book won 38 percent of the total 1,225 votes that were cast online and took home the 35th annual Diagram Prize. "How Tea Cosies Changed the World" by Loani Prior followed in second position, winning 31 percent of the overall votes. The third place went to a book by Tom Hickman titled "God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis".

Also shortlisted for the award this year was a study of Adolf Hitler's health titled "Was Hitler Ill?", "Lofts of North America: Pigeon Lofts", and a guidebook titled "How to Sharpen Pencils".

Philip Stone, coordinator of the prize, said that while this award may seem to be just for fun, publishers are aware that winning this award could work wonders for the sales of the book.

"The kind of niche, off-beat publications that often appear on the Diagram Prize shortlist might not make their writers or publishers rich beyond their wildest dreams, but the fact writers still passionately write such works and publishers are still willing to invest in them is a marvelous thing that deserves to be celebrated," Stone added.

The Diagram Prize was founded at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1978, and past winners include "Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice" and last year's "Cooking with Poo", a Thai cookbook by Bangkok resident Saiyuud Diwong whose nickname is Poo.