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Trippy Books
Books that made me go 'whoaaa... that is STRANGE'
Tags: bizarre, fantasy, fiction, science, strange, trippy, unusual, and weird

1
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through th...
by Lewis Carroll 29 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2849
vote
2
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator) 19 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1854
vote
3
Tithe
Tithe
by Holly Black 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1582
vote
4
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journe...
by Hunter S. Thompson 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1397
vote
5
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1279
vote
6
House of Leaves
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1192
vote
7
Coraline
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1159
vote
8
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
by George Orwell 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1048
vote
9
Uglies
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 769
vote
10
Crank
Crank
by Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads author) 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 757
vote
11
Elsewhere
Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin (Goodreads author) 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 690
vote
12
A Wind in the Door
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle, Peter Sis (Illustrator) 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 687
vote
12
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly
by Philip K. Dick 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 687
vote
14
The Third Policeman
The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 596
vote
15
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 591
vote
16
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 584
vote
17
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 579
vote
18
Everlost
Everlost
by Neal Shusterman 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 490
vote
19
In Watermelon Sugar
In Watermelon Sugar
by Richard Brautigan 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 489
vote
19
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
by Irvine Welsh 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 489
vote
21
Un Lun Dun
Un Lun Dun
by China Miéville 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 473
vote
21
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 473
vote
23
Jitterbug Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 466
vote
24
The Trial
The Trial
by Franz Kafka, Edwin Muir (Translator) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 395
vote
25
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 393
vote
26
Beloved
Beloved
by Toni Morrison 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 392
vote
27
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 389
vote
28
Perdido Street Station
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 387
vote
29
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 386
vote
30
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 384
vote
31
Pretties
Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 380
vote
32
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 379
vote
33
Watership Down
Watership Down
by Richard Adams 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 361
vote
34
Glamorama
Glamorama
by Bret Easton Ellis 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 300
vote
35
The Prestige
The Prestige
by Christopher Priest 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 299
vote
35
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin (Translator) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 299
vote
35
Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs
by Jen Knox (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 299
vote
38
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
by Philip K. Dick 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
39
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
40
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Douglas Adams 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 286
vote
41
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 285
vote
42
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 282
vote
43
The Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 280
vote
44
Skellig
Skellig
by David Almond 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 272
vote
45
Outside Over There
Outside Over There
by Maurice Sendak 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 264
vote
46
The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony
The Marriage Of Cadmus and Harmony
by Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
47
The Acid House
The Acid House
by Irvine Welsh 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
47
The Fan Man
The Fan Man
by William Kotzwinkle 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
49
A Country Doctor
A Country Doctor
by Franz Kafka 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
50
Lunar Park
Lunar Park
by Bret Easton Ellis 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
51
So Yesterday
So Yesterday
by Scott Westerfeld 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
51
The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
53
Diary
Diary
by Chuck Palahniuk 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
54
Blindness
Blindness
by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 181
vote
55
Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space
Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in...
by Philip Reeve 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 180
vote
56
Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty"
Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Bea...
by Cameron Dokey 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 175
vote
57
The Secret Hour
The Secret Hour
by Scott Westerfeld 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 167
vote
58
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 166
vote
59
Uninvited
Uninvited
by Justine Musk (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 164
vote
60
Seeing Redd
Seeing Redd
by Frank Beddor 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Rodney
Rodney
by Dick Baldwin (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
by Maxine Hong Kingston 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Shinigami
Shinigami
by Django Wexler 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
The Soft Machine
The Soft Machine
by William S. Burroughs 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Under the Skin
Under the Skin
by Michel Faber 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Capacity
Capacity
by Theo Ellsworth 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Colonel Mint
Colonel Mint
by Paul West 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Silly Little Rich Girl
Silly Little Rich Girl
by Jimmy Gleacher 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Invitation to a Beheading
Invitation to a Beheading
by Vladimir Nabokov 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Between the Bridge and the River
Between the Bridge and the River
by Craig Ferguson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
60
Kangaroo Notebook: A Novel
Kangaroo Notebook: A Novel
by Abe Kōbō 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
72
Marabou Stork Nightmares
Marabou Stork Nightmares
by Irvine Welsh 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
72
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven
by Ursula K. LeGuin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
72
Fourth Mansions
Fourth Mansions
by R.A. Lafferty 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
vote
75
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Gabriel García Márquez 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
75
The Ruin of Kasch
The Ruin of Kasch
by Roberto Calasso 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
75
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
by Daniel Clowes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
75
Ubik
Ubik
by Philip K. Dick 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 98
vote
79
The Black Corridor
The Black Corridor
by Michael Moorcock 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
79
The Raw Shark Texts
The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 97
vote
81
The Kin
The Kin
by Peter Dickinson 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
81
Shadow of the Antlered Bird
Shadow of the Antlered Bird
by David Sklar (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
81
In the Suicide Mountains
In the Suicide Mountains
by John Champlin Gardner Jr. 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
81
The Beach
The Beach
by Alex Garland 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
81
The Confidence-Man
The Confidence-Man
by Herman Melville 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 96
vote
86
The Book of Illusions: A Novel
The Book of Illusions: A Novel
by Paul Auster 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
86
Beyond Apollo
Beyond Apollo
by Barry N. Malzberg 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 95
vote
88
Closing Arguments
Closing Arguments
by Sarah Avery 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
88
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
by Angela Carter 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 94
vote
90
Cocaine Nights
Cocaine Nights
by J.G. Ballard 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
90
The Female Man
The Female Man
by Joanna Russ 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 93
vote
92
Blue Noon
Blue Noon
by Scott Westerfeld 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
92
The Book of Ptath
The Book of Ptath
by A.E. Van Vogt 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 92
vote
94
Touching Darkness
Touching Darkness
by Scott Westerfeld 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
94
Freddy's Book
Freddy's Book
by John Champlin Gardner Jr. 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
94
Dead Babies
Dead Babies
by Martin Amis 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
94
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
by Stanley Ellin 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 91
vote
98
Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods
by Melissa de la Cruz 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
98
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 90
vote
100
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
by Alasdair Gray 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 89
vote
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message 1: by Patricia (new)
Apr 19, 2009 11:25AM

2103210 how do i save this list so i can come back to it? i want to check out some of these books!


message 2: by CR (new)
May 02, 2009 08:00PM

966355 I would simply add it to a bookshelf on my profile. If you don't want to add it to the "to-read" bookshelf, make a new one: Trippy-to-reads, for instance.


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