Weird

Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction written in the late 19th and early 20th century. It can be said to encompass the ghost story and other tales of the macabre. Weird fiction is distinguished from horror and fantasy in that it predates the niche marketing of genre fiction. Because genre or stylistic conventions had not been established, weird tales often blend the supernatural, mythical, and even scientific. British "weird" authors, for example, published their work in mainstream literary magazines even after American pulp magazines became popular. ...more

Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
House of Leaves
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
Earthlings
Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
The Metamorphosis
Piranesi
The Library at Mount Char
The Vegetarian
Borne (Borne, #1)
The City & the City
The Craziest Book Ever Written
Tender Is the Flesh
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WGunpowder Soup by Karl WigginsWrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl Wiggins
Weird Titles
153 books — 26 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
715 books — 554 voters

The Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Craziest Book Ever Written
28 books — 11 voters
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. JamesIf It Bleeds by Stephen  King
Best Dark Fiction of 2020
167 books — 354 voters

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Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Criss Jami
Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.
Criss Jami, Healology

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