125 books
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19 voters
Strange Books
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House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as strange)
avg rating 4.09 — 197,116 ratings — published 2000
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as strange)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,390,150 ratings — published 1915
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as strange)
avg rating 3.47 — 313,664 ratings — published 2019
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as strange)
avg rating 4.22 — 444,023 ratings — published 2020
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as strange)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,349,361 ratings — published 2011
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as strange)
avg rating 4.10 — 986,166 ratings — published 2001
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as strange)
avg rating 3.65 — 359,943 ratings — published 2007
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as strange)
avg rating 3.60 — 97,106 ratings — published 2018
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as strange)
avg rating 4.18 — 637,646 ratings — published 1996
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as strange)
avg rating 3.52 — 153 ratings — published
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as strange)
avg rating 3.80 — 294,801 ratings — published 2014
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as strange)
avg rating 3.46 — 98,051 ratings — published 1959
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as strange)
avg rating 4.14 — 311,940 ratings — published 1994
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as strange)
avg rating 4.12 — 541,204 ratings — published 2002
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 15 times as strange)
avg rating 3.95 — 337,296 ratings — published 2009
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as strange)
avg rating 3.67 — 363,995 ratings — published 2016
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as strange)
avg rating 4.06 — 604,767 ratings — published 1871
The Library at Mount Char (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as strange)
avg rating 4.06 — 77,218 ratings — published 2015
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as strange)
avg rating 4.13 — 774,738 ratings — published 2002
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as strange)
avg rating 4.16 — 559,466 ratings — published 1996
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as strange)
avg rating 3.77 — 375,598 ratings — published 2017
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as strange)
avg rating 3.60 — 549,388 ratings — published 2018
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as strange)
avg rating 3.51 — 197,199 ratings — published 2016
Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as strange)
avg rating 3.82 — 43,478 ratings — published 2015
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as strange)
avg rating 4.06 — 375,575 ratings — published 1971
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as strange)
avg rating 3.91 — 288,699 ratings — published 1962
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as strange)
avg rating 4.01 — 654,813 ratings — published 2013
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as strange)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,052,882 ratings — published 1932
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as strange)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,840,176 ratings — published 1818
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as strange)
avg rating 4.28 — 413,177 ratings — published 1967
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as strange)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,381,617 ratings — published 1985
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as strange)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,470,475 ratings — published 1969
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as strange)
avg rating 3.99 — 431,325 ratings — published 1865
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as strange)
avg rating 3.99 — 717,464 ratings — published 1987
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as strange)
avg rating 4.25 — 819,097 ratings — published 1990
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as strange)
avg rating 3.95 — 72,416 ratings — published 1989
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 4.12 — 403,561 ratings — published 1995
Paradise Rot (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 3.46 — 29,380 ratings — published 2009
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 3.81 — 105,004 ratings — published 2017
The Strange Library (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 3.55 — 68,953 ratings — published 2005
Hollow City (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 4.07 — 251,577 ratings — published 2014
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 3.91 — 658,500 ratings — published 1982
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 4.15 — 433,715 ratings — published 1963
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,662,829 ratings — published 2009
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,997,312 ratings — published 1979
Invisible Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as strange)
avg rating 4.00 — 150,682 ratings — published 1999
The Atrocity Exhibition (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as strange)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,143 ratings — published 1969
Our Wives Under the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as strange)
avg rating 3.71 — 123,791 ratings — published 2022
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as strange)
avg rating 3.61 — 444,773 ratings — published 1957
“But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”
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“Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,
How much would novels gain by the exchange!
How differently the world would men behold!”
― Don Juan
Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,
How much would novels gain by the exchange!
How differently the world would men behold!”
― Don Juan













