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Weirdest / Strangest Book

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RayofSunshine18 · 18/07/2025 13:45

What is the strangest / weirdest (in your opinion) book that you have ever read but HAD to finish?

Mine is Better to Eat you With by Amber Garza

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DutchCowgirl · 18/07/2025 21:23

The memory police , Yoko Ogawa. Very unsettling.

3beesinmybonnet · 18/07/2025 21:18

@EveryKneeShallBow
I took 'And The Ass Saw the Angel' to Turkey - light holiday reading it ain't, don't know what I was thinking😂

PeatandDieselfan · 18/07/2025 21:15

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson. Weird, deeply disturbing. Great writing though.

mrslimpet · 18/07/2025 21:15

’I who have never known men ‘ by Jacquline Harpman’ - thought provoking but weird 😂

Flannelfeet · 18/07/2025 21:09

Still feel creeped out about the gym scene in the fog by James Herbert

spiderlight · 18/07/2025 21:09

Yuja · 18/07/2025 19:54

The Bees - Laline Paul. Quite good but also weird

I loved that!!

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 18/07/2025 20:59

Blackcountryexile · 18/07/2025 20:53

Cuddy by Benjamin Myers. I enjoyed it but it's definitely experimental.

A very weird book, found it hard work.

Blackcountryexile · 18/07/2025 20:53

Cuddy by Benjamin Myers. I enjoyed it but it's definitely experimental.

TyroleanKnockabout · 18/07/2025 20:52

I found Orlando very strange when I read it as a teen.

MrsSethGecko · 18/07/2025 20:46

The Horrific Sufferings of Hercules Barefoot, can't remember the author (Vallgren?) without getting up to look.

Strange but very good and lovely in places. Brutal in others.

researchers3 · 18/07/2025 20:42

newfriend05 · 18/07/2025 17:52

The particular sadness of lemon cake by Aimee Bender .. A book I wish I could read as if the first time .. the ending was a total surprise

Yes!! I've read this, it did have a very odd ending!

SunflowerLife · 18/07/2025 20:38

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 18/07/2025 19:47

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenenger

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Yes, googled it after posting.

Yuja · 18/07/2025 19:54

The Bees - Laline Paul. Quite good but also weird

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 18/07/2025 19:47

SunflowerLife · 18/07/2025 19:27

I can't remember the name but it was about 2 twin sisters who lived near Highgate cemetery and one became possessed by the ghost of someone. It started off quite good but it ended up being utter trash by the end.

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenenger

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 18/07/2025 19:46

thistimelastweek · 18/07/2025 18:08

The Wasp Factory.

I second this - I love its weirdness though.

SunflowerLife · 18/07/2025 19:27

GiddyDog · 18/07/2025 19:24

My aunt bought me Geek Love by Katherine Dunne for (I think it was) my 13th birthday, I was definitely a young teen. No idea why she thought that was a good choice for a kid but it's certainly stayed with me!

Feenie · 18/07/2025 19:20

MayBeee · 18/07/2025 18:09

The Last House on Needless Street . Very , very strange .

I came on to add this one! So strange. Unforgettable though.

ObtuseMoose · 18/07/2025 19:18

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw. I loved it and it has one of the best covers I've ever seen.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 18/07/2025 18:53

womananddog · 18/07/2025 18:29

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Yes this! I came to say this ! I loved it though

i’ll add Under The Skin by Michel Faber.

MayBeee · 18/07/2025 18:52

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 18/07/2025 18:20

I’ve just read this and I hated it.

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Yes I know , you are left with a did I hate it , or like it feeling .

CatChant · 18/07/2025 18:42

The Restraint of Beasts and All Quiet on the Orient Express, both by Magnus Mills. Very readable and unsettlingly odd.