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A List of Unusual Books

This is a list of some unusual books with strange, fantastical elements and non-standard plots or writing styles.
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The 13 Clocks (James Thurber)
The 13 Clocks
1
James Thurber
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
2
Haruki Murakami
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3
Lewis Carroll
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
4
Neil Gaiman
Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others
5
Jo Walton
The Arabian Nightmare (Robert Irwin)
The Arabian Nightmare
6
Robert Irwin
Asleep in the Sun (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
Asleep in the Sun
7
Adolfo Bioy Casares
At the Mouth of the River of Bees (Kij Johnson)
At the Mouth of the River of Bees
8
Kij Johnson
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
9
Italo Calvino
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance (Ruth Emmie Lang)
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
10
Ruth Emmie Lang
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night (Jen Campbell)
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
11
Jen Campbell
Big Fish
Big Fish
12
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
13
José Saramago
Blood Red Snow White (Marcus Sedgwick)
Blood Red Snow White
14
Marcus Sedgwick
The Bread We Eat in Dreams
The Bread We Eat in Dreams
15
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
16
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
17
Franz Kafka
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Italo Calvino)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
18
Italo Calvino
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
19
China Miéville
The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Cloven Viscount
20
Italo Calvino
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
21
Cuckoo Song (Frances Hardinge)
Cuckoo Song
22
Frances Hardinge
Death With Interruptions
Death With Interruptions
23
Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
Deathless
24
Catherynne M. Valente
Egg & Spoon (Gregory Maguire)
Egg & Spoon
25
Gregory Maguire
Embassytown
Embassytown
26
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
27
Jasper Fforde
A Face Like Glass (Frances Hardinge)
A Face Like Glass
28
Frances Hardinge
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse (Hermann Hesse)
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
29
Hermann Hesse
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
30
Edwin A. Abbott
Froelich's Ladder (Jamie Duclos-Yourdon)
Froelich's Ladder
31
Jamie Duclos-Yourdon
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
32
Catherynne M. Valente
The Glass Town Game (Catherynne M. Valente)
The Glass Town Game
33
Catherynne M. Valente
The Grass-Cutting Sword
The Grass-Cutting Sword
34
The Green Child (Herbert Read)
The Green Child
35
Herbert Read
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
36
Haruki Murakami
Heroes and Villains (Angela Carter)
Heroes and Villains
37
Angela Carter
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
38
Italo Calvino
In the Night Garden
In the Night Garden
39
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
40
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