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Essential Surreal & Weird Books: Beautiful Prose & Bizarre Worlds

Discover essential surreal and weird books from diverse writers from all over the world. Explore novels where beautiful prose entwines bizarre worlds, crafting thought-provoking stories and unique characters that challenge the bounds of reality and imagination.
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Freshwater (Akwaeke Emezi)
Freshwater
1
Akwaeke Emezi
Death With Interuptions (Jose Saramago)
Death With Interuptions
2
Jose Saramago
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Library at Mount Char (Scott Hawkins)
The Library at Mount Char
4
Scott Hawkins
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Robin Sloan)
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
5
Robin Sloan
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
6
Mark Danielewski
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
7
Flann O'Brien
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
8
Jeff Vandermeer
The Icarus Girl (Helen Oyeyemi)
The Icarus Girl
9
Helen Oyeyemi
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
10
Italo Calvino
The City & the City (China Miéville)
The City & the City
11
China Miéville
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
12
Mikhail Bulgakov
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
13
Haruki Murakami
The Hearing Trumpet (Leonora Carrington)
The Hearing Trumpet
14
Leonora Carrington
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
15
José Saramago
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
16
N. Scott Momaday
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Jan Potocki)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
17
Jan Potocki
The Adventures of Baron Münchausen (Rudolf Erich Raspe)
The Adventures of Baron Münchausen
18
Rudolf Erich Raspe
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