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Has this ever happened to you, book-lovers? You're sitting there, minding your own business, reading a book. A well-meaning friend or loved one walks over and asks you what your book is about (although honestly they can't be that much of a loved one, because if they loved you they'd let you read in peace). You start trying to explain, but by the time you've told them that, "The structure is kind of a... non-linear, post modern thing?" or that, "The main character has a dog that's nonexistent, but ontologically valid," they're backing away slowly. Some books are just plain weird. So here are a few utterly, deeply weird books that are totally worth reading, anyway.
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
41
Isabel Allende
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Charles Yu)
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
42
Charles Yu
The Hundred Brothers (Donald Antrim)
The Hundred Brothers
43
Donald Antrim
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
44
Italo Calvino
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
45
David Foster Wallace
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
46
Italo Calvino
JR
JR
47
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
48
Robert W. Chambers
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
49
Alasdair Gray
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion
50
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
51
Don Delillo
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
52
Laurence Sterne
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
53
Georges Perec
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Douglas Adams)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
54
Douglas Adams
Love and the Mess We're in (Stephen Marche)
Love and the Mess We're In
55
Stephen Marche
Magic for Beginners (Kelly Link)
Magic for Beginners
56
Kelly Link
The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
57
Gertrude Stein
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
58
G.K. Chesterton
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
59
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine
60
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
61
Salman Rushdie
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
62
Helen Oyeyemi
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
63
William S. Burroughs
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
64
Angela Carter
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
65
Djuna Barnes
No One Is Here Except All of Us
No One Is Here Except All of Us
66
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
67
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps
68
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
69
Jerzy Kosinski
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
70
Vladimir Nabokov
Perdido Street Station (China Mieville)
Perdido Street Station
71
China Mieville
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
72
Vladimir Nabokov
Reality Hunger
Reality Hunger
73
The Royal Family
The Royal Family
74
Samedi the Deafness
Samedi the Deafness
75
The Sandman (Neil Gaiman)
The Sandman
76
Neil Gaiman
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
77
William S. Burroughs
Speedboat
Speedboat
78
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
79
The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
The Story of My Teeth
80
Valeria Luiselli
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