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100 Strange Books for Strangers

100 random books. Some existential classics, some weird fiction, some interesting trash. Cover image by Kim Daehyun.
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After James (Michael Helm)
After James
1
Michael Helm
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
2
All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties
3
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
4
Jeff Vandermeer
Answer to Job (Carl Jung)
Answer to Job
5
Carl Jung
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness
6
H.P. Lovecraft
Borne (Jeff Vandermeer)
Borne
7
Jeff Vandermeer
The Box Man (Kobo Abe)
The Box Man
8
Kobo Abe
The Brief History of the Dead (Kevin Brockmeier)
The Brief History of the Dead
9
Kevin Brockmeier
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
10
Kazuo Ishiguro
Cheese Monkeys (Chip Kidd)
Cheese Monkeys
11
Chip Kidd
The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Club Dumas
12
Arturo Perez-Reverte
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
13
Anthony Marra
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
Dark Matter
14
Blake Crouch
The Devils Detective (Simon Kurtz Unsworth)
The Devils Detective
15
Simon Kurtz Unsworth
Dream Archipelago (Christopher Priest)
Dream Archipelago
16
Christopher Priest
Earthseed
Earthseed
17
Eden Express (Mark Vonnegut)
Eden Express
18
Mark Vonnegut
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
19
Elementary Particles
Elementary Particles
20
Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
21
Edwin A. Abbott
The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
22
Jonathan Lethem
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
23
Katherine Dunn
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
24
Kelly Link
Girl in Landscape
Girl in Landscape
25
Glass Bead Game
Glass Bead Game
26
God: A Biography (Jack Miles)
God: A Biography
27
Jack Miles
Gone Away World
Gone Away World
28
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
29
Mervyn Peake
Great Apes
Great Apes
30
Grendel
Grendel
31
Gun, With Occasional Music
Gun, With Occasional Music
32
Hall of Small Mammals (Thomas Pierce)
Hall of Small Mammals
33
Thomas Pierce
Head to Toe (Joe Orton)
Head to Toe
34
Joe Orton
Heart of a Dog (Mikhail Bulgakov)
Heart of a Dog
35
Mikhail Bulgakov
Hell (Robert Olen Butler)
Hell
36
Robert Olen Butler
High Life (Matthew Stokoe)
High Life
37
Matthew Stokoe
High Rise (J G Ballard)
High Rise
38
J G Ballard
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
39
Mark Z. Danielewski
How It Is
How It Is
40
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