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The 50 Weirdest Books I've Read

I recently read a 'weirdest books ever' list and kept thinking that I've read far stranger stuff than that. These aren't in any particular order; some are weird on purpose, some are weird by accident and some are successful in trying to do weird things.
Oh.. and weird doesn't necessarily mean bad, some of these are very good.
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Knitting With Dog Hair: Better a Sweater From a Dog You Know and Love Than From a Sheep You'll Never (Kendall Crolius and Anne Montgomery)
Knitting With Dog Hair: Better a Sweater From a Dog You Know and Love Than From a Sheep You'll Never
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Kendall Crolius and Anne Montgomery
The Anatomy of Melancholy (Robert Burton)
The Anatomy of Melancholy
3
Robert Burton
Something New (Vol 1) (Automathes)
Something New (Vol 1)
4
Automathes
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
5
Laurence Sterne
The Life of John Buncle, Esq (Thomas Amory)
The Life of John Buncle, Esq
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Thomas Amory
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (Timothy Dexter)
A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
7
Timothy Dexter
Hurlothrumbo; Or, the Super-Natural. [An Extravaganza, in Five Acts and in Prose]. (Samuel 'Maggoty' Johnson)
Hurlothrumbo; Or, the Super-Natural. [An Extravaganza, in Five Acts and in Prose].
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Samuel 'Maggoty' Johnson
The Flight of Dragons (Peter Dickinson)
The Flight of Dragons
9
Peter Dickinson
Gnomes (Rien Poortvliet, Wil Huygen)
Gnomes
10
Rien Poortvliet, Wil Huygen
We All Hear Stories in the Dark (Volume I) (Robert Shearman)
We All Hear Stories in the Dark (Volume I)
11
Robert Shearman
Studies in the Art of Rat Catching (HC Barkley)
Studies in the Art of Rat Catching
12
HC Barkley
Piccadilly (Laurence Oliphant)
Piccadilly
13
Laurence Oliphant
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (Jane Collier)
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
14
Jane Collier
Impostures (Al Hariri (Translated Michael Cooperson))
Impostures
15
Al Hariri (Translated Michael Cooperson)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Jan Potocki)
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
16
Jan Potocki
Child O' War (Leon Garfield)
Child O' War
17
Leon Garfield
The Holiday Friend (Pamela Hansford Johnson)
The Holiday Friend
18
Pamela Hansford Johnson
The Elixir of Life (William Harrison Ainsworth)
The Elixir of Life
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William Harrison Ainsworth
The Young Visitors (Daisy Ashford)
The Young Visitors
20
Daisy Ashford
The Book of Werewolves (Sabine Baring Gould)
The Book of Werewolves
21
Sabine Baring Gould
The Brothers Boswell (Philip Baruth)
The Brothers Boswell
22
Philip Baruth
Death's Jest-Book
Death's Jest-Book
23
The Miseries of Human Life (James Beresford)
The Miseries of Human Life
24
James Beresford
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
25
Ambrose Bierce
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
26
Lewis Carroll
Curious Pleasures - A Gentleman's Collection of Beastliness (Rev'd Dr Erasmus Croom)
Curious Pleasures - A Gentleman's Collection of Beastliness
27
Rev'd Dr Erasmus Croom
Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail (Christopher Dawes)
Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail
28
Christopher Dawes
Who Cut the Cheese (Jim Dawson)
Who Cut the Cheese
29
Jim Dawson
A Hand-Book of Volapuk (Andrew Drummond)
A Hand-Book of Volapuk
30
Andrew Drummond
The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes (Chuck Zerby)
The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotes
31
Chuck Zerby
Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann)
Ducks, Newburyport
32
Lucy Ellmann
Scepticism Inc (Bo Fowler)
Scepticism Inc
33
Bo Fowler
Lady Into Fox (David Garnett)
Lady Into Fox
34
David Garnett
Ducks: Art, Legend, History (Anna Giorgetti)
Ducks: Art, Legend, History
35
Anna Giorgetti
The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie (Halasa and Salam)
The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie
36
Halasa and Salam
Pandaemonium (Humphrey Jennings)
Pandaemonium
37
Humphrey Jennings
Yesterday (Juan Emar)
Yesterday
38
Juan Emar
Principia Discordia (Greg Hill and Kerry Wendell Thornley)
Principia Discordia
39
Greg Hill and Kerry Wendell Thornley
How to Sharpen Pencils (David Rees)
How to Sharpen Pencils
40
David Rees
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