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The Best Surreal/Dreamlike Books

Sometimes the best books don't have to make a lick of sense. What crime is K accused of? How is Toru able to travel through a mysterious hotel while he sits in a well? Just what the crap is going on in any of Kelly Link's short stories?
It's weird, odd, bizarre, dreamlike, incomprehensible, or just plain crazy and we love it.
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1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
1
Haruki Murakami
After Dark (Haruki Murakami)
After Dark
2
Haruki Murakami
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories
3
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
4
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
5
Lewis Carroll
AMERIKA (Franz Kafka)
AMERIKA
6
Franz Kafka
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
7
Italo Calvino
Blankety Blank (D. Harlan Wilson)
Blankety Blank
8
D. Harlan Wilson
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
9
Kathy Acker
The Box Man (Kobo Abe)
The Box Man
10
Kobo Abe
Broken Piano for President (Patrick Wensink)
Broken Piano for President
11
Patrick Wensink
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
12
Franz Kafka
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
13
China Mieville
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
14
Franz Kafka
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
15
Thomas Pynchon
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance
16
Haruki Murakami
Duplex
Duplex
17
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World
18
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
19
Haruki Murakami
Ella Minnow Pea (Mark Dunn)
Ella Minnow Pea
20
Mark Dunn
The Face of Another (Kobo Abe)
The Face of Another
21
Kobo Abe
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
22
Valeria Luiselli
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
23
Jorge Luis Borges
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
24
Kelly Link
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
25
Thomas Pynchon
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
26
Haruki Murakami
The Hearing Trumpet
The Hearing Trumpet
27
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
Help a Bear Is Eating Me
28
House of Houses (Kevin L. Donihe)
House of Houses
29
Kevin L. Donihe
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
30
Mark Z. Danielewski
The Hundred Brothers (Donald Antrim)
The Hundred Brothers
31
Donald Antrim
A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
32
Franz Kafka
Ice
Ice
33
If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
34
Italo Calvino
I'm Not Stiller
I'm Not Stiller
35
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
36
Franz Kafka
Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
37
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
38
Italo Calvino
Japan Conquers the Galaxy (Kirsten Alene)
Japan Conquers the Galaxy
39
Kirsten Alene
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
40
Haruki Murakami
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