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The Best Surreal/Dreamlike Books - Page 2

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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Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
41
Jorge Luis Borges
Love in the Time of Dinosaurs (Kirsten Alene)
Love in the Time of Dinosaurs
42
Kirsten Alene
Magic for Beginners (Kelly Link)
Magic for Beginners
43
Kelly Link
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
44
G.K. Chesterton
Mason and Dixon
Mason and Dixon
45
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
46
Franz Kafka
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
47
Helen Oyeyemi
Nadja (André Breton)
Nadja
48
André Breton
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
49
William S. Burroughs
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
50
Erin Morgenstern
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
51
Djuna Barnes
The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount
The Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount
52
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps
53
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths (Barbara Comyns)
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
54
Barbara Comyns
The Palace of Dreams
The Palace of Dreams
55
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
56
Clarice Lispector
Person (Sam Pink)
Person
57
Sam Pink
Quiet Creature on the Corner (João Gilberto Noll)
Quiet Creature on the Corner
58
João Gilberto Noll
The Radiance of the King (Camara Laye)
The Radiance of the King
59
Camara Laye
The Raw Shark Texts
The Raw Shark Texts
60
Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden (Cameron Pierce)
Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden
61
Cameron Pierce
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
62
William S. Burroughs
The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
The Story of My Teeth
63
Valeria Luiselli
The Strange Library (Haruki Murakami)
The Strange Library
64
Haruki Murakami
Stranger Things Happen
Stranger Things Happen
65
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe
66
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
67
Flann O'Brien
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
68
Franz Kafka
The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled
69
Unicorn Battle Squad (Kristen Alene)
Unicorn Battle Squad
70
Kristen Alene
V (Thomas Pynchon)
V
71
Thomas Pynchon
The Verificationist (Donald Antrim)
The Verificationist
72
Donald Antrim
The Vet's Daughter (Barbara Comyns)
The Vet's Daughter
73
Barbara Comyns
The Way Through Doors (Jesse Ball)
The Way Through Doors
74
Jesse Ball
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
75
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
76
Haruki Murakami
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
77
David Markson
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
Wolf in White Van
78
John Darnielle
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
79
Kobo Abe
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