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The English Teacher Looks at Really Strange Fiction and Drama and Goes WTF WAS THAT?

Our maverick English Teacher looks at some wonderfully original examples of literature and comes up 100+ books and plays that are really strange. This does not mean that they are bad; on the contrary, many of them are considered classics of their kind. In content, approach, attitude, and execution, however, they are all...you know...weird.
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The Abortion (Brautigan)
The Abortion
1
Brautigan
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
2
Neil Gaiman
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
3
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
4
William Faulkner
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
5
Gertrude Stein
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
Baudolino
6
Umberto Eco
Being There
Being There
7
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
8
David Mitchell
The Book of the Dead (Skipp & Spector)
The Book of the Dead
9
Skipp & Spector
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
10
Kurt Vonnegut
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
BUG JACK BARRON Norman Spinrad
11
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
12
Franz Kafka
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
13
Horace Walpole
The Ceremonies (T. E. D. Klein)
The Ceremonies
14
T. E. D. Klein
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
15
David Mitchell
The Compleat Traveller in Black (John Brunner)
The Compleat Traveller in Black
16
John Brunner
The Complete Dramatic Works (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Dramatic Works
17
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
18
Samuel Beckett
The Condemned of Altona (Jean Paul Sartre)
The Condemned of Altona
19
Jean Paul Sartre
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
20
John Kennedy Toole
A Confederate General From Big Sur (Richard Brautigan)
A Confederate General From Big Sur
21
Richard Brautigan
Corrupting Dr. Nice (John Kessel)
Corrupting Dr. Nice
22
John Kessel
Cosmicomics (Calvino)
Cosmicomics
23
Calvino
Cryptozoic! (Brian Aldiss)
Cryptozoic!
24
Brian Aldiss
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
25
Gary
Dhalgren (Samuel R Delany)
Dhalgren
26
Samuel R Delany
The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Ramsey Campbell)
The Doll Who Ate His Mother
27
Ramsey Campbell
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
28
Robert Silverberg
The Erasers
The Erasers
29
Exit the King (Eugène Ionesco)
Exit the King
30
Eugène Ionesco
The Fermata (Nicholson Baker)
The Fermata
31
Nicholson Baker
Finnegan's Wake
Finnegan's Wake
32
The Flounder (Günter Grass)
The Flounder
33
Günter Grass
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
34
Umberto Eco
Four Plays (Eugene Ionesco)
Four Plays
35
Eugene Ionesco
Fourth Mansions (R. A. Lafferty)
Fourth Mansions
36
R. A. Lafferty
The Gas Heart (Tristan Tzara)
The Gas Heart
37
Tristan Tzara
Getting off (Lawrence Block Writing as Jill Emerson)
Getting Off
38
Lawrence Block Writing as Jill Emerson
Her (Ferlinghetti)
Her
39
Ferlinghetti
How It Is
How It Is
40
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