Here is a list of 10 strange books I've yet to read. Obviously, this list is never-ending as new books get published and therefore there will be more lists like these in the future. It is a bit difficult to find odd books as they do not belong to any specific genre (though I have seen people calling them ergodic books) so I have to do a bit of a hunt to find out if a book has any strange elements to its design or formatting. Once I find one, I feel accomplished, though! 1. S. by J.J. Abrams After House of Leaves, S. is probably the book everyone talks about being odd. The design is excellent, and this is probably the most beautiful book I own. It has a sleeve and the book itself is made to look like a library copy filled with extra documents, postcards, letters and even a napkin! The story itself is mysterious as there are two sides to it: the story itself, Ship of Theseus by Straka, and the annotations two college students, Jennifer and Eric write back and forth in ...
Usually, when people hear about ‘strange books’, they think they’re bad or simply too complicated to be enjoyed. However, that’s not true and I can prove it. For a long time, I refused to read out of my comfort zone declining every book that sounded the least bit weird. Now it’s the total opposite: I welcome the weird! The more unconventional a book is, the more I want to experience it (yes, because some books can’t just be read in the traditional way). So here is a list of twelve of the strangest books I’ve read (by strange, read unusually formatted or books that aren’t just words on a page). They vary in genre and degree of weirdness. Some I liked more than others but they are, overall, interesting and different. 1. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The famous House of Leaves , that everyone talks about… Well, it’s for a reason. This is one of the first odd books I read and it made me fall in love with this genre. Scary, challenging and unlike any book you’ve se...