Weird

Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction written in the late 19th and early 20th century. It can be said to encompass the ghost story and other tales of the macabre. Weird fiction is distinguished from horror and fantasy in that it predates the niche marketing of genre fiction. Because genre or stylistic conventions had not been established, weird tales often blend the supernatural, mythical, and even scientific. British "weird" authors, for example, published their work in mainstream literary magazines even after American pulp magazines became popular. ...more

Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
House of Leaves
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Earthlings
Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
Piranesi
Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
The Metamorphosis
The Library at Mount Char
The Vegetarian
Borne (Borne, #1)
The City & the City
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
The Craziest Book Ever Written
No One Sleeps by Townsend WalkerThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
Best Dark Fiction Short Stories
73 books — 79 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WGunpowder Soup by Karl WigginsWrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe by Karl Wiggins
Weird Titles
157 books — 29 voters

Dragon Eaters by Janet E. MorrisAngels Cried by Stephen L. WilsonStories of Spirits by Teresa GarciaMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate  BernheimerBeware the Little White Rabbit by Shannon Delany
Unusual Anthologies
216 books — 119 voters
The Craziest Book Ever Written by Mr. WThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Craziest Book Ever Written
28 books — 11 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate SummerscaleCries Unheard by Gitta SerenyThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Bizarre Murders
233 books — 93 voters

Stephanie Perkins
“ My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird. ”
― Stephanie Perkins, Anna and the French Kiss

Phil Lester
“ Just picked up a black pair of scissors thinking they were my glasses. That definitely would't have enhanced my eyesight. ...more ”
― Phil Lester

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