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message 1: by Patricia (new)

Patricia how do i save this list so i can come back to it? i want to check out some of these books!


message 2: by CR (new)

CR Williams I would simply add it to a bookshelf on my profile. If you don't want to add it to the "to-read" bookshelf, make a new one: Trippy-to-reads, for instance.


message 3: by Feathzzz (new)

Feathzzz Great list!

Vonnegut and Murakami are both very appropriate but I think Robert Cormier should get some recognition here, I Am the Cheese, anybody? And what about The curious incident of the dog in the night-time and A Clockwork Orange?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You could add them; it's easy to add books to a list. Up at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."


message 5: by Feathzzz (new)

Feathzzz Yep, I already did, I was just surprised nobody else had. :P


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Define "strange." Talking cows, elemental spirits, and an eternally beautiful and lusty Goddess seem pretty natural to me. However, you can see for yourself in The Ballad of Young Tam Lin. (You can get free preview on Kindle - and no, you don't need to own a Kindle.) I think this is the best book of 2011.


message 7: by David (new)

David Gallagher Kafka's "Metamorphosis" is way too low on this list. A guy turns into a huge bug. Can't get weirder or trippier than that.


message 9: by abandonedaccount4822 (last edited Apr 03, 2015 12:22PM) (new)

abandonedaccount4822 It was fine until I noticed that three books from the Uglies series had seriously made it into the Top 100.

just why


message 10: by Valerie (new)

Valerie This list is five years old, and I had to ADD Flatland? I am the ONLY person that thought Flatland belongs here?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You add books to the list at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."


message 13: by Ginny (new)

Ginny You cannot get trippier than Horn-Horn by ADT McLellan. My mind hurts even thinking about it.


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