38 books
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33 voters
Eccentric Books
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Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.67 — 390,452 ratings — published 2016
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.45 — 348,864 ratings — published 2019
I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.98 — 116,951 ratings — published 1948
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,032,211 ratings — published 1999
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.06 — 616,193 ratings — published 1871
The Underground Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,550 ratings — published 1997
Portuguese Irregular Verbs (Portuguese Irregular Verbs, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.50 — 9,051 ratings — published 2003
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.91 — 305,913 ratings — published 1962
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,368,166 ratings — published 2011
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.89 — 302,637 ratings — published 1980
Earthlings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.60 — 105,730 ratings — published 2018
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.28 — 433,643 ratings — published 1967
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.55 — 153 ratings — published
Still Life with Woodpecker (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.04 — 84,079 ratings — published 1980
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,372,026 ratings — published 2022
Poison for Breakfast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.85 — 20,999 ratings — published 2021
Heartless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.08 — 267,828 ratings — published 2016
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,125,172 ratings — published 1967
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.11 — 560,228 ratings — published 2002
Little (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.02 — 14,308 ratings — published 2018
Cecil the Pet Glacier (Library Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.81 — 454 ratings — published 2012
Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.13 — 792,346 ratings — published 2002
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.14 — 198,262 ratings — published 2014
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,263,394 ratings — published 1963
Steve Jobs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,374,055 ratings — published 2011
Foucault’s Pendulum (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.91 — 75,597 ratings — published 1988
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.97 — 437,506 ratings — published 2005
Saffy's Angel (Casson Family, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,806 ratings — published 2001
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.95 — 343,988 ratings — published 2009
The Brides of Rollrock Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.69 — 4,417 ratings — published 2012
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.61 — 453,688 ratings — published 1957
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,263,761 ratings — published 1936
The World According to Garp (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.11 — 240,602 ratings — published 1978
Tipping the Velvet (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.06 — 79,576 ratings — published 1998
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,250,964 ratings — published 1954
You Don't Know Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.90 — 9,288 ratings — published 2001
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,668,062 ratings — published 1945
Geek Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.95 — 73,984 ratings — published 1989
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.77 — 337,593 ratings — published 2000
Human Croquet (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as eccentric)
avg rating 3.73 — 12,162 ratings — published 1997
We Love You, Bunny (Bunny, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 3.45 — 16,031 ratings — published 2025
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,455,358 ratings — published 1942
O Caledonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,443 ratings — published 1991
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,095,293 ratings — published 2023
Equus (Penguin Plays)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 3.92 — 22,894 ratings — published 1973
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 4.11 — 155,010 ratings — published 1985
Awakened (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 3.63 — 680 ratings — published 2025
A Magical Girl Rehired (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
Chlorine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as eccentric)
avg rating 3.65 — 24,884 ratings — published 2023
“The nice thing about getting old is that you can be as eccentric as you want, everyone expects it!”
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“If we look at some of the most celebrated or prolific story originators of all time, we find among them a surprising number of eccentric bachelors and unmarried women. People who travelled widely, made strange friends and lived unusual and transient lifestyles.”
― Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters
― Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters












