Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Strange and Unusual Novels

1.
Geek Love
Geek Love 3.95 avg rating β€” 71,401 ratings
2.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 281,927 ratings
3.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating β€” 72,397 ratings
4.
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 281,855 ratings
5.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating β€” 320,207 ratings
6.
Slade House
Slade House 3.81 avg rating β€” 68,234 ratings
7.
The Bees
The Bees 3.71 avg rating β€” 43,120 ratings
8.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating β€” 148,384 ratings
9.
Deathless
Deathless 3.93 avg rating β€” 22,508 ratings
10.
Mr. Splitfoot
Mr. Splitfoot 3.65 avg rating β€” 7,747 ratings
11.
The Passion
The Passion 4.11 avg rating β€” 25,839 ratings
12.
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire 3.93 avg rating β€” 67,945 ratings
13.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating β€” 11,452 ratings
14.
Stranger Things Happen
Stranger Things Happen 3.83 avg rating β€” 6,348 ratings
15.
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating β€” 16,066 ratings
16.
Version Control
Version Control 3.73 avg rating β€” 7,732 ratings
17.
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,903 ratings
18.
Heart of a Dog
Heart of a Dog 4.09 avg rating β€” 68,423 ratings
19.
The Portable Veblen
The Portable Veblen 3.46 avg rating β€” 8,175 ratings
20.
The 13Β½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)
The 13Β½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 26,650 ratings
21.
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating β€” 104,974 ratings
22.
Being Dead
Being Dead
by: Jim Crace
3.73 avg rating β€” 5,342 ratings
23.
Sudden Death
Sudden Death 3.76 avg rating β€” 3,593 ratings
24.
Zeroville
Zeroville 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,191 ratings
25.
Observatory Mansions
Observatory Mansions 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,062 ratings
26.
The Manual of Detection
The Manual of Detection 3.57 avg rating β€” 5,071 ratings
27.
The Raw Shark Texts
The Raw Shark Texts 3.83 avg rating β€” 21,315 ratings
28.
Remainder
Remainder 3.67 avg rating β€” 8,328 ratings
29.
The Incarnations
The Incarnations 3.77 avg rating β€” 5,699 ratings
30.
Zazen
Zazen 3.55 avg rating β€” 1,467 ratings
31.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating β€” 8,982 ratings
32.
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax 3.58 avg rating β€” 5,575 ratings
33.
The Beautiful Bureaucrat
The Beautiful Bureaucrat 3.23 avg rating β€” 4,568 ratings
34.
Lives of the Monster Dogs
Lives of the Monster Dogs 3.73 avg rating β€” 3,361 ratings
35.
The Teleportation Accident
The Teleportation Accident 3.44 avg rating β€” 5,018 ratings
36.
The Unfinished World and Other Stories
The Unfinished World and Other Stories 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,249 ratings
37.
The Blue Girl
The Blue Girl 3.18 avg rating β€” 696 ratings
38.
Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma 3.62 avg rating β€” 19,904 ratings
39.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,294 ratings
40.
Beatlebone
Beatlebone 3.48 avg rating β€” 3,645 ratings
41.
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! 3.85 avg rating β€” 43,892 ratings
42.
Pym
Pym 3.59 avg rating β€” 4,220 ratings
43.
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,515 ratings
44.
The Wilds
The Wilds 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,172 ratings
45.
As She Climbed Across the Table
As She Climbed Across the Table 3.67 avg rating β€” 5,674 ratings
46.
The Rabbit Back Literature Society
The Rabbit Back Literature Society 3.48 avg rating β€” 6,290 ratings
46.
Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail
Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail 4.22 avg rating β€” 429 ratings
48.
The Gracekeepers
The Gracekeepers 3.57 avg rating β€” 7,378 ratings
49.
God Help the Child
God Help the Child 3.78 avg rating β€” 31,716 ratings
50.
The Country of Ice Cream Star
The Country of Ice Cream Star 3.60 avg rating β€” 2,853 ratings
51.
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil 3.73 avg rating β€” 7,997 ratings
52.
Masters of Atlantis
Masters of Atlantis 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,194 ratings
53.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine 3.23 avg rating β€” 6,799 ratings
54.
Motherfucking Sharks
Motherfucking Sharks 3.62 avg rating β€” 461 ratings
55.
The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy, #1)
The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy, #1) 3.46 avg rating β€” 7,595 ratings
56.
The Daughters
The Daughters 3.22 avg rating β€” 675 ratings
56.
What Was Lost
What Was Lost 3.47 avg rating β€” 6,017 ratings
58.
Duplex
Duplex 3.35 avg rating β€” 1,533 ratings
59.
The Weirdness
The Weirdness 3.57 avg rating β€” 1,712 ratings
60.
The Gone-Away World
The Gone-Away World 4.10 avg rating β€” 14,056 ratings
61.
The Illumination
The Illumination 3.40 avg rating β€” 3,589 ratings
62.
The Cheese Monkeys
The Cheese Monkeys
by: Chip Kidd
3.75 avg rating β€” 5,913 ratings
62.
Radio Iris
Radio Iris 3.10 avg rating β€” 346 ratings
64.
The Alligators of Abraham
The Alligators of Abraham 4.13 avg rating β€” 174 ratings
65.
The Orange Eats Creeps
The Orange Eats Creeps 3.01 avg rating β€” 1,961 ratings
65.
Long Division
Long Division 3.78 avg rating β€” 8,302 ratings
67.
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion 3.37 avg rating β€” 1,028 ratings
68.
Just Like Beauty
Just Like Beauty 3.58 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
69.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating β€” 9,508 ratings
70.
Archivist Wasp (Archivist Wasp Saga, #1)
Archivist Wasp (Archivist Wasp Saga, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,857 ratings
71.
The Giant's House
The Giant's House 3.65 avg rating β€” 7,895 ratings
72.
The Vanishers
The Vanishers 3.13 avg rating β€” 3,305 ratings
72.
Big Machine
Big Machine 3.40 avg rating β€” 4,477 ratings
74.
Viper Wine
Viper Wine 3.30 avg rating β€” 924 ratings
75.
Mermaids in Paradise
Mermaids in Paradise 2.84 avg rating β€” 3,651 ratings
76.
Brave Story
Brave Story 4.18 avg rating β€” 2,860 ratings
77.
The Man in My Basement
The Man in My Basement 3.69 avg rating β€” 5,643 ratings
78.
Dendera
Dendera 3.50 avg rating β€” 417 ratings
79.
Paper Tigers
Paper Tigers 3.60 avg rating β€” 197 ratings
80.
Shine Shine Shine
Shine Shine Shine 3.43 avg rating β€” 8,684 ratings
81.
Comfort Me with Apples
Comfort Me with Apples 3.57 avg rating β€” 34,863 ratings
82.
Bear v. Shark
Bear v. Shark 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,072 ratings
83.
Disquiet
Disquiet 3.18 avg rating β€” 2,060 ratings
84.
The Vaults
The Vaults
by: Toby Ball
3.39 avg rating β€” 548 ratings
85.
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods
In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods
by: Matt Bell
3.31 avg rating β€” 1,574 ratings
86.
An Exaggerated Murder
An Exaggerated Murder
by: Josh Cook
2.71 avg rating β€” 249 ratings
86.
Waiting for Gertrude: A Graveyard Gothic
Waiting for Gertrude: A Graveyard Gothic 3.69 avg rating β€” 326 ratings
88.
Prodigies
Prodigies 3.72 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
89.
After the People Lights Have Gone Off
After the People Lights Have Gone Off 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,680 ratings
90.
Fram
Fram 3.43 avg rating β€” 96 ratings
91.
Sister Mine
Sister Mine 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,726 ratings
92.
Escape from Baghdad!
Escape from Baghdad! 3.98 avg rating β€” 632 ratings
93.
Some of Your Blood
Some of Your Blood 3.80 avg rating β€” 2,126 ratings
94.
Half Life
Half Life 3.20 avg rating β€” 832 ratings
95.
Damnificados
Damnificados 3.85 avg rating β€” 397 ratings
96.
I Crawl Through It
I Crawl Through It
by: A.S. King
3.53 avg rating β€” 3,291 ratings
97.
Jamestown
Jamestown 3.08 avg rating β€” 376 ratings
98.
Cat Country: A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930's
Cat Country: A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930's
by: Lao She
3.64 avg rating β€” 1,285 ratings
99.
A Jello Horse
A Jello Horse 4.15 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
100.
The Family Fang
The Family Fang 3.62 avg rating β€” 32,198 ratings
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