Entertaining but Different: Strange Fiction
Explore a captivating list of strange fiction books that entertain with unique twists. Discover offbeat, imaginative stories that defy the ordinary and delight readers.
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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
by Angela Carter
The transformation of Desiderio's city into a mysterious kingdom is instantaneous: Hallucination flows with magical speed in every brain; avenues and plazas are suddenly as …
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Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, …
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Arc D'X
by Steve Erickson
Thomas Jefferson's love for and enslavement of his mistress, Sally Hemings, forms the center of an exploration of the American spirit.
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Riddle-Master
by Patricia A. McKillip
For over twenty years, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. Now at last her …
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Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • From the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road: an epic novel of the violence and …
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The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Originally published: Dana Point, Calif.: Ardis, 1995.
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The Luck in the Head
by M. John Harrison
This eerie and visually arresting tale is set in the grotesque city of Uroconium, where Ardwick Crome dreams of a strange ritual from his childhood. …
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The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
The remarkable, acclaimed series of interconnected detective novels City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room, from New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster “Exhilarating …
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From Hell
by Alan Moore
In graphic novel format, offers a fictional investigation into a series of murders in 1888 London carried out by the infamous Jack the Ripper.
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The Land of Laughs
by Jonathan Carroll
Have you ever loved a magical book above all others? Have you ever wished the magic were real? Welcome to The Land of Laughs. A …
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Possession
by A. S. Byatt
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A tale of two young scholars researching the secret love affair of two Victorian poets that's an exhilarating …
