It turns out that this isn’t the first time he’s lost all memory. What’s it about? A man wakes up with no memory of who he is, or how he got to be in this place. The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Photo by Caryn on Things get… well… weird from the first moment she finds “the tower,” a deep, narrow sinkhole containing a strangely organic spiral staircase that only those under deep hypnosis can traverse without going utterly mad.ģ.

We only have her account of the events that take place during the eleventh expedition and it becomes clear that Area X is changing her. Why is it weird? The Biologist is not immune to the reality or perception-warping effects of Area X. The majority of those who entered the area to explore either killed each other, or died another, more mysterious death. Those who did return died soon after of a strange and incurable cancer. Every other expedition has been a failure. The book is written from the point of view of The Biologist, one of the members of eleventh expedition into the area. What’s it about? Area X is an unspoilt paradise that has been cut off from the world for decades. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer Photo by Ray Bilcliff on There are many deaths and oh, that final twist!Ģ. The violence comes out of nowhere and is described with the cold detachment that one might have when describing, say, a particularly boring lecture. Why is it weird? Oh, where do I begin? This is one I read myself about a decade ago and the overall chill it left me with lingers to this day. He does so by inserting a wasp and using its form of death (which the wasps “choose” by going down a certain path) as a form of divination. The titular object, The Wasp Factory, is one of his own inventions that he uses to “predict” the future. What’s it about? A Scottish teenager with psychopathic tendencies carries out strange, bizarre and increasingly violent shamanic-style rituals and experiments. The Wasp Factory By Iain Banks Photo by Pixabay on Of course, the next thing you’ll do is enquire about them at your local library, right?ġ. I have provided a link to the Goodreads page for each book so that you can add it to your own reading list. All were recommended to me by multiple Twitter users. The books I present to you now are in no particular order, other than the fact that I’ve started with the ones I have personally read. Maybe we’re all drawn to a little bit of weird. Very few people mentioned books that they disliked. Some were simply left confused by the books they’d experienced. Most people who responded did so positively about books they enjoyed. What’s the weirdest book you’ve ever read? That’s the question I asked Twitter recently and the responses made for the most eclectic, fun and unpredictable reading list I’ve ever found.

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