The weird and the wonderful.

A Listmania! list by frogclock (UK)
 
Vurt
1.  Vurt by Jeff Noon
The list author says:
  "Part computer game, part drug trip.  An adult wonderland."
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What a Carve Up!
2.  What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe
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  "A wonderful book for every film obsessive."
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253
3.  253 by Geoff Ryman
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  "Whoever would have thought a tube train could make such a wonderful book?"
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
4.  Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
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  "This is what you get if you mix "The Matrix" with some unicorns."
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The Liar
5.  The Liar by Stephen Fry
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  "Brilliant, semi autobiographical work.  Really funny."
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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
6.  Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
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  "You can't be exactly sure what happens in this book, but it's marvellous."
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The Secret History
7.  The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The list author says:
  "A "whydunnit" because you know who from the first page."
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It
8.  It by Stephen King
The list author says:
  "I still can't go near a clown.  Creepy."
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Survivor
9.  Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
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  "The main character is a suicide cult survivor in thei wonderfully sick book"
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next)
10.  The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) by Jasper Fforde
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  "Set in a world where there are pet dodos and literature is the over riding factor in life."
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Sleeping with Jane Austen
11.  Sleeping with Jane Austen by David Aitken
The list author says:
  "Sick, black and amusing this books main character has the weirdest perversion."
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The Black Dahlia
12.  The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
The list author says:
  "Film noir feel but wonderfully violent, gritty and an unusual murder."
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics)
13.  A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Kennedy Toole
The list author says:
  "A wonderful main character, selfish, greedy and ranting."
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Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16): A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels)
14.  Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16): A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett
The list author says:
  "Never thought I could love Death this much!"
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Naive. Super
15.  Naive. Super by Erlend Loe
The list author says:
  "Makes you want to go and buy a hammer and peg set"
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The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
16.  The Boy Who Kicked Pigs by Tom Baker
The list author says:
  "The most twisted children's story."
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy
17.  The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton
The list author says:
  "Like a black version of Hillaire Belloc's cautionary tales poems."
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The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room"
18.  The New York Trilogy: "City of Glass", "Ghosts" and "Locked Room" by Paul Auster
The list author says:
  "3 perfectly formed stories around the city."
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Mrs Slocombe's Pussy: Growing Up in Front of the Telly
19.  Mrs Slocombe's Pussy: Growing Up in Front of the Telly by Stuart Jeffries
The list author says:
  "A bitter and ranting work about TV' past."
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Barcelona Plates
20.  Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle
The list author says:
  "Black comedy.  Twisted and bile riddled."
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House Of Leaves
21.  House Of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski
The list author says:
  "A book whose twists are only matched by the dark menance of the passages that open up in a house that might not have existed."
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Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
22.  Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B S Johnson
The list author says:
  "How one man balances his life out."
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