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List the top 10 strangest books that you have on your to-read shelf...
They can be unique, books most people haven't heard of, or they could simply be strange for you to read...

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1. The History of the Snowman by Bob Eckstein
2. A Mind of Its Own A Cultural History of the Penis by David Friedman
3. Math Doesn't Suck How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail, Danica McKellar
4. Adventures in Tornado Alley The Storm Chasers by Mark Hollingshead
5. Things That Make Us (Sic) The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, the White House, and the World by Martha Brockenbrough
6. The F-Word Second Edition by Jesse Sheidlower
7. Talk to the Snail Ten Commandments for Understanding the French by Stephen Clarke
8. The History of Underclothes by C Willett Cunnington
9. Why Everybody Hates Toronto Startling Suggestions of a Pseudo-Scientific Study by Michael B Davie
10. Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini by Mark Leyner
11. 1066 and All That A Memorable History of England by WC Sellar (I know it's more than 10 but this looks good--lol!)

Had to include the Griffin & Sabine - An Extraordinary Correspondence series by Nick Bantock --very strange and uniquely presented.


I like 'different' kinds of books. Good thread Joy :D Maybe I can weigh down my shelves a bit more with some good finds (lol!)

In no particular order:

1. The 48 Laws of Power (Strange for me, lol. Don't remember adding this actually.)
2. The Omnivore's Dilemma
3. Death With Interruptions
4. Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
5. The Monk
6. How Animals Have Sex A Guide to the Reproductive Habits of Creatures Great and Small
7. Sickened The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
8. Sit Down and Shut Up Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye
9. A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Not something I'd usually read.)
10. Straw Dogs Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (Forgot about this one. I REALLY want to read it. Must find a copy!)

Most of these aren't strange for me at all, but I realize they're probably strange to some people, lol.

#8 is quite the mouthful BonFire ;)

East, I think I'm going to rob your list. Well, most of it anyway, LOL.

new_user wrote: "East, I think I'm going to rob your list. Well, most of it anyway, LOL. "

LOL! Can you read them too and tell me if the majority are good, I've only read the odd one (hahaha!) ;)

Star Trek and Philosophy The Wrath of Kant

My list is so eclectic, I don't think of any of it as strange. But that one has the funniest title.

East your list is hilarious! Some of them are surprisingly tempting. Such as #2 and #8! hehehe

Bonfire #7 is on my to-read shelf too! It was suggested to me by a psych professor...I haven't read it...yet.

I definitely plan to create my "List of Strange" later tonight!

I really don't have 10 that I think would qualify but I do have a few...
1. They Went That-A-Way How the Famous, the Infamous, and the Great Died Malcolm Forbes
2. How to Be a Villain Evil Laughs, Secret Lairs, Master Plans, and More!!! Neil Zawacki
3. Imponderables The Solution to the Mysteries of Everyday Life David Feldman
4. The Book of Questions Gregory Stock

LOL @ 2! Awesome, Pamela.

I don't have really strange...just some out of my comfort zone I guess.
1. The Origin of Species
2. The Satanic Verses A Novel

And I just added Eastofoz' #10. lol

Now I have more added to my TBR shelf, lol.

@ EastofOz - Great list! And yes, it is a mouthful, lol. I really enjoyed his other book that I read, Hardcore Zen Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality. Maybe he just likes long titles, lol.

Joy, believe it or not but the wiener book and the underclothes book are both legit reference books --with catchy titles (lol!) I've referred to the underclothes books when I couldn't picture what the author was talking about and I still have to get to the "other" one (lol!)

Pamela, I have to look into your #1. Sounds good. Did you read it?

Elvia, I got #10 a few months ago from some GR readers who said it was very informative (lol!)

BonFire, another eye catcher of a title ;)

Eastofoz wrote: "Pamela, I have to look into your #1. Sounds good. Did you read it?"

It been years but yes, I actually did. I found it interesting how some famous people met their demise.

Some of these are not my usual type of book, some are books most people havent heard of, and others are just plain strange...LOL

1.Slave Girls of Rome-Don Winslow
2.The Bro Code-Barney Stinson
3.Moonlight Phantom-Alathea Wright
4.The Broken Mirror Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder-Katharine A. Phillips
5.The Chosen One-Carol Lynch Williams
6. Wearing Dad's Head-Barry Yourgrau
7. The Demon's Librarian-Lilith Saintcrow
8. Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed-Sandra Bowen

Three more "different" ones to add that I recently 'found' on my shelves (lol!):

Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume

Beyond Heaving Bosoms The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels

Between the Lines The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru

OMG Eastofoz, "Beyond Heaving Bosoms" sounds hilarious. I am not a fan of those types of romance novels because they make me laugh with the words they use but that books sounds good!

I agree. I had to add that to my TBR pile. I will have to check out the blog also.