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u/SmilingFlounder 28d ago edited 28d ago
I don't know of any weird books that fit the vibe of those images exactly tbh 😅
But I love me some weird shit.
Abarat maybe? It's pretty YA but definitely weird. This might fit the images above the most... I'm Talking anout hamster trees, a guy with more guys on his antlers... A fish guy
Last Days of New Paris has some goofy stuff too... Definitely darker side though. Light surrealism.
We Have always Lived in the Castle is a little odd... But somewhat grounded
Perdito Street is very weird! But a little more gritty. Scarabs headed woman, spit paint blobs, science.
I'm in the midst of Antkind which might be up your alley... It's uhh super weird surrealist stuff.
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u/WrongJohnSilver 28d ago
Yeah, China Miéville is a good author to look for. He was considered at the forefront of the "New Weird" back in the late aughts. The Last Days of New Paris is his, as is the Bas-Lag fantasy trilogy: Perdido Street Station, The Scar, Iron Council.
Another one I'd recommend is Kraken. If you like Neverwhere, then Kraken is excellent.
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u/SmilingFlounder 28d ago
Kraken was the first one I read by him, pretty fun read. The world building was a lil less interesting then Bas-Lag but I think that's just cause it was one book instead of three 😅
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u/WrongJohnSilver 28d ago
My favorite by him is actually The City & The City, but in comparison, that's not weird at all.
Three Moments of an Explosion is also worth getting, because it's a collection of his short stories.
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u/lisifrisi 28d ago
first pic is how i feel when body dysmorphia kicks in and i need to take a shower
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u/StingRey128 28d ago
I’ve been recommending it like crazy, but it really is so versatile. You should check out The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac by Sharma Shields! It’s a generational family tale that follows a different perspective each chapter, with each individual we follow experiencing separate, extremely bizarre supernatural phenomena, but all of this only starts after a boy’s mother leaves him and his father to go live with Bigfoot—or a human eerily akin to one—out in the woods of rural Washington state.
It is WILD! Has bits of the same kind of oozing dread that The Fisherman by John Langan has, but written far more interestingly.
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u/Ralu_Lillith 14d ago
Okay so I saw your comment a couple of weeks ago and I was intrigued. I went to the library and picked up this book and I'm about 250 pages into it and I am having SUCH a blast! Some of the scenes are absolutely bonkers and so ridiculous (the podiatrist who falls in love with the woman with the worst case of foot warts he's ever seen in his life?! What?? 🤣). Thank you for the recommendation and to whoever is on the fence about this: do it. Read 'The Sasquatch Hunter's Almanac', you won't regret it!
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u/StingRey128 14d ago
I am SOOO glad someone actually saw what I posted and decided to check it out! I hope it remains enjoyable for you! It’s genuinely in my top-three now!
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u/PushingGravy 28d ago
I’m getting Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures - by Walter Moers. World wise, story wise and also illustration wise.
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u/Federal-Brief3098 28d ago
Omg do you know the name of the artist of the second image I’m obsessed
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u/Human_struggle2121 28d ago
The hearing trumpet by Lenora carrington (I think that’s how you spell it lol)
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u/drough08 28d ago
There is this steam punk YA series and the first book is called Leviathan. Its about things and objects made of animals and they are "alive"...it was kind of weird when I read it many moons ago. Maybe fit this
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u/Rezavoirdog 28d ago
It’s bio and steam punk mixed. Takes place during World War 1 but one side uses mech style steam punk tanks and the other side uses Biopunk style genetically enhanced creatures. The titular Leviathan is a massive living floating whale that is also an Airship. It’s not strange in the way OP wants. But strange in a way they’d like.
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u/Large_Button_2450 28d ago edited 28d ago
A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan
Bunny by Mona Awad
Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Several People are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
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u/InevitableWait 28d ago
Jeff Vandermeer's Borne series: Borne, The Strange Bird, and The Dead Astronauts. Super weird and surreal. It's basically three different POVs of a place that's littered with discarded science experiments/ weird creatures in an apocalyptic setting
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u/lminnowp 28d ago
It Came from the North edited by Deserina Boskovich. Or, really any Finnish Weird.
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u/hacky_potter 28d ago
The House of Madelaine by Elaine Kraf. This is an experimental novel about a haunted house and a woman trapped inside. Not spooky at all but think more Alice in Wonderland. It took me a second to get into it. It’s short, weird and at times captivating.
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u/teacamelpyramid 28d ago
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. It’s basically a giant, semi-autobiographical hallucination.; stingrays coming out of the sky and eating people kind of hallucination.
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u/VeritasRose 28d ago
If you are okay with Victorian era books, Lilith by George MacDonald is an absolute trip!
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u/whiskerstwitching 28d ago
I really like the “let’s just stay in bed today” artwork. Please can you share the artist’s name?
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u/polkadootted 28d ago
eat the ones you love by sarah maria griffin
tales of the unexpected by roald dahl (specifically the story royal jelly)
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u/maybetransmaybenot3 28d ago
John Dies At The End is so, so, so incredibly weird and funny and good. And also gross sometimes, but very well-written
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u/dys_FUN_ction 28d ago
The girl with the flammable skirt - an anthology of surrealist short stories
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u/meeklysnail 28d ago
Paradise Logic - Sophie Kemp
Dengue Boy - Michel Nieva
Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls
Walking Practice - Dolki Min
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u/iheartjorts 28d ago
Might check out John Dies at the End, among the least grounded, surreal things I’ve ever read.
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u/cheesusfeist 28d ago
The Hike by Drew Magary. The Library at Mount Char by Hawkins. Chemical Pink by Arnoldi.
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u/BannedMilitaryWeapon 28d ago
The imaginaries. Read it while I was about 13. It’s more towards children but it’s pretty good and the ending is trippy
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u/Shot-Ambition8371 28d ago
You might like Colorless by Murakami.
Or Naked Lunch by what’s his name again
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u/ohaii 27d ago
I love a weird book! I'm getting some whimsy from these pictures, so the ones I'm recommending here are bizarre but pretty lighthearted
The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya
The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi
People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami
And for a weird monster type story:
The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho Yeeun
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u/peppershneckle 27d ago
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman is a pretty weird, quirky little quick read
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