Top 5 Weird Books To Read

By Deepa Ranganathan

You must have heard of books that are masterpieces that one should read. Yes, there are a lot of literary stuff out there that you must keep your hands on else you would miss out on something for sure. War and Peace, one of the classics written by Leo Tolstoy, is indeed a must read literary classic for all those bookworms out there. Then, there’s Jane Austen who has written splendid stuff, each one remarkably better than the others. If that’s not all, fiction lovers have Sidney Sheldon and Jeffrey Archer doing their rounds.

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Well, these are classic masterpieces that you all have heard of from one friend or the other. While sitting a book readers' club, you would have definitely heard from someone that this book is a classic and you must definitely read this. But, have you ever heard people saying that a particular book is weird and you must try reading it? Probably never or, if yes once or twice! Well, there’s this whole set of weird books people still read and recommend. Here are a few books that people consider weird reads but still do manage going through and recommending it too. It’s a mix of fiction, classics, science fiction and other genres. Some are plain weird books because of the title of these books.

Top 5 Weird Books To Read

Top 5 Weird Books To Read

101 More Uses For A Dead Cat
The title itself has a weird sound to it and mind you this is a book that has been oft read and recommended by people. Let’s get to what it is about. This book by Simon Bond has an interesting tagline associated to it “Since time immemorial mankind has been plagued by the question, 'What do you do with a dead cat?’” This book has an interesting collection of macabre cartoons that will definitely plague your mind in an interesting way.

Teach Your Wife To Be A Widow
This is one of the weird books that has been read by people across the globe! The weird title itself is enough to make the book sound interesting. Donald Rogers in this book helps husbands understand why it is important for them to teach their wives about investments, finances etc. This book tells husbands that the wife should know how to fend for herself and should be aware of everything. An interesting read but definitely a weird book. 6 Best books for women to read!

Lizard Social Behavior
This book may seem weird but is very interesting. It is a study on the behavior exhibited by higher vertebrates. It seems studying lizards in isolation is a pretty easy task and that is the reason why Stanley Fox chose lizards among the other reptiles and creatures. The hypothesis in this study is beautiful and the way they come to a conclusion is definitely mind blowing. You should read this book though it’s in the weird books category.

A Do-it-Yourself Guide To Holy Housewifery
Ethel Marbach, the writer of this weird book, offers a complete guide for all the women getting married to a Christian family. In some ways helpful and in many ways a true guide, this book is one of the weird books that has been picked by many people.

The Four Gated City

A weird science fiction book by Doris Lessing, this book is a realistic quasi memoir! It is the first book of children of violence series and it talks about their growing up in Africa, their turning weird and their whole attitude towards a wide variety of things. This book includes experiments, hypothesis and a lot of facts that help solve the mystery of children of violence in Africa.

Story first published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 17:34 [IST]
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