Oh, you want weird books? I've got WEIRD books.

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

Click here sbird.co/3y5l8z6 and use my code AWJ to get 55% OFF your first month at Scentbird. What’s your favorite fragrance? Comment below!

[@ambra8957]

Not a perfume by Juliette has a gun is one of my favs, also Bianco Latte by Giardini di Toscana.

[@crankydragon]

I frankly can't decide about the shirt......I mean, all those tassels 🥴

[@crankydragon]

Don't get me wrong... you look great 😊

[@hepafoshepafps8280]

Talented

[@liapenniston6060]

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Nateeva Pear Inc. - Juliette has a gun French pear and Queen's lilac - Michel Germain

[@martincelino]

The whip sound never felt more fitting.

[@RichterScale-oz5pp]

Kill Bill comes in as a close 2

[@VonSolo5]

😂❤❤❤

[@biteofdog]

Orville Peck moment.

[@nakshatrasengupta4117]

Ahem

[@King_Skrymir]

List of all books mentioned: *UNCATERGORISED* - The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore - Wetlands by Charlotte Roche *WEIRD WRITERS* _Miranda July:_ - The First Bad Man - No One Belongs Here More Than You _Tao Lin:_ - Richard Yates - Taipei *CLASSICS* - Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol *RANDOM* - Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby - Pink by Gus Van Sant

[@jaimeh387]

Thanks buddy!

[@herz11]

wow i didn't know gus van sant wrote a book

[@rvfiasco]

Sweet. Thanks for the easy reference list!

[@letisometimes]

I hope your pillow is cool and traffic lights always green 🫶🏼

[@psychology4introverts]

Finally, an influencer who behaves totally normal from my perspective, wearing reasonable clothes and having a satisfying video choreography. Thank you.

[@toweypat]

:)

[@davidcaram7675]

Excellent ,informative, entertaining video. You are very interesting.

[@lusciousphilippa]

😂… Normal.

[@pricklyplant]

I have no idea who this person is or what this video is about - but the opening 30 seconds has me hooked and now I’m subscribed.

[@valeta84]

Me too

[@desmon6781]

Same here

[@rrome6420]

Exactly the SAME!

[@jhamler1]

Christ. I was just about to say the same thing. I dunno what I did that made this woman pop up on my KZbin page or whatever you call it, but... Yes.

[@ang8912]

Me too!

[@Alice-the-seal]

Liked at "is this shirt too much?"subsrcibed at the whip sounds. 😂 talk about a perfect first impression.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Literally. I subbed at 24 seconds

[@SapasMons]

Same!

[@HazelwithaZ]

Same! You took the comment right out from under my thumbs! 😅

[@stevevanscoik398]

Me too.

[@johnpolo8413]

no doubt

[@shelbiemclaughlin1570]

The beginning had me DYING

[@91722854]

i was expecting her head to turn and turn like a merry-go-round

[@MaddieBullock]

I was laughing, but by 0:22 (the last whip) I was dying too. The look on her face made it even better 🤣

[@chandratownsend3891]

I immediately hit the like button 😅

[@sarahogborn8024]

One thing about Ana….is she’s gonna slay an intro every single time, babyyyy!

[@Sthemingway]

The Master & Margarita is indeed a strange book, but not in the way that sci-fi/fantasy or horror books can be bizarre. It felt like being in a new environment where you don't have the vocabulary to describe what you're seeing, and yet, you can still figure out where you should and shouldn't walk.

[@Spaztikmoose]

Instant subscribe. I have never felt so compelled to subscribe after just ten minutes. I haven't even finished, but this is absolute gold.

[@snehalak6798]

Oooh Mee tooh

[@suburbohemian]

I'm getting such Lilith from Frasier with flamenco vibes here.

[@finsfables]

the whipping sound effects are incredible. 10/10 ana

[@giancork1656]

Dunno if they fit on here or not but: - The Vegetarian (Hang Kang) - The City & The City (China Mieville) - The Vorrh (B.Catling) - Communion Town: a city in ten chapters (Sam Thompson)

[@azuravian]

Miéville is fantastic. I'd also add: - The Raw Shark Texts (Steven Hall) - The John Nyquist Series (Jeff Noon) - Finna (Nino Cipri) - Amatka (Karin Tidbeck)

[@wallacewilliams535]

they're not. but while we're here, add: Fishboy by Mark Richard (1993) Grendel by John Gardner (1971) Miéville i would go with "Perdido Street Station" first

[@hellbound_psyker]

I would like to add Hollow, also by B. Catling.

[@azuravian]

@@hellbound_psyker Haven't read that one and just checked the description. It has gone to the top of my TBR.

[@0bsol3tist]

Was totally thinking of The Vorrh…

[@lonelywolfy]

idk why the algorithm thru this on my yt feed which normally 98% consists of retro gaming handheld reviews but your energy is amazing and hilarious and now i like want to like read a book and stuff

[@brendanmaher-bourke8217]

The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien is my favourite weird book

[@scharlesworth93]

Oh god yes. Amazing book.

[@louisgendzel2579]

If we're gonna talk about Master and Margarita, I have to mention One Hundred Years of Solitude! It makes Bulgakovs magical realism look like a typical Tuesday all the way through. The overall effect is absolutely mind blowing and I highly recommend (read the content warnings tho; there're a lot).

[@Cave-Maam]

I subscribed, hit the bell, and smashed the like button within the first 45 seconds. Sometimes, you just know, ya know? Not even sure what I've been doing with my life this whole time without this kind of content.

[@rickdavis2464]

How did I ever exist without Ana Wallace Johnson ...before discovering her this very day? Thank you, algorithm.

[@neilmacdonald6637]

Gogol's influence on Kafka is quite apparent after reading both. "The Castle" is also a favorite "weird" book--apologies if you mentioned it, I usually reference any covers by frame or a list if it's present.

[@Scottlp2]

In a comparative lit class in college after reading literature by both, prof asked “so how would you compare and contrast Kafka and Gogol”. An English lit student replied “Gogol would be great fun at a party, and Kafka would not”. Gogol is wonderfully fun eg The nose.

[@johnofarca]

the only booktuber that actually SERVESSSS. Thank you for your serving us these looks maam

[@jfu5222]

I was reading a book called "Human Sacrifice in History and Today" at the hospital emergency room. I blacked out while I was getting some IV treatment, when I came to I immediately asked, "Where's my book?". The nurse was looking at me like I was the devil and pointed to my evil object that she had placed on a nearby counter. The encounter made a crappy situation somewhat more bearable.

[@Grace-Burns]

My weird book recommendation: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino! Calvino plays around with point of view and each chapter feels like a different book. I found it fascinating :)

[@aamnahere6250]

I am currently reading his short story collection called ' Numbers in the Dark' and it's definitely interesting and quite unique. I had heard his books were weird so I thought I'd check out if his style would appeal to me and so far I am loving it.

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

Interesting. I haven't read Calvino in years but I loved _Invicible Cities_ and _Cosmicomics_ so I will put "If on a winter's night a traveler" on my TBR

[@NothingYouHaventReadBefore]

Cosmicomics remains one of my favourite little bookgems. Not because I enjoyed it that much, but because it makes me happy people can wrench their grey matter in that way. Highly recommended!

[@knobgoblin4486]

That book had my brain working double time.

[@jpbulkley33]

Agreed. Calvino is wonderful.

[@Kaffeyyyyy]

no way i didnt know charlotte roche's book has been translated!!!! people in germany were scandalized when it came out lmao it truly was an experience to read it as a teen back in the day

[@Oscar-nr5lq]

Yeah I read it when it first came out too because I loved Charlotte Roche as a TV presenter back then but I did regret reading it and it still haunts me to this day lol I live in England now and have seen English translations of it a few times in charity shops but never dared reading it again :'D

[@sylviaeneriz4808]

First, you can totally rock that shirt and in NY walking around people are going to love it. (You’ll probably get a bunch of compliments on it😉). Second, I hope you know how wildly entertaining you are. When one of your videos is posted I gleefully open it before anything else. In this world of scary politics and world events, it’s so good to just escape into books for a bit with someone who is funny and intelligent. Thank you.📚

[@micaela_saucy]

Not a Perfume is my signature scent!! I always get so many compliments about how I smell

[@neptunescoven]

ana!!! your freakin style!!! your humour!!! obsessed with you, inside and out

[@huizilopoxtli9701]

After a lifetime of reading (almost 60 years), I'd have to say that perhaps the most disturbing is "The Story of the Eye" by Georges Bataille. A novella, it can be read quickly in one sitting. I doubt that anyone could ever forget it.

[@wallacewilliams535]

the shirt plays. the flamenco SM flex however.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@gwz]

Love it! Fun fact about the Wetlands author. She was a well know music tv-presenter in germany. Bit odd even there but no one was prepared fir the book!

[@reallygoodatfolding]

Mona Awad, Sayaka Murata and Alissa Nutting are also wonderful weird writers!

[@cantosdeviolencia]

Sayaka Murata yes!

[@lorelig]

Love Mona Awad!

[@okchvmali]

i read bunny by mona awad earlier this year and it was a wild ride from start to finish lmaooo. already looking forward to the reread

[@reallygoodatfolding]

@@okchvmali All’s Well is fantastic too!

[@Lari-lc3zq]

The shirt got you a follow in 1:50 😂

[@marisamoore8326]

never would have expected the running shorts with the shirt 15:04 was a weird choice...but i liked it

[@mrrootytooty5797]

I saw Wetlands the film years ago, really enjoyed it...did not realise it was a book also! Thanks :)

[@joeylamour]

This is the first video I’ve ever seen of yours, and seeing that ribbon dance with the tassel shirt in the beginning made it an instant subscribe. Easiest decision of my life.

[@cindyurban150]

Hi Ana, The fringed shirt is perfect for a "Lunatic Fringe" of books ! I love the whip sound effects with each fling of your arms. I would never have the courage to wear such a fashion statement. Thanks to this video I feel encouraged to seek out some of these books. I love "Weird" in so many ways, it makes our world so interesting ! I love John Waters,he is" Fun Weird", I've read all his books,and watched most of his movies,and T.V. appearances. I've read so many weird books, and stories, but the titles escape me after so many years. I just got done reading the complete works of Kafka,which I believe many of his stories fit into this category. My favorite story was "The Penal Colony"....riveting with angst, and incredible visions. Thank you for your very entertaining videos. I really enjoy how you coordinate your fashions with the Themes of your videos. Till the next one..Happiness, Cindy 📚🫖

[@adhominid3269]

Hardboiled wonderland and the end of the world or 1Q84 both by Haruki Murrakami are both gold (but then most of his stuff is)

[@yvettemagana1719]

Surprised Perfume by Süskind didn’t make the cut.

[@cindyurban150]

One of my favorite books !

[@shelleyjacobs2563]

❤❤❤ I loved that book! The ending 🤯

[@muffinman472]

Talk about books that go weird weird weird WEIRD *WEIRD*

[@rhigan7622]

I love this book and the movie and was also surprised it wasn’t in the list!

[@Bobolots]

I love that book!

[@stevedocherty6240]

The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills and the Smiling School for Calvinists by Bill Duncan are pretty good too if you are a fan of Scottish strangeness.

[@perseraphone]

instantly subscribed after the opening, absolutely outrageous aura and I am HERE FOR IT

[@xenophone2006]

Wetlands! Oh dear god, I read that book a long time ago. I was gagging throughout most of the book while reading it, an experience I've never had before or since. I did, however, feel a lot of sympathy for the main character as her motivations and pain became clear by the end

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

"The Ants" by Boris Vian is probably one of the weirdest books I've ever read. Its a collection of short stories conected only by a side-character that appears in almost all of them, and in one the guy breaks the 4th wall because he comes and kills the protagonist "because he was angry that he wasn't featured in that story". All the tales have weird vibe, like they're happening in an slightly more messed-up version of Dr Seuss's Whoville... its weird and I totally recomend it. Its probably the second weirdest book I've ever read, suppased only by the illuminatus trilogy of Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson, but I'm more reluctant to recomend those, they may be too 70s for some people

[@matrim41]

I LOVE the Illuminatus! Trilogy!! Such a trip of a read!

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

@@matrim41 they're amazing books! The only time a book made me dissociate was while reading them

[@nigelelliott4901]

Ah, I'd forgotten all about Boris. Froth On The Daydream.

[@yoohootube]

spoiler alert!

[@ahhhhmandaa]

Sometimes a weird book is just what you need ☺️ These are some of my recs - Brat by Gabriel Smith, How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix and Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin.

[@um_please_no1728]

Incredible, the versatility of a whip sound effect.

[@Outissimo]

I recommend Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar and Carlos Fuentes. Very weird.

[@Outissimo]

Also Gabriel Garcia Márquez sometimes

[@etanben-ami8305]

Favorite for the last few years is Jeff Noon's Vurt.

[@samarchist74]

I'm a fan of weird so here's my two cents: Anything by China Mielville. City Come A Walkin' by John Shirley Anything by Tom Robbins The Flounder by Gunter Grass Under The Glacier by Haldór Laxness Anything by Ian Banks but especially Whit, The Crow Road, and The Wasp Factory Lanark: A Life In Four Books by Alistair Grey In The Country Of Last Things by Paul Auster

[@GK-qt7qg]

Found this channel just now and loving the atmosphere of it. I recommend 'The Child Garden' by Geoff Ryman. Never read anything like that before or since. Haven't read it about 30 years & must find a copy to re-read.

[@bethanycrenol4061]

YES to The Glutton!!! I loved it

[@joelharris4399]

Hi Ana! As you're on the subject of weird literature, I was wondering if you've ever heard of or read the German author Arno Schmidt, who is often compared stylistically and aesthetically to James Joyce? I love your outfit and the new look🤩

[@gillsmoke]

No mention of the ultimate and classic weirdos? William S Burroughs Hunter S Thompson Phillip K Dick (every movie adaptation skips the truly weird)

[@allegrosotto2126]

Phillip definitely 👍

[@allancooke400]

Shoutouts to Donald Barthelme, Robert Coover and even Barth and Calvino for a bit of the ol' outré. But thanks for the list and the whips sounds

[@thegirlwhoeats8863]

The shirt is *perfect*!

[@kelvynification]

How to make a fabulous first impression in seconds:) Love that Miranda July gets a well deserved nod… her films are also fabulous:)

[@fullcontactgeek]

Stopped by for the weird book....stayed for the shirt.

[@bailagringacovers]

The fit is FITTING!!! Love that shirt sm

[@David-cy5ub]

'The Book of Disquiet' by Fernando Pessoa, a book everyone must have. Everything about it, and about the life of the writer is weird but also so relatable.

[@joonmeinhoff2638]

Check out the book Surrealism in Wales, it’s an odd and somewhat fantastic story

[@brewster13ful]

You are so smart and beautiful Bodana! I am so very proud of you!

[@williamwelch5166]

Most works by Kurt Vonnegut are delightfully weird.

[@ohthatdickens69]

Not to mention intentionally hilarious at the most inappropriate parts of the story.

[@savannahweymouth7370]

I just read All Fours by Miranda July so I can confirm, very weird. I enjoyed it very much.

[@bmoforever5562]

If you ever wished Kafka had written a fever dream folk tale byway of Over The Garden Wall/The Witch, then In The House In The Dark Of The Woods by Laird Hunt is for you! Equal parts bizarre and unsettling, a delightfully wicked little book ❤

[@JustinPogue]

Loved that book!

[@bmoforever5562]

@@JustinPogue I'm borderline spamming half of book tube begging everyone to read it 😅 I have no shame!

[@lizamable9605]

That blouse performance made me subscribe!

[@honey77777]

i cannot believe i have never seen u on my feed until now!!! i love ur energy sm

[@radiantchristina]

OMG the intro - will live rent free in my mind for days lol lol lol .The shirt IS great ! I love me some weird books. Thanks for the recommendations. Melissa Broder is the first author I recommend when someone is looking for weird.

[@doomdeluise]

My favorite weird modern writers: Autumn Christian, Sayaka Murata, Brian Evenson, and (I’ll allow it) Haruki Murakami.

[@rrome6420]

Ok first timer here. Got stopped by the word WEIRD books as I am kinda weird as well. But THEN the whip top? Your personality? That's it! I am now a sub...scriber. Fab so fab! Looking forward to digging into your archives😊

[@DrPantsMusic]

Definitely enjoying the foley work here. And I may dig up a few of these books, too.

[@liapenniston6060]

I dig it all The books, the shirt, you, girl! Trifecta of great stuff.

[@cynloh2302]

Ahh so happy to see The Glutton mentioned!! I haven’t read it but we have it in the library I work at and I keep putting it out on display because the cover is so gorgeous and it looks weird af, thank you for your opinion I’ll bump it up on my list!

[@azalea9]

This video was everything!!! From the music to the shirt to the content 💅

[@nuthinmuffins5073]

One day, about half my life ago, I was wandering around the Multnomah County Library, as I often did, and happened upon a book titled “Daughter! I Forbid Your Recurring Dream!” , by one James Chapman. I got through as much as I could of it, but it is written in a style which I found bizarre and challenging to follow. I had to look it up just now, to be sure of the title and author, and it was published in 2000, which means it was just a toddler of a book when I found it lost and confused, surrounded by more linear stories. Oddly enough, it seemed happy with its circumstances, so it was definitely weird, and also why I left it there after playing with it for some time. That same library, around the same time, is also where I found a book published exactly a century prior to the one just described. It was a translation of a French novel, with an English title of “The Juggler”. It was written by a woman named Marguerite Eymery Vallette, who used the nom de plume of Rachilde. At one time banned, the story is about the dynamic between a woman in her mid thirties, a widow to a wealthy man who’d traveled the world, and a medical student in his early twenties. She toys with his emotions in the most exquisitely strange ways and he can’t decide how to feel about it. The ending is quite shocking, and the prose is sublime - full of decadent and dreamy descriptions. Oh and she’s in love with an amphora, so this book was my introduction to the idea of objectum sexuality, yet Rachilde’s witchcraft takes something most people consider utterly freakish and sells it like an issue of Playboy… at least in my opinion, but then again, I am proudly into weird things. I’m sure I’ve got a few others lying around here or there, but these two just came as a pair. Just found the channel and I adore it. Wouldn’t be caught dead in that shirt but only because it wouldn’t flatter me; otherwise it’s fantastic fashion and a clever prop to boot. You’ve inspired this lazy writer to do more reading, which is and isn’t procrastinating, but I love a paradox. I’ll be sure to watch more of these vids after I edit some of my own on my eyelids. 💖

[@wyzer9]

Yeah, it only took me _15 minutes_ to figure out what you were _actually_ emulating with that shirt. 😁 Might I recommend Danielewski's House of Leaves? It's beyond... weird (to the point of strange, perhaps- lol). Awesome video. Thanks for the recommendations!

[@jameslong9921]

Ooo Ooo, please let those of us who, in our ignorance can only imagine a whip cracking, tubular bell tingler to be the inspiration for the shirt let us know what you imagine the actual inspiration derives from. Genuinely interested, in a relevantly weird way.

[@wyzer9]

My guess is _Lord of the Dance._ 😂 If you watch how she holds her chin and does her _flairs_ (when the whip sounds are), you can almost imagine her busting into a jig! 😂

[@jameslong9921]

@@wyzer9 lol, I can see it now.

[@wyzer9]

@@jameslong9921 Lol My other thought was Jim Carrey as the Mask, when he got all the po-po dancin'! 🤣 (I believe he was emulating a mariachi dancer? Idk.)

[@lazarus5262]

I needed the laughs today. I love the shirt, the xylophone sounds, and you for being funny.

[@brittanymcmcmc9730]

I only just found your channel but I love you!! You are the booktuber I have been searching for 🙏

[@samfromspace]

Excuse me how DARE YOU become my new fav book KZbinr on a random Tuesday Summer evening here in Germany?! 20 seconds in I subscribed. Love the shirt. Love you more. 🤠

[@samfromspace]

Edit: it’s Wednesday. This video took my last brain cell in the best way possible 🙂‍↕️

[@mrvertigo73]

The art of the perfectly tassel-ly sound effects is impeccable!

[@sinisterminister3322]

I just stumbled across this KZbin channel and really love Ana’s style. She’s funny, classy, and informative. To quote the Terminator, « I’ll be back. »

[@mr.zafner8295]

I've got a weird book for you. Rat, by Andrzej Zaniewski. It was originally written in Polish but translated into English; this is surprisingly unimportant, since there's no dialogue at all and the descriptive writing is quite effective. Rat is the story of a rat. It's just a biography of an actual rat living in a medium-sized city in eastern Europe. The rat doesn't talk or wear waistcoats or anything; it's just a rat. The rat is born at the beginning of the book and lives its entire life. I assume at the end it dies, but: This is the only book I have ever read that I could not finish. There are books I haven't finished because I just was bored or procrastinated them or something; in theory I'm still reading Gödel Escher Bach, and maybe I actually will finish it when I retire. No, I was reading this book and I found it so disturbing, so revolting, I just stopped in the middle. It bothered me that much. It is crazy and bizarre and disturbing and freaked me out, and I am not easily outfreakable. I don't generally recommend this book to people, but if you're looking for something that's really ... different? I guess? You're going to have a hard time finding something this interesting.

[@JustinPogue]

RAT is truly in a category all its own.

[@HeyLookAtTheMoon]

Thanks for the reco!

[@skandababy]

House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski Marabou Stork Nightmares - Irvine Welsh Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson Anything by author Irvine Welsh is 100% "weird" & 100% good reads. Especially: "Porno", "Filth" & "Trainspotting"

[@1MVEntGlobal]

What you did at the end with the dress was a nice shot. would love to do a photoshoot for you with you wearing that same dress with some of your favorite books.

[@mottahead6464]

New to this channel. I can't pinpoint exactly what it is.... yet there's definitely something about it.

[@hectatereads105]

Such great discussions, really enjoyed the discussions on rereads and dnf

[@kaybanks8781]

Love the shirt, love the video but I think what I love the most about all of your videos (besides the books) are the fabulous sound effects. Makes everything so much more fun.

[@uriel578]

Thanks for the recommendations, I appreciate them. As a weird man myself, I'm always on the lookout for books, art and media made by my peers in weirdness. I'm glad to have found your channel, so I subscribed instantly. The shirt is fabulous and you really sold it. I liked how your eyeshadow seemed to match it. I liked the whole outfit and your clear commitment to the bit (accidental rhyming here, I usually only rhyme when I mean to). 🤭 The editing was really on point also. Thanks again. Kind regards from Iceland 😊

[@Aiur]

Immediately subbed after that intro

[@johnsailorsgoat]

This woman is EVERYTHING!!!

[@dave_dhannoo]

Pink looks whacky, I'd love to read it, definitely got to go out in the shirt!

[@richnittinger6671]

WOW! I stumbled across you this morning. I love the shirt. I'm was surprised about master and the margarita...such a VERY strange book. Thank you!

[@_PL_]

I haven't read Wetlands, but I did watch the movie version almost ten years ago, and oh boy... The scene towards the end (if memory serves) was the closest I've ever come to fainting - actually had to pause the flick and lie down until the lightheadedness and nausea subsided. Something about the part of the body involved and the nature of the injury just caused my consciousness to almost nope out. Mind you, I sailed through Salò and Irreversible without incident. As for weird books, my "favorite" might be Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson, by the occult figure Gurdjieff. Written in the 1920s and set in space, it's a kind of allegory and critique of human kind. It's also 1,200 pages of baroque opacity, featuring paragraph-long sentences full of numerous subordinate clauses, multisyllabic neologisms, endlessly meandering digressions, and just general syntactical _Verfremdungseffekt._ Also pretty funny. But I wouldn't want to read it again.

[@lilawhite1009]

never watched a video from this acc before but terrare being the focus of the first book I already know I'm gonna love this

[@vanessaderhen1092]

I read The Glutton when I was in the hospital with pancreatitis and it was very appropriate. I felt like I had eaten some of the things he had.

[@svgs650r]

Mr Creasote immediately come to mind.

[@aquietreality]

The sound effects, the arm gestures and swinging tassels intro 😂. Sign me up, IMMEDIATELY.

[@mjrino7225]

I read a book called 'bone gap' by Laura Ruby a while ago on recommendation from a friend, and it was genuinely one of the most memorable books I've read. It's not super incredibly weird, but it's surreal enough that I think it counts.

[@JustanOrdinaryTomatoKay]

You make finding new books and genres such fun!

[@felipemacchione]

Libro de Manuel by Cortazar El jardín de las máquinas parlantes by Alberto Laiseca

[@gabrielacristinajiraudelga3382]

I don't usually comment on KZbin videos, but I thought this was a great chance to share some of the weird books I've read, because I adore weird books! - The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton. Reading this, I felt I was in a fever dream, so odd. So strange, but beautifully written. It's been a few years since I read it, so I will be rereading this soon. I think it is worth the shot! - Nostalgia by Cartarescu. It might not fall on the category of weird for some of you, but I believe Cartarescu does such weird narrator voices, and it deserves to be mentioned. My favorite short stories from that collection are REM and The Twins (of course, the Roulette Player is amazing as well.) - The Character of Rain (Metaphysique des tubes) by Amelie Nothomb. The premise is that the main character, a newborn, thinks she is God. It is so funny and witty, a very light reading. I recommend reading this if you have been feeling down. Nothomb's work is always a great medicine for sad times. Concerning more modern writers, I believe Sayaka Murata's short stories can be very strange. Lastly, I also have to mention a book in Spanish, El cielo de la selva by Elaine Vilar Madruga! It is more disturbing than strange, but I found it fascinating.

[@yagotoo7999]

Thank you, well done and I can’t wait to read some of your picks! I needed this, your recommendation will help me to understand, as I moved to Vermont a year ago… Your shirt is a George Crumb-Flamenco- rift and I can picture you (because of your dance moves too) with a rose in your teeth, dancing under a crescent moon on the Pampas. Thanks again for the great suggestions!

[@w.adammandelbaum1805]

Bulerias baby!

[@almatoledo1608]

Great blouse and accompanying arm choreography:) Enjoyed your presentation and subscribed.

[@bhavikannk6573]

Love the intro!

[@SearchIndex]

Glad the shirt found someone who animates it so well ❤