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[@angelekay3843]

This new trend of weird / toxic / unhinged girlie fiction is my new favorite genre and I'm fascinated

[@eri_bot]

i need the cover of “thirst” as a poster ugh so stunning

[@anthropomorphicpeanut6160]

So many of these seem interesting! Plus it seems to me that many are women focused, which is always good

[@vjthomsen]

If you’re looking for weird no one talks about anymore, I would look at Margaret Atwood’s backlist. She has a number of novels and poetry collections besides Handmaids Tale!

[@gabbyreads]

Your timing is impeccable because I was just building a TBR of “weird books” and I was looking up videos for recs, so thank you for this!!! 👏

[@kaybanks8781]

Some old weird faves: Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls (woman falls in love with an amphibian). Bear by Marian Engel (woman becomes passionately obsessed with a bear). The Pices by Melissa Broder (woman has an affair with a fish). A short story collection: Unclean Jobs for Women story "Gardner (woman falls in love with a gnome) but there are quite a few in this collection.

[@lizhart81]

A.S. Byatt's Little Black Book of Stories is so very strange and awesome. It's a collection of 5 short stories, and it's one I recommend regularly to other fellow connoisseurs of weird books. All of A.S Byatt's books are amazing, but they're not all quite as weird as this one! I loved Perfume when I read it many years ago, the descriptions of scent are so evocative that at times you forget that the main character is completely reprehensible. I would also add The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson to your weird books TBR, if you haven't already read them. Strange but satisfying books.

[@sstjohn96]

I love unhinged books. Mona Awad is the queen of weird books, Rouge was WILD. Also the way you do your eyeliner is so cute! I definitely want to try this style out.

[@MoonOwl1961]

So cool that you started the video with Jughead! Love him! I DNF’d Bunny. I read weird books, but Bunny was on a whole other level and I really didn’t know what was going on. Love your channel,Riley!❤

[@erinsteffens974]

Weird books I loved: Made for Love by Alissa Nutting, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi, Earthlings by Sayaka Murata, Kill for Love by Laura Picklesimer

[@ren.sparks]

read boy parts immediately. it’s amazing

[@cyn_marie_reads]

Kayla from @booksandlala recently read a book called The Haunting of Velkwood. I just finished it last night and I absolutely think you should add it to your weird book tbr. I was actually going to message you directly to recommend it, but then you posted this video so... 😄

[@kaybanks8781]

I forgot the best! The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley. Okay, stay with me here: There are no women left in the world. There is a colony of men living in The Valley of the Rocks. They are trying to survive knowing there is no future for mankind, no women means no babies. Until . . . they meet the Beauty in the woods. What is the Beauty? You will never and I mean never guess. This book is FANTASTIC and has stuck with me for years. Highly recommend for those of us who like to read on the edge. Don't miss it.

[@alexandraroselyn]

Oooooo ok I loved this!! For recommendations… I think you’ll love Perfume and Pain it was pretty unhinged and funny. And then I don’t remember if you’ve read this but I think I remember seeing it on your shelves- When We Lost Our Heads is PERFECT and I bet you’d really love it!

[@vannisworld]

I love these types of reviews! Weird books make you feel upside down while looking forward at the same time. You never forget them after you read them. I'm here for it!! And let me say, the way you described all of these.. I ran to my library and grabbed the ones that were available. I'm so excited 😃

[@hannahblackwellbooks]

I finally read bunny this year and loved it 😂 but I literally was just saying “what the f*” out loud every 5 pages Lololol

[@peachypanels]

the little friend by donna tartt sort of had these vibes, it was so immersive and unsettling with almost a horror vibe.

[@SheIsAnOpenBook]

So I just added so many books to my TBR!! I’m currently reading Bunny so this Video was JUST what I NEEDED! 🖤

[@ShadowRayne16]

One that's on my radar is Night Bitch because there's going to be a film adaptation and it's about a woman that thinks she's turning into a dog at night apparently.

[@AshleySmith-et6dq]

I just read The Last House on Needless Street and Oh. My. God. I still don't think my mind fully comprehends everything. Definitely something I am going to reread to see how much I missed the first time but also extremely weird and five stars.

[@ChanelChapters]

“We are the weirdos mister”

[@anoukrichard4338]

Perfume is one of ma all time favorites ! Even if I never thought of callling it "weird" but I can understand why you do. Also great and original video It's very interesting, thank you

[@lalita1127]

This is such a good list. I'd just add Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

[@sleightofhand_]

Bunny was a fever dream

[@laurakuhlmann1626]

I wonder if you'd like "Parasol Against the Axe." It's narrated by the city of Prague, and follows two women who used to be friends and their interactions with a book that keeps changing every time you open it. I just finished it and it's definitely weird

[@sinfullysarah4647]

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn was a great read as well as Annie Bot by Sierra Greer! Not unhinged weird but definitely some elements on the weirder side 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@lost_in_the_pines]

Oohh I loved In the House, in the Dark of the Woods.. also purchasing The book of the Most Precious Substance lol, thanks for the recommendation 😂.. a weird book that I liked but that was kind of slow was Mirabilis by Susan Cokal. To be fair all of her books are weird lol.. im also wanting to get my hands on Grey Dog here soon too.. hoping that'll be a weird one😂

[@Zer0.th0ughts]

Lapvona by ottessa moshfegh is really weird (also very dark tho)

[@maryambatool7127]

Follow me to ground is my favourite weird book! The writing is gorgeous

[@aidarodriguez6721]

Briefly, a delicious life is a ghost that falls in love with a woman. I really liked that book.

[@ChanelChapters]

Some other weird books Exalted Anna dorn It lasts forever and then it’s over Anne de marcken Anything my Melissa broder - but maybe do the Pisces first

[@kennedyparrish9092]

My contributions to this list would be Open Throat by Henry Hoke, The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter, The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill, Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, and Trinity Trinity Trinity by Erika Kobayashi

[@kennedyparrish9092]

oh shoot wait and Fruit of the Dead by Rachel Lyon, One's Company by Ashley Hutson, The Laughter by Sonora Jha, A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch, A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet, Lacuna by Fiona Snyckers, White on White by Aysegül Savas, Animal by Lisa Taddeo, No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, Organ Meats by K Ming Chang .... i could literally go on and on

[@lauriee.1253]

I recommend The Hike by Drew Magary. Absolutely mind blowing.

[@cleverkrowbooks13]

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang, The Bell Chime by Mona Kabbani, and Waif by Samantha Kolesnik are some of the most recent weird reads I've enjoyed!

[@marybarton9792]

I need to check some of these books out, they sound so interesting. Thank you for the recs. 😊💜

[@Kenough_in_Wonderland]

the intro 🤌🏼😂

[@ma.i.166]

When you were talking about "Out there" it made me think of the Japanese Tales of Mistery & Imagination by Edogawa Ranpo. Can't say for sure if it would be up your alley but might be worth checking out 😊

[@anthropomorphicpeanut6160]

That book is so good, and I say it as someone who usually hates short story collections. I'm still thinking about the man who made a chair, the man who was a quadruple amputee and the spherical mirror

[@merce_maidcc]

@@anthropomorphicpeanut6160 To this day, I still think of the man who made a chair 😶😶

[@its_brittni4616]

Highly recommend Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

[@danyahnaumani6176]

Girls Against God by Jenny Hval! Definitely peak weird and no plot just vibes

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Ooo I love obsession books 👀

[@skrodlada]

I'm suprised you didn't mention Sour Candy or Earthlings

[@Tessy31]

Thanks for the recs 🫶🏻 A few weird books you might enjoy are Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (horror/magical realism), Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke (horror novella, fast paced) and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (fantasy/mystery).

[@riyanjinssi8264]

Saving this. Thank you for the recs🩵

[@yoishaedits7595]

suggest me the most disturbing books you have ever read! plzzzzzz...also i am putting her recs on my tbr. but i need the most unhinged ones

[@librocurious]

I love a good, weird book! I recently read The Honeys by Ryan La Sala and imo gave me Bunny vibes, but better! Highly recommend. Also, loved Follow Me to Ground!

[@librocurious]

Will also suggest Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang. Maybe not as out there as some of these others, but definitely weird.

[@maritzelcastillon1969]

Such cool recs! 😍 thank you! Also, have you read The Pisces?

[@Jane42.]

Have you read anything by Yoko Ogawa? Short story horror collection called Revenge and also her novel The Memory Police are both quite weird! Thanks for this great list.

[@HamedAsifSulehri]

I think there's a movie adaptation of "Perfume"

[@babahead1]

Thank you for these recs! I’d recommend You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace and The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi

[@BeatriceMPinayBookaholic]

The recommendation I needed

[@TamyXx]

I wanted the movie to the book perfume and it was really weird.

[@evam6961]

If you want weird horror lesbians book knock knock open wide is a great pick

[@c.1523]

I recommend anything by Sayaka Murata

[@readem_blog]

Weird girlies unite!!!!!

[@naomiking7518]

❤❤❤

[@morganarosana]

That Riverdale clip, I think about it every time someone says they are weird

[@MartasTBRProject]

Oh, boy Part's is SO WEIRD and also SO GOOD!!! Loved it! I can also recommend Under the Pendulum Sun about a woman whose brother is a Christian missionary and he disappeared... in the land of fairies. Very gothic, very disturbing, very weird!