Welcome to AbeBooks' Weird Book Room - heralded by the New York Times, Canada's Globe and Mail, The Times of London, and The Guardian (UK) as the finest source of everything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books. We now have an excellent selection of crazy and strange titles listed for sale by our booksellers, about every oddball aspect of life you could possibly imagine (and a few things you couldn't possibly imagine). We invite you to not only revel in our collection of literary oddities but to also send us your suggestions.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted weird books!


Weird and Wonderful

C is for Chafing by Mark Remy

C is for Chafing
by Mark Remy

Does God Ever Speak Through Cats? by David Evans

Does God Ever Speak Through Cats?
by David Evans

English Smocks by Alice Armes

English Smocks
by Alice Armes

How to Live in Your Van and Love it by Howard G. Poteet
How to Live in Your Van and Love it
by Howard G. Poteet
The Moldavian Pimp by Edgardo Cozarinksy

The Moldavian Pimp
by Edgardo Cozarinksy

Carp: How to Catch Them by D.L. Steuart

Carp: How to Catch Them
D.L. Steuart

The Invention of Curried Sausage by Uwe Timm

The Invention of Curried Sausage
Uwe Timm

My Cat's in Love by Frank Manolson

My Cat's in Love
Frank Manolson

Guests: Or How to Survive Hospitality by Russell Lynes
Guests: Or How to Survive Hospitality
Russell Lynes
Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World by Vicki Leon

Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World
Vicki Leon

I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs by Nigel Rees

I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs
Nigel Rees

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves by Duncan Birmingham

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves
CDuncan Birmingham

Pictorial Poultry Keeping by Dr. J. Batty

Pictorial Poultry Keeping
Dr. J. Batty

The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks by Lin Wellford
The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks
Lin Wellford
Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News With Baby Animals by Amanda McCall; Ben Schwartz

Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News With Baby Animals
Amanda McCall; Ben Schwartz

Your Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg

Your Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy
Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg

The Needlework Book of Bible Stories by Carolyn Meyer

The Needlework Book of Bible Stories
Carolyn Meyer

Foods For Glamour by Jack LaLanne

Foods For Glamour
Jack LaLanne

An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Catalin Avramescu
An Intellectual History of Cannibalism
Catalin Avramescu
Ragnar's Guide to Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives by Ragnar Benson

Ragnar's Guide to Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives
Ragnar Benson

 
Ghosts: Minnesota's Unnatural Resource by Brian Leffler

Ghosts: Minnesota's Unnatural Resource
Brian Leffler

Beyond Leaf Raking by Peter L. Benson

Beyond Leaf Raking
Peter L. Benson

Ragnar's Guide to Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives by Ragnar Benson by Ronald Duncan and M. Weston-Smith

Encyclopaedia of Medical Ignorance
Ronald Duncan and M. Weston-Smith

How to Make Love While Conscious by Guy Kettelhack
How to Make Love While Conscious
Guy Kettelhack
Welcome to Your Face Lift by Helen Bransford
Welcome to Your Face Lift
Helen Bransford
 
Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka

Squids Will Be Squids
Jon Scieszka

The Bible & Flying Saucers by Barry H. Downing

The Bible & Flying Saucers
Barry H. Downing

The Practical Pyromaniac by William Gurstelle

The Practical Pyromaniac
William Gurstelle

Bodybuilders in Tutus by Philipp Lomboy
Bodybuilders in Tutus
Philipp Lomboy
Sun-Beams May Be Extracted from Cucumbers, But the Process Is Tedious by David Daggett
Sun-Beams May Be Extracted from Cucumbers, But the Process Is Tedious
David Daggett
 
Electricity in Gynecology by May Cushman Rice

Electricity in Gynecology
May Cushman Rice

Innards and Other Variety Meats by Jana Allen and Margaret Gin

Innards and Other Variety Meats
Jana Allen and Margaret Gin

Make a Fully Working Ventriloquist's Dummy

Make a Fully Working Ventriloquist's Dummy
Author Unstated

Babes With Bullets: Women Having Fun With Guns by Debbie Ferns
Babes With Bullets: Women Having Fun With Guns
Debbie Ferns
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
How to Avoid Huge Ships
John W. Trimmer
 
Whose Bottom is This?: A Lift-the-flap Book

Whose Bottom is This?: A Lift-the-flap Book

Glamour and the Hostess: A Guide to Canadian Table Setting by Marie Holmes

Glamour and the Hostess: A Gude to Canadian Table Setting
Marie Holmes

Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality by Glenn C. Ellenbogen

Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality
Glenn C. Ellenbogen

Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin W. Schwabe
Unmentionable Cuisine
Calvin W. Schwabe
The Lull Before Dorking - Chiswick Press
The Lull Before Dorking
Chiswick Press
 
Smocks by M. Hall

Smocks
M. Hall

Showing Sheep by Laura Lawson

Showing Sheep
Laura Lawson

Sixguns and Society: A Structural Study of the Western by Will Wright

Sixguns and Society
Will Wright

Snow Caves for Fun and Survival by Ernest Wilkinson
Snow Caves For Fun and Survival
Ernest Wilkinson
Royal Knits by Nicolette McGuire
Royal Knits
Nicolette McGuire
 
Goats: Homeopathic Remedies by George Macleod

Goats: Homeopathic Remedies
George Macleod

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Doug Richmond

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Doug Richmond

The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes and More by Charles T. Bourland

The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More
Charles T. Bourland

Giraffes? Giraffes! by Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey
Giraffes? Giraffes!
Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey
How to Be Happy Though Married by Tim LaHaye
How to Be Happy Though Married
Tim LaHaye
 
Bar Mitzvah Disco: Everyone's Invited by Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll and Jules Shell

Bar Mitzvah Disco
Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell

A Popular History of British Seaweeds by Rev. D. Landsborough

A Popular History of British Seaweeds
Rev. D. Landsborough

So You Want to Be a Shaman: The Mystic Crafts by David Lawson

So You Want to Be a Shaman
David Lawson

A Lust for Window Sills: A Lover's Guide to British Buildings from Portcullis to Pebble Dash by Harry Mount
A Lust for Window Sills
Harry Mount
How to Understand Women Through Their Cats by Wendy Diamond
How to Understand Women Through Their Cats
Wendy Diamond
 
Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow by Donald Rogers

Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow
Donald Rogers
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101 More Uses for a Dead Cat by Simon Bond

101 More Uses for a Dead Cat
Simon Bond
Sold out

 

Burlap and Butterflies by Patricia Mathson

Burlap and Butterflies
Patricia Mathson

Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slighly Sinister by Renee Rigdon and Stewart Zabet
Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister
Renee Rigdon and Stewart Zabet
The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book by Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg
The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book
Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg
 
Lumber Jack Songs with Yodel Arrangements by Elmore Vincent
Lumber Jack Songs with Yodel Arrangements
Elmore Vincent
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Lenin's Embalmers by Ilya Zbarsky

Lenin's Embalmers
Ilya Zbarsky

Spacebloom: A Guide to Cosmic Flora by Awk Ro

Spacebloom: A Guide to Cosmic Flora
Awk Ro

Forensic Examination of Rubber Stamps by Jan Seaman Kelly
Forensic Examination of Rubber Stamps
Jan Seaman Kelly
Soap Through the Ages by R. Lucock Wilson
Soap Through the Ages
R. Lucock Wilson
 
Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook by Annick Giroux
Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook
Annick Giroux
Lizard Social Behavior by Stanley F. Fox

Lizard Social Behavior
Stanley F. Fox

A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Holy Housewifery by Ethel Marbach

A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Holy Housewifery
Ethel Marbach
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Movie Stars in Bathtubs by Jack Scagnetti
Movie Stars in Bathtubs
Jack Scagnetti
The Radiation Recipe Book
The Radiation Recipe Book
no given author
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The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric by Michel Pastoureau

The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric
Michel Pastoureau

ISBN 1563523566 Critter Cuisine - Mary Ann Clayton
Critter Cuisine
Mary Ann Clayton
ISBN 1594630186 Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats by Steve Ettlinger
Twinkie, Deconstructed Steve Ettlinger

How You Can Bowl Better Using Self-Hypnosis

How You Can Bowl Better Using Self-Hypnosis

How to Make Your Own Shoes by Mary Lofthus Wales
How to Make Your Own Shoes
Mary Lofthus Wales
 
All About Scabs by Genichiro Yagyu

All About Scabs
Genichiro Yagyu

Cadaver Dog Handbook by Andrew Rebmann

Cadaver Dog Handbook
Andrew Rebmann

Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television

Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television
Michael Klossner

ISBN: 1556610408 Lorraine Peterson - Anybody Can Be Cool

Anybody Can Be Cool... But Awesome Takes Practice
Lorraine Peterson
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Storm Chasing Handbook by Tim Vasquez
Storm Chasing Handbook
Tim Vasquez
 
Knitted Historical Figures by Jan Messent

Knitted Historical Figures
Jan Messent

Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School by Todd Strasser

Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School
Todd Strasser

Boy George Fashion and Make-up Book by Boy George

Boy George Fashion and Make-up Book
Wayne Winder
(sold)

Fantasy: The Incredible Cabbage Patch Phenomenon by William Hoffman
Fantasy: The Incredible Cabbage Patch Phenomenon
William Hoffman
The Humanure Handbook by Joseph C. Jenkins
The Humanure Handbook
Joseph C. Jenkins
 
Raising Witches by Ashleen O'Gaea

Raising Witches
Ashleen O'Gaea

How to Start Your Own Country by Erwin S. Strauss

How to Start Your Own Country
Erwin S. Strauss

Exercises for Gentlemen by Alfred B. Olsen

Exercises for Gentlemen
Alfred B. Olsen

The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying by Jack Barth
The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying
Jack Barth
Wild Boar: Pig-Hunting in New Zealand by Philip Holden
Wild Boar: Pig-Hunting in New Zealand
Philip Holden
 
Shepherds' Crooks & Walking Sticks by David Grant & Edward Hart

Shepherds' Crooks and Walking Sticks
David Grant & Edward Hart

The Strange Story of False Teeth by John Woodforde

The Strange Story of False Teeth
John Woodford

Building a Fire Truck by Jerry Bushey

Building a Fire Truck
Jerry Bushey

Trout Madness by Robert Traver

Trout Madness
Robert Traver

Dictionary of Pipe Organ Stops by Stevens Irwin
Dictionary of Pipe Organ Stops
Stevens Irwin
 
Sexual Deviations in the Female - Louis S. London

Atlas of the Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Britain and Ireland
R.S. George
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ISBN 0913155004 Ira J. Rappaport - Hanging Out

Hanging Out: The Upside Down Exercise Book
Ira J. Rappaport

People With Long Ears by Robin Borwick

People With Long Ears -A Practical Guide to Donkey Keeping
Robin Borwick

American Murder Ballads by Olive Woolley Burt

American Murder Ballads
Olive Woolley Burt

Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant by Michael & Karan Feder

Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant
 Michael & Karan Feder

 
Flock of Dreamers: An Anthology of Dream Inspired Comics Ed. by Sasa Rakezic

Flock of Dreamers: An Anthology of Dream Inspired Comics
Ed. by Sasa Rakezic


An Alien Who's Who

An Alien Who's Who
Martin S. Kottmeyer

We are the people our parents warned us against by Nicholas Von Hoffman

We are the people our parents warned us against
Nicholas Von Hoffman

What Kinda Cactus Izzat? by Reg Manning
What Kinda Cactus Izzat? A "Who's Who" of Strange Plants of the Southwest American Desert
Reg Manning

ISBN 9781593271947 The Manga Guide to Calculus by Kojima

The Manga Guide to Calculus
Hiroyuki Kojima

 
Bill Manville - The Man Who Left His Wife and Had a Good Time

The Man Who Left His Wife and Had a Nifty Time
Bill Manville

ISBN: 0553273450 Raymond A. Moody - Elvis After Life: Unusual Psychic Experiences Surrounding the Death of a Superstar

Elvis After Life
Raymond A. Moody

Salvation on Sand Mountain - Dennis Covington

Salvation on Sand Mountain
Dennis Covington

ISBN 1416572287 Chad Orzel - How to Teach Physics to Your Dog

How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Chad Orzel

ISBN 9780307266361 The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
Henry Petroski

 
A Cow is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles

A Cow is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles
Joseph Foster

ISBN: 189894881X - Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan

Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan
Chenciner, Ismailov, Magomedkhanov, Binnie

ISBN: 1872119948 - What Not to Wear on a Horse

What Not to Wear on a Horse
Ginny Oakley, Stephanie Soskin

ISBN 1591025141 - Death in the Pot

Death in the Pot: The Impact of Food Poisoning on History
Morton Satin

Jack Hanley - Let's Make Mary

Let's Make Mary: Being a Gentleman's Guide to Scientific Seduction in Eight Easy Lessons
Jack Hanley

 
ISBN 0233997741 - The Who's Who of British Beheadings

The Who's Who of British Beheadings
Geoffrey Abbott

Rampa - My Visit To Venus

My Visit to Venus
T. Lobsang Rampa

ISBN: 1577330013 - Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story

Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story
Tanis Helliwell

ISBN 1591025141 - Death in the Pot

James Bond: His World of Values
Lycurgus M. Starkey, Jr.
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ISBN: 1906651019 - Roaring Dorset!: Encounters with Big Cats

Roaring Dorset!: Encounters with Big Cats
Merrily Harpur

 
ISBN: 1550462849 - Ductigami

Ductigami: The Art of the Tape
Joe Wilson

Soldier Bear by Geoffrey Morgan and W.A. Lasocki

Soldier Bear
Geoffrey Morgan and W.A. Lasocki

Who Cares About Elderly People? by Pam Adams

Who Cares About Elderly People?
Pam Adams

ISBN 1882770358 - What's Wrong With My Snake?

What's Wrong With My Snake?
John Rossi, Roxanne Rossi

ISBN: 0552771031 - Blessed are the Cheesemakers

Blessed are the Cheesemakers
Sarah-Kate Lynch

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