New, Used, Rare, Out-of-Print books - buy at cheap prices

Send us your suggestions for weird books

Codex Seraphinianus

Find out what the AbeBooks staff are saying on Reading Copy, the AbeBooks blog

Funny British books


Welcome to AbeBooks' brand new Weird Book Room - a celebration of everything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books. Crazy cookbooks, unusual animal books, how to books that will teach skills you never knew you needed, books about hilarious hobbies, and books about every strange aspect of life you could possibly imagine and a few things you can't imagine.

 

Weird Book of the Week - American Hair Metal by Steven Blush

ISBN: 193259518X American Hair Metal

Step back in time to an era where Jon Bon Jovi didn't have short hair and Jane Fonda wasn't the spandex spokesperson. A time when really big hair and skin tight pants dominated the music scene.

Steven Blush's American Hair Metal revists the heyday of Poison, Cinderella, Mötley Crüe making you cringe at the bad hair and even worse fashion of those we labelled as "cool".

Pull out the leather jacket, spandex pants, leopard prints and hairspray and celebrate the hair metal bands and their flamboyance, androgyny and animal magnetism with a copy of American Hair Metal.

Suggest bizarre books for our Weird Book Room.

 

Weird and Wonderful

 
 
 
 
Soldier Bear by Geoffrey Morgan and W.A. Lasocki
Soldier Bear
Geoffrey Morgan and W.A. Lasocki
ISBN 0980092310  Toilet Paper Origami: Delight your Guests with Fancy Folds & Simple Surface Embellishments or Easy Origami for Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts, Cruise Ships & Creative Housekeepers by Linda Wright
Toilet Paper Origami
Linda Wright
What to Do When the Russians Come: A Survivor Guide by Robert Conquest and Jon Ewbank Manchip White
What to Do When the Russians Come: A Survivor's Guide
Robert Conquest and Jon Ewbank Manchip White

 



 
 

Weird Books About Cats & Dogs

Doga by Jennifer Brilliant ISBN 0811841677
Doga: Yoga for Dogs
Jennifer Brilliant, William Berloni
ISBN 0743270770 Is Your Dog Gay? by Charles Kreloff
Is Your Dog Gay?
Charles Kreloff, Patty Brown, Victoria Roberts
ISBN 0764121650  The Cat Whisperer by Claire Bessant
The Cat Whisperer
Claire Bessant
ISBN 0743261178 Pills for Cats by Charles Kreloff
Pills for Cats
Charles Kreloff, Patty Brown, Victoria Roberts
 

Weird Books About Other Animals

 

Weird Books About Hobbies

ISBN: 0307466167 The Great Pantyhose Crafts Book
The Great Pantyhose Crafts Book
Edward A. Baldwin, Stevie Baldwin
ISBN 0740755633 The Lost Art of Towel Origami
The Lost Art of Towel Origami
Ivy Press, Alison Jenkins
 

Weird Books About Food

 

Weird Books About Dying

 

Weird 'How To' Books

ISBN 1860110355 Travel by Cargo Ship by Hugo Verlomme and Michael Hagg
Travel by Cargo Ship
Hugo Verlomme; Michael Hagg
 Frank C and John J Craighead - How to Survive on Land and Sea  ISBN: 0870212788
How to Survive on Land and Sea
Frank C. Craighead, John J. Craighead
Hiroyuki Nishigaki - How to Good-Bye Depression ISBN 0595094724
How to Good-Bye Depression
Hiroyuki Nishigaki
 

Weird Books (Miscellaneous)

 

Weird Books (Miscellaneous)

Suggest bizarre books for our Weird Book Room.

Don't miss our features on weird books: