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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. Everyone's talking about it - author Neil Gaiman is even tweeting about it, posting a link and suggesting his followers: "Go to this link and gaze on the titles and be made happy. Trust me. It'll work".

With new titles added periodically, we now have an excellent selection of crazy and strange titles for sale by our booksellers, about every oddball aspect of life you could possibly imagine (and a few things you couldn't).

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

Catflexing: The Catlovers Guide to Weight Training, Aerobics and Stretching 
by Stephanie Jackson

One Good Turn : A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw 
by Witold Rybczynski

Increasing Laundry Output 
by Florian J. Hyam

Saucepans & The Single Girl 
by Jinx Morgan

The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nineteenth-Century France
by Alain Corbin

Fashion is Spinach 
by Elizabeth Hawes

Fancy Goldfish Culture 
by Frank W. Orme

Garbage Housing 
by Martin Pawley

Jurassic Towel Origami 
by Alison Jenkins

Mole Catching: A Practical Guide 
by Jeff Nicholls

Amish Folk Remedies for Plain and Fancy Ailments 
by William McGrath

The Best Fences 
by James Fitzgerald

A Guide to Bone Toothbrushes of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries 
by Barbara E. Mattick

Bicycles in War 
by Martin Caidin and Jay Barbree

Baboon Metaphysics 
by Horace Bent

The Art of Squash Rackets 
by Amr Bey

How to Land a Top-Paying Pierogi Maker's Job 
by Ashley McFadden

English Laundresses 
by Patricia E. Malcolmson

Land Snails and Slugs of Russia and Adjacent Countries 
by A. Sysoev and A.A. Schileyko

How to be Danish 
by Patrick Kingsley

Treat Your Own Neck 
by Robin McKenzie

What Makes Me Amish? 
by Charles George

The Mime Alphabet Book 
by Nina and Cathy Gasiorowicz

Successful Muskrat Farming
by Robert G. Hodgson

The Art of Faking Exhibition Poultry 
by George R. Scott

All About Pockets 
by Christine Petrell Kallevig

A New Look at Wife-Swapping
by Roger Blake

Breeding Stud Sheep 
by Murray Long

The Joyce Lee Method of Scientific Facial Exercises
by Joyce Lee

Still Stripping After 25 Years 
by Eleanor Burns

Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots 
by Peter York

London Transport Bus Garages Since 1948 
by J. Joyce

American Denim: A New Folk Art 
by Peter Beagle

Understanding Aloe Vera
by Peter Atherton

How to Live with an Idiot: Clueless Creatures and the People Who Love Themby John J. Hoover

The Strange Story of False Teeth
John Woodford

Shepherds' Crooks and Walking Sticks
David Grant & Edward Hart

Building a Fire Truck
Jerry Bushey

Trout Madness
Robert Traver

Dictionary of Pipe Organ Stops
Stevens Irwin

C is for Chafing
by Mark Remy
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Does God Ever Speak Through Cats? 
by David Evans
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English Smocks 
by Alice Armes 

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

Carp: How to Catch Them 
D.L. Steuart

The Invention of Curried Sausage 
Uwe Timm

My Cat's in Love
Frank Manolson 

Guests: Or How to Survive Hospitality 
Russell Lynes

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 
Nigel Rees

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves 
Duncan Birmingham

Pictorial Poultry Keeping 
Dr. J. Batty 

The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks 
Lin Wellford

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

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

The Needlework Book of Bible Stories
Carolyn Meyer

Foods For Glamour 
Jack LaLanne 

An Intellectual History of Cannibalism 
Catalin Avramescu

The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook 
David George Gordon

 

Ghosts: Minnesota's Unnatural Resource 
Brian Leffler

Beyond Leaf Raking 
Peter L. Benson

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

How to Make Love While Conscious 
Guy Kettelhack

Welcome to Your Face Lift
Helen Bransford

 

Squids Will Be Squids 
Jon Scieszka

The Bible & Flying Saucers 
Barry H. Downing

The Practical Pyromaniac 
William Gurstelle 

Bodybuilders in Tutus
Philipp Lomboy

Sun-Beams May Be Extracted from Cucumbers, But the Process Is Tedious
David Daggett

 

Electricity in Gynecology 
May Cushman Rice

Innards and Other Variety Meats
Jana Allen and Margaret Gin

Make a Fully Working Ventriloquist's Dummy
Author Unstated 

Babes With Bullets: Women Having Fun With Guns
Debbie Ferns

How to Avoid Huge Ships 
John W. Trimmer

 

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

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

Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality
Glenn C. Ellenbogen

Unmentionable Cuisine
Calvin W. Schwabe

The Lull Before Dorking
Chiswick Press

 

Smocks
M. Hall

Showing Sheep 
Laura Lawson

Sixguns and Society 
Will Wright

Snow Caves For Fun and Survival 
Ernest Wilkinson

Royal Knits 
Nicolette McGuire

 

Goats: Homeopathic Remedies
George Macleod

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found 
Doug Richmond

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

Giraffes? Giraffes! 
Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey

How to Be Happy Though Married
Tim LaHaye

 

Bar Mitzvah Disco 
Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell

A Popular History of British Seaweeds 
Rev. D. Landsborough

So You Want to Be a Shaman 
David Lawson

A Lust for Window Sills
Harry Mount

How to Understand Women Through Their Cats 
Wendy Diamond

 

Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow
Donald Rogers

101 More Uses for a Dead Cat 
Simon Bond

Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!
Chris Maynard & Bill Scheller

Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister
Renee Rigdon and Stewart Zabet

The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book
Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg

 

Lumber Jack Songs with Yodel Arrangements
Elmore Vincent
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Lenin's Embalmers
Ilya Zbarsky

Spacebloom: A Guide to Cosmic Flora 
Awk Ro

Forensic Examination of Rubber Stamps
Jan Seaman Kelly

Soap Through the Ages
R. Lucock Wilson

 

Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook
Annick Giroux

Lizard Social Behavior 
Stanley F. Fox

A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Holy Housewifery
Ethel Marbach
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Movie Stars in Bathtubs 
Jack Scagnetti

The Radiation Recipe Book
no given author
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The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric 
Michel Pastoureau

Critter Cuisine
Mary Ann Clayton

Twinkie, DeconstructedSteve Ettlinger

How You Can Bowl Better Using Self-Hypnosis

How to Make Your Own Shoes 
Mary Lofthus Wales

 

All About Scabs 
Genichiro Yagyu

Cadaver Dog Handbook
Andrew Rebmann

Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television
Michael Klossner

Anybody Can Be Cool... But Awesome Takes Practice
Lorraine Peterson

Storm Chasing Handbook 
Tim Vasquez

 

Knitted Historical Figures
Jan Messent

Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School
Todd Strasser

Boy George Fashion and Make-up Book
Wayne Winder

Fantasy: The Incredible Cabbage Patch Phenomenon
William Hoffman

The Humanure Handbook
Joseph C. Jenkins

 

Raising Witches
Ashleen O'Gaea

How to Start Your Own Country
Erwin S. Strauss

Exercises for Gentlemen
Alfred B. Olsen

The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying
Jack Barth

Wild Boar: Pig-Hunting in New Zealand
Philip Holden

 

How to Date a White Woman 
by Adam Quan

Flower Drying with a Microwave 
by Titia Joosten

Dating for Under a Dollar 
by Blair Tolman

Crafting with Cat Hair 
by Amy Hirschman and Kaori Tsuyata

Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur 
by Francesca Lia Block

 

Atlas of the Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Britain and Ireland
R.S. George

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

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

American Murder Ballads
Olive Woolley Burt

Liberace: Your Personal Fashion ConsultantMichael & Karan Feder

 

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

An Alien Who's Who
Martin S. Kottmeyer

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

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

The Manga Guide to Calculus
Hiroyuki Kojima

 

Auto Vacuum Ice Cream Freezer Recipes
Auto Vacuum Freezer Company

Elvis After Life
Raymond A. Moody

Salvation on Sand Mountain
Dennis Covington

How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Chad Orzel

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
Henry Petroski

 

A Cow is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles
Joseph Foster

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

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

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

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

 

The Who's Who of British Beheadings
Geoffrey Abbott

My Visit to Venus
T. Lobsang Rampa

Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story
Tanis Helliwell

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

 

Ductigami: The Art of the Tape
Joe Wilson

Soldier Bear
Geoffrey Morgan and W.A. Lasocki

Who Cares About Elderly People?
Pam Adams

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

Blessed are the Cheesemakers
Sarah-Kate Lynch