Skip to main content

Weird and Weirder Fiction

Based on tag: Weird Fiction

1 2 3 4 5

Rank Title Author Added

1

Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

13,548 members

83 reviews

½ 4.4

14 Members: hailelib, paradoxosalpha, roby72, Rennee, AndreasJ, thecoroner, andomck, alex68, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

2

The Picture of Dorian Gray

47,171 members

749 reviews

4

15 Members: angelikat, SqueakyChu, paradoxosalpha, LittleTaiko, roby72, merrystar, Rennee, thecoroner, alex68, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

3

At the Mountains of Madness [novella]

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,508 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

10 Members: paradoxosalpha, melonbrawl, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, edbookshelf1013, paulboye, arwa-fm

4

by Jorge Luis Borges

8,877 members

134 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: roby72, merrystar, quigui, thecoroner, andomck, alex68, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

5

34,966 members

962 reviews

4.1

10 Members: hailelib, SqueakyChu, melonbrawl, bestem, andomck, trisarahdactyl, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, edbookshelf1013, arwa-fm,paradoxosalpha , ,jeffza ,ManWithAnAgenda

6

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

13,223 members

337 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hailelib, DB71991, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

7

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

14,276 members

284 reviews

4

9 Members: SqueakyChu, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

8

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,072 members

13 reviews

4.2

7 Members: paradoxosalpha, AndreasJ, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, edbookshelf1013, paulboye

9

Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

8,804 members

141 reviews

4

9 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm,

10

H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America)

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,262 members

17 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013, paulboye

11

by Gustav Meyrink

2,035 members

48 reviews

3.8

8 Members: paradoxosalpha, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, JqnOC, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

12

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

4,336 members

71 reviews

4

7 Members: paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, JqnOC, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013, paulboye, arwa-fm

13

26,643 members

632 reviews

4.1

9 Members: melonbrawl, bestem, merrystar, quigui, andomck, BruceCoulson, electrice, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, ,ManWithAnAgenda ,

14

6,001 members

64 reviews

3.9

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, kara.shamy, arwa-fm,

15

The Gormenghast Trilogy

by Mervyn Peake

4,904 members

71 reviews

4.1

6 Members: melonbrawl, andomck, alex68, Alex_Maybe, jeffza, arwa-fm

16

Tales of Horror and the Supernatural

by Arthur Machen

192 members

4 reviews

4.2

6 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

17

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel

by Haruki Murakami

19,628 members

405 reviews

4.2

6 Members: SqueakyChu, andomck, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

18

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

by H. P. Lovecraft

3,123 members

31 reviews

4.2

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, AndreasJ, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013

19

The City and the City

by China Miéville

7,196 members

392 reviews

4

5 Members: craso, andomck, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

20

22,930 members

268 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

21

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

1,835 members

11 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, andomck, alex68, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

22

by Aldo Palazzeschi

82 members

2 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

23

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror {4 stories}

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,922 members

27 reviews

4

6 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013,ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

9,988 members

247 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

25

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,838 members

38 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013, arwa-fm

26

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

924 members

32 reviews

4

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, melonbrawl, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

27

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

19,288 members

438 reviews

4.1

5 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm, ngoomie

28

23,091 members

754 reviews

4

6 Members: paradoxosalpha, bestem, trisarahdactyl, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm,Bluewolf0411 , ,ManWithAnAgenda

29

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

28,656 members

416 reviews

4

6 Members: SqueakyChu, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm,electrice

30

Cthulhu : the mythos and kindred horrors

by Robert E. Howard

366 members

4 reviews

3.9

5 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

31

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories [9 stories, ed. Joshi]

by Algernon Blackwood

661 members

3 reviews

4

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

32

Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

12,122 members

155 reviews

4

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

33

The Great God Pan and Other Weird Stories

by Arthur Machen

23 members

1 review

½ 4.3

4 Members: angelikat, knerd.knitter, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

34

The Tomb and Other Tales

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,238 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, DB71991, ahef1963, paulboye

35

The House on the Borderland

by William Hope Hodgson

1,794 members

56 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

36

by Stephen King

8,037 members

91 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: JqnOC, electrice, ahef1963

37

The King in Yellow

by Robert W. Chambers

2,789 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

38

The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,168 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013

39

The Third Policeman

by Flann O'Brien

4,701 members

135 reviews

4

4 Members: andomck, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

40

The Wasp Factory

7,824 members

219 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: knerd.knitter, alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

41

by Ray Bradbury

63,389 members

1,141 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

42

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

15,684 members

212 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

43

by China Miéville

3,969 members

187 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, melonbrawl, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

44

La-Bas (Down There)

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

1,572 members

33 reviews

3.8

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, Alex_Maybe, paulboye

45

by Clark Ashton Smith

231 members

1 review

3.9

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

46

by Gustav Meyrink

293 members

7 reviews

3.8

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

47

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

by Edgar Allan Poe

4,950 members

42 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, paulboye, arwa-fm

48

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

10,279 members

337 reviews

4

2 Members: quigui, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The King of Elfland's Daughter

by Lord Dunsany

2,614 members

63 reviews

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, merrystar, Alex_Maybe

50

Shoggoth's Old Peculiar

207 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, edbookshelf1013,

51

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

by William S. Burroughs

4,888 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, arwa-fm,

52

637 members

40 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: angelikat, paulboye, arwa-fm

53

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

10,332 members

503 reviews

4.1

4 Members: knerd.knitter, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm,Bluewolf0411

54

The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,109 members

14 reviews

4.2

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963, arwa-fm

55

Collected Ghost Stories

2,580 members

45 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

56

The White People and Other Stories

by Arthur Machen

219 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

57

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (abridged)

by Haruki Murakami

9,284 members

179 reviews

4.1

2 Members: knerd.knitter, arwa-fm

58

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions

by H. P. Lovecraft

837 members

5 reviews

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963, arwa-fm

59

Teatro Grottesco

by Thomas Ligotti

862 members

23 reviews

4

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye, arwa-fm

60

by George Orwell

70,011 members

1,007 reviews

4

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

61

The Lurking Fear and Other Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,068 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963, arwa-fm

62

by David Mitchell

3,758 members

275 reviews

3.8

2 Members: craso, ManWithAnAgenda

63

Our Lady of Darkness

by Fritz Leiber

642 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

64

The Stepford Wives

3,537 members

107 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

65

100 members

4

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

66

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,494 members

869 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

67

The Azathoth Cycle

by Robert M. Price

130 members

3

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye, arwa-fm

68

by J. G. Ballard

3,951 members

86 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

69

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,660 members

367 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

70

The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey

by Edward Gorey

750 members

7 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

71

Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry

5,008 members

101 reviews

3.8

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

72

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

49,191 members

777 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

73

by Chuck Palahniuk

21,178 members

352 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

74

The New York Trilogy

10,847 members

174 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

75

The Evolution of the Weird Tale

65 members

1 review

4.1

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

76

The Rim of Morning

by William Sloane

444 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

77

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson

606 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

78

by Peter Ackroyd

1,987 members

42 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: melonbrawl, arwa-fm

79

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

23,839 members

514 reviews

4.2

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Strange Library

by Haruki Murakami

2,597 members

154 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: knerd.knitter, arwa-fm

81

by China Miéville

5,396 members

134 reviews

4.1

Member: mkbird

82

M31: A Family Romance

by Stephen Wright

129 members

½ 3.4

Member: Alex_Maybe

83

The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,020 members

9 reviews

4.2

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963

84

The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

816 members

15 reviews

4

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner

85

The Three Impostors and Other Stories

by Arthur Machen

345 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

86

The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories

by Bruno Schulz

748 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

87

Principia Discordia

by Malaclypse the Younger

1,589 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Alex_Maybe, paulboye

88

by Lauren Beukes

1,647 members

117 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: electrice

89

Dengue Boy: A Novel

by Michel Nieva

92 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: Perhaps the weirdest thing I've ever read

90

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

by Robert E. Howard

1,845 members

26 reviews

4.1

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, andomck, Alex_Maybe,Bluewolf0411

91

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

17,822 members

194 reviews

4

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

92

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King

by Robert E. Howard

498 members

11 reviews

3.9

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

93

In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

by Lord Dunsany

530 members

4 reviews

3.9

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

94

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Edwin A. Abbott

10,839 members

203 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

95

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

6,801 members

171 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, alex68

96

by Jeff VanderMeer

8,916 members

442 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: craso

97

The Haunted Vagina

by III Carlton Mellick

229 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ngoomie

98

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

16,125 members

337 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

99

The Xothic Legend Cycle

132 members

1 review

½ 2.5

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye

100

by Gustav Meyrink

258 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye

1 2 3 4 5

About This List

Started: paradoxosalpha
February 2012
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

Current Discussions

None

Related Tags

20th century (7,171) classic (14,025) classics (15,887) Discworld (6,635) dystopia (8,936) ebook (6,330) fantasy (98,298) fiction (162,183) gothic (5,376) Harry Potter (5,270) horror (44,207) humor (19,164) literature (15,692) magic (8,233) magical realism (5,650) mystery (6,498) novel (22,155) own (5,413) read (21,405) satire (6,673) science fiction (50,617) sf (5,205) short stories (15,352) to-read (110,111) young adult (5,469)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson