Odd Books ?

Question: Odd Books !?

I have adopted a Soldier in Iraq , who likes to read odd/off the wall books!. I want to send him Some books that he will like , But I dont read books I dont have time with 2 kids an work, I was hoping that y'all could help me with some titles of books that are Odd/an off the beaten path so to speak!. Any help would be great !Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
anything by Hermann Hesse
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Catch - 22
anything by Terry Pratchett

Thank you for what you are doing!. I recently sent 4 boxes to my cousin in Afghanistan!. If you haven't already heard this: THE WATER IS DISGUSTING! My cousin said the best thing I sent was a 2 quart container and lots of KooL-Aid Mix!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

He may enjoy Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, Something Rotten and First Among Sequels!. This series is a lot of fun and quite unique!. In it Thursday Next is a literary special ops detective who has to follow up leads on strange literature goings-on!. In this series it is possible for "real" people to jump into the book world and travel among various works of fiction, there is a villain who kidnaps fictional characters right out of books, if an original manuscript is changed then every book in existence is forever altered and much more!. It was great!.

Jasper Fforde also wrote two books in his Nursery Crimes series: The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear!. In the first book, Humpty Dumpty has been found shattered to death, and Detective Inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Mary Mary, have to solve the crime!. They need to do a good job, because their last case was a disaster: they failed to convict the Three Pigs of murdering Mr!. Wolff!. I didn't think these were quite as good as his Thursday Next books, but they are still very good!.

I hope this helps!. It's a wonderful thing you are doing!Www@QuestionHome@Com

try Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, and Everything Is Illuminated by him as well!.

The 1st is about a boy whose father died in the World Trade Center, and he finds this key that he thinks his father left that links to something, the kid is a really quirky kid and meets many weird people along the way!. Its an amazing book!.

The 2nd is about a Jewish man who is searching for a woman who helped his grandfather during the Holocaust!.

Both books have really weird people and are really hilarious while being down to earth and pulling at your heart strings!. I think he'll like it for the witty dialogue and strange writing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

InkHeart its about a girl and her father who can read things out of books and the have to save this book that has the girls mom stuck in it beacause the dad can read things into books to but its the last copy and this guy is going to burn it!.
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Depends on what he means by odd!. One of my favorite books is "Tic Toc" by Dean Kontz!. I also enjoyed "The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger, and If he likes different Sci Fi anything by Octavia E!. Butler!. Good LuckWww@QuestionHome@Com

Try Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke,!. It is about two magicians and the premise is that the spells actually work!. It is offbeat and very interesting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You want off-the-wall!? You HAVE to send him Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!." Calling it odd would be an understatement!. It's a!.!.!.beyond bizarre story!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Gregory Maguire's "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" is entertaining and funny!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

How about Dean Koontz Odd Thomas series!? They are great!. And thanks for adopting a soldier!. It's a great thing to do!. Pax-CWww@QuestionHome@Com

H!.P!. Lovecraft books or William Gibson ones are the best I can think of!.

also, Snow Crash possibly!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the third policeman by flann o'brien sounds really odd!. i think im going to read that for school!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen is very strange!. He might like that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

harry potter is oddWww@QuestionHome@Com