{"id":773,"date":"2022-09-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhmundy.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:48:29","slug":"8-quirky-books-you-must-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhmundy.com\/blog\/topics\/books\/8-quirky-books-you-must-read\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Quirky books You Must Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the books I love most are quirky books. Hopefully, you often find yourself wrapped in a good read that is a bit quirky. What makes them quirky? For me, such books are strange, confusing, fun or just plain odd.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-773\" data-postid=\"773\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-773 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_sd4x671 tb_first tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top col-count-1 tf_box tf_w tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_008p672 tf_box\">\n\t\t\t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_uyh0891 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMy List of Quirky Books\t\t    <\/span>\n\n\t\n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_uij5153   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <ol>\n<li>The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide To The Galaxy \u2013 Douglas Adams<\/li>\n<li>Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit \u2013 Jeanette Winterson<\/li>\n<li>Most Of Kurt Vonnegut\u2019s Books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/3176\/pg3176-images.html\">The Innocents Abroad<\/a> \u2013 Mark Twain<\/li>\n<li>Funny Farm \u2013 Jay Cronley<\/li>\n<li>Tipping The Velvet \u2013 Sarah Walters<\/li>\n<li>The Importance Of Being Earnest \u2013 Oscar Wilde<\/li>\n<li>The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button \u2013 Francis Scott Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more book recommendations see my <a href=\"https:\/\/mhmundy.com\/blog\/topics\/books\/8-must-read-authors\/\">Must Read Authors<\/a>\u00a0list<\/p>\n<h3>Do you read quirky books?<\/h3>\n<p>I love quirky books. Please share your list?<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Quirky Books You Must Read. M. H.Mundy Shares A List of Her Favorite Quirky Books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h1>My List of Quirky Books<br\/><\/h1>\n<ol> <li>The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide To The Galaxy \u2013 Douglas Adams<\/li> <li>Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit \u2013 Jeanette Winterson<\/li> <li>Most Of Kurt Vonnegut\u2019s Books<\/li> <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/3176\/pg3176-images.html\">The Innocents Abroad<\/a> \u2013 Mark Twain<\/li> <li>Funny Farm \u2013 Jay Cronley<\/li> <li>Tipping The Velvet \u2013 Sarah Walters<\/li> <li>The Importance Of Being Earnest \u2013 Oscar Wilde<\/li> <li>The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button \u2013 Francis Scott Fitzgerald<\/li> <\/ol> <p>For more book recommendations see my <a href=\"https:\/\/mhmundy.com\/blog\/topics\/books\/8-must-read-authors\/\">Must Read Authors<\/a>\u00a0list<\/p> <h3>Do you read quirky books?<\/h3> <p>I love quirky books. 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