Top Ten Tuesday --- My Top Seven Most Unique Books I've Read

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My Top Seven Most Unique Books Are As Follows:

1. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson ~ 

I never thought reading about obituaries could be such an engrossing topic!! But Marilyn Johnson made it a topic worth reading about.

2. Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities by Russell Ash ~ 

The back cover of this nonfiction book states:

"The most hilarious, off-the-wall collection of the wildest, weirdest real book titles, subtitles, and author names ever complied!"


These book titles will having you laughing outloud!

3. Disgusting Things: A Miscellany by Don Voorhees ~ 

Sure there are some pretty disgusting things I read in this book... For instance, certain foods (i.e. Frog Juice--- A hot beverage nicknamed "Peruvian Viagra" and made from whole frogs, aloe vera, honey, maca & white-bean broth blended together in a blender. Plus many other foods like balut.), various bugs and creepy crawlies, and germs were all disgusting things to read about in this book.

However, there were tons of other interesting facts in this book that weren't disgusting at all, but rather intriguing to learn. Like how much urine can your bladder hold, that coconut milk can be used for blood plasma, and other interesting facts about the body.


4. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher by Julian Baggini ~ 

Yes, this book contains 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher, but only 3 pages are devoted to each of the 100 experiments. One is given a basic overview/synopsis of each experiment to ponder, but I would have enjoyed this book quite a bit more if the author had chosen 25 experiments (verses 100 experiments) to focus on in more detail rather than skim the surface of 100 experiments. 

5. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein ~ 

I loved this novel from start to finish and loved that it was told from the point of view of a dog!

6. The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler ~ 

Woman power at its finest!

7. The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ~ The most bizarre book I've ever read in my life. Satire at it's finest. A walking, talking cigar smoking black cat makes an appearance and so much more.

Which books are your most unique reads?