20 Strange and Wonderful Books

I've spent a significant portion of my life, in particular my inner life, collecting and savoring books.

A complete catalog of my library would be tedious; a list of my favorite books would be mostly titles you already know. More interesting by far would be a short list of books that took me by surprise and then changed me, odd little books you may never have heard of. After several decades there are only a handful that stick out in this way. Some are truly wonderful and cry out to be shared. Others, frankly, aren't as good - but are genuinely strange.

Here, then, are twenty strange and wonderful books from my library. Even if you have no curiosity about my inner life, you will profit by coming to know any one of these books.

The Original Strange and Wonderful List