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I would have to say the strangest book by far was City of Dreaming Books by German author Walter Moers. It's about sentient dinosaurs who love all things books and knowledge and aspire to be writers. One in particular goes on a journey to the greatest city said to have the rarest books and an adventure ensues.
Walter Moers books are all incredible and strange but not all are translated from German yet. I recommend Rumo as well if you do like his style; same universe different time and protagonists.
Yeah, Moers is pretty great. His Zamonia books are probably the closest Germany has to Terry Pratchett. He also wrote and drew very adult and quite hilarious comicbooks, one of which is about Hitler.
This sounds amazing. I can't look it up on goodreads because the site is down right now, but I just read the summary on wikipedia and this sounds like a deranged children's book.
omg yes, my library has this on hoopla. Can you start with this one or is better to start with the first book in the series?
My first book was this one, then Rumo, then I am going to read the others that are translated at some point. I'd say you can start anywhere it's not exactly sequential.