Read a book and expand your mind. Read a strange book and wonder what the hell is going on with the world. No matter how bizarre and obscure the subject you can be sure that someone somewhere has put pen to paper on it at some point.

Crafting With Cat Hair: Cute Handicrafts to Make with Your Cat

Personally I hate it when I cut my cat’s hair and see all that hair go to waste. Sure, the little fellow looks a million dollars but it just seems a pity I don’t have enough crafting knowledge to put all the clippings to some sort of good use. Oh, hang on a second.

Mole Catching: A Practical Guide

Let’s be brutally honest and face facts here; all you want to know about moles is how to catch and then murder them. Preferably in a practical way. If this strange book had been called Making Friends with Moles or What Do Moles Dreams About you probably wouldn’t have been even remotely interested in it.

Dating for Under a Dollar: 301 Ideas

Have you ever felt the warm glow of cheapskate satisfaction which comes from going out on a date and spending less than a dollar? If you haven’t then it is time to open your mind and treat your potential new life partner to a budget treat they won’t forget in a hurry.

Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant

So, you need to choose one person on the face of the planet as your personal fashion consultant. Hmm, what was that classy looking piano player called again? No, not Elton, the other one.

The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification

What is the strangest thing about this book? Is it the fact that it is solely about the generally unremarkable world of abandoned shopping carts? Frankly, no. It is the fact that the author has painted himself into a corner by limiting it to a strict geographical area. What if he found a really good stray shopping cart but it was just a little bit too far south or west to be included? Would he shake his head and move on in his relentless search or would he be tempted to shift it into the chosen area under the cover of darkness? It’s a moral conundrum alright.

Does God Ever Speak Through Cats?

If you feel the need to get all deep and religious but don’t want to miss out on some feline fun at the same time then this is the book you should be looking for. I won’t spoil it by giving away the answer to the title but I’m guessing you have a fair idea anyway.

How to Avoid Huge Ships

Has your life been plagued by the uncanny inability to keep clear of oversized sea vessels? In that case, this is the weird book for you, my cruise liner fearing friend. The fake Amazon reviews which some jokers have written for it are well worth reading too.

Carp: How to Catch Them

Not content with decimating the global mole population we’re onto carp now, are we? Fine, I don’t have the faintest idea how to catch one of these ungainly beasts but a whole book dedicated to the art form seems a trifle excessive.

How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found

I tried to get some reviews from people who had read this book but, well, you can guess what happened.