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22 Quirky, Awkward Books That Prove We’re All Weird

How many times a day do you experience an awkward moment? These narrators are quirky, clumsy, off-beat and most of all, easy to love.

1

Why Not Me?

Mindy’s self-deprecating writing is wildly hilarious, and her quirky behavior is highly relatable.

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2

A Totally Awkward Love Story

This book is described as Broad City meets Judy Blume. The ultimate combination.

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3

Not That Kind of Girl

Lena Dunham is the queen of awkward, weird, hilarious life conundrums with copious details and nuance.

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4

Looking for Alaska

The adorable and awkward Miles “Pudge” Halter is obsessed with famous last words, and most recently, a captivating girl named Alaska.

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5

Me Before You

Louisa Clark is unique, offbeat, and totally lovable!

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6

The Girl on the Train

Clumsy and unreliable, Rachel is motivated to rise above her reputation and solve a mysterious crime.

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7

The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club

If the title didn’t already speak volumes, you had us at horrific high school reunions and hangovers.

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8

The Princess Diaries, Volume I: The Princess Diaries

Mia is the people’s princess–a total nerd whose life is interrupted by an all-too-familiar fantasy.

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9

An Abundance of Katherines

We won’t shy away from John Green on this list, as a fellow Nerd Fighter himself, he frequently makes unique protagonists star in his stories.

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10

The Harm in Asking

Sara Barron may be clumsy but her comedy is sharp.

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11

A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

Alexandra embraces awkwardness and that has us feeling extremely proud of our weirdness.

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12

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Bridget Jones is smart yet she always seems to get in her own way. She’s a clumsy, helpless, and totally adorable mess.

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13

This Is Where I Leave You

Everyone in this book is a strange bird, and that’s what makes them similar to most families.

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14

Fangirl

Anyone who writes fan fiction is a friend of ours.

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15

Mr. Clumsy

We’ll let this cute title and picture book speak, or show, for itself.

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16

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Musicals, high school, and of course, two superstar Young Adult writers.

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17

I Feel Bad About My Neck

Nora Ephron’s dry humor is relatable brilliance.

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18

Exes and Ohs

We love these dorky, embarrassing stories of waitressing, boys, MTV, and borrowing bacon.

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19

The Devil Wears Prada

Aspiring journalist, Andrea Sachs, is the quirky, lovable protagonist we love to watch transform.

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20

Tricky Twenty-Two

Stephanie Plum is everyone’s favorite quirky mystery character.

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21

All-American Girl

In Princess Diaries fashion, Meg Cabot tackles another high schooler who happens upon the first son.

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22

Paper Towns

After being pulled into a wild scavenger hunt, cute and nerdy Quentin Jacobsen is taken out of his comfort zone in this wonderful book.

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22 Quirky, Awkward Books That Prove We’re All Weird

Mindy’s self-deprecating writing is wildly hilarious, and her quirky behavior is highly relatable.

This book is described as Broad City meets Judy Blume. The ultimate combination.

Lena Dunham is the queen of awkward, weird, hilarious life conundrums with copious details and nuance.

The adorable and awkward Miles “Pudge” Halter is obsessed with famous last words, and most recently, a captivating girl named Alaska.

Louisa Clark is unique, offbeat, and totally lovable!

Clumsy and unreliable, Rachel is motivated to rise above her reputation and solve a mysterious crime.

If the title didn’t already speak volumes, you had us at horrific high school reunions and hangovers.

Mia is the people’s princess–a total nerd whose life is interrupted by an all-too-familiar fantasy.

We won’t shy away from John Green on this list, as a fellow Nerd Fighter himself, he frequently makes unique protagonists star in his stories.

Sara Barron may be clumsy but her comedy is sharp.

Alexandra embraces awkwardness and that has us feeling extremely proud of our weirdness.

Bridget Jones is smart yet she always seems to get in her own way. She’s a clumsy, helpless, and totally adorable mess.

Everyone in this book is a strange bird, and that’s what makes them similar to most families.

Anyone who writes fan fiction is a friend of ours.

We’ll let this cute title and picture book speak, or show, for itself.

Musicals, high school, and of course, two superstar Young Adult writers.

Nora Ephron’s dry humor is relatable brilliance.

We love these dorky, embarrassing stories of waitressing, boys, MTV, and borrowing bacon.

Aspiring journalist, Andrea Sachs, is the quirky, lovable protagonist we love to watch transform.

Stephanie Plum is everyone’s favorite quirky mystery character.

In Princess Diaries fashion, Meg Cabot tackles another high schooler who happens upon the first son.

After being pulled into a wild scavenger hunt, cute and nerdy Quentin Jacobsen is taken out of his comfort zone in this wonderful book.

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