We're venturing into the uncharted territory of literary oddities to make you wonder why you ever read ordinary books. The post Strange But True: 31 Books To Leave You Asking, “Why?” first appeared on ...

John Searles Wrote 'Strange But True' — and Then Starred in the Film Adaptation with Greg Kinnear. John Searles wrote the book Strange But True in 2004 — and now it's been made into a film ...

Fortunately, "Strange But True" delivers on the promise of this tried and true trope, and from the moment Philip Chase (Ronnie's brother) picks up the phone, I felt powerless to put this book down.

PW met with John Searles, author of Strange but True and senior book editor at Cosmopolitan, at BEA in Chicago. How has having written two novels [Boy Still Missing, Searles's first, was published ...

The book is punctuated by odd illustrations which both announce and undercut the veracity of the story. Like Mr Sebald's black-and-white photos, ... → Strange but true; ...