The Catholic Church recognizes 72 books in The Bible. (Some other churches have different opinions on this)
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The naming being weird is an issue of perspective. Many of the names of the Biblical books are derived from the names of the characters in the Bible, whose names were in Ancient Hebrew, or from the early Greek or Latin translations of the books' names.
Ruth, and Esther
Rather than make an exhaustive list here, use your search engine and type in Catholic Bible books. Or, better yet, obtain a Catholic Bible!
Today's Catholic Bibles usually count a 73-book canon of Scripture not 72..Catholic AnswerBibles either have 72 or 73 depending on whether Lamentations and Jeremiah are counted as two books or one.
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.