Ergodic

Ergotic literature is a form of literature that uses nontraditional forms of writing (often coupled with traditional writing) to convey a story. This typically includes text that deviates from the traditional paragraph style text.

House of Leaves
S.
Hopscotch
Bats of the Republic
Pale Fire
The Raw Shark Texts
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
The Unfortunates
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
Multiple Choice
Night Film
Cain's Jawbone
Tree of Codes
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Dictionary of the Khazars
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIlluminae by Amie KaufmanIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoS. by J.J. AbramsTree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer
Nontraditional Formats
52 books — 13 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiDead Letters by Jacob Steven MohrCarrie by Stephen  KingStrange Pictures by UketsuFantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
Epistolary & Ergodic Horror
39 books — 7 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallThe Dark Half by Stephen  KingThe Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Alan Wake Inspired Reads
15 books — 1 voter
Ulysses by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Devil to Pay in the Backlands by João Guimarães RosaPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Libri Akro
33 books — 1 voter

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Ergodic Literature
69 books — 87 voters

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Things that have worked for a long time are preferable - they are more likely to have reached their ergodic states. At the worst, we don't know how long they'll last. ...more ”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb