Surrealism

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact.

Kafka on the Shore
Nadja
The Metamorphosis
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Hearing Trumpet
Manifestoes of Surrealism
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
The Trial
The Master and Margarita
After Dark
Story of the Eye
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
Paris Peasant
The Pythagorean by Alexander MorpheighBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu KawaguchiThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. HarrowRecursion by Blake CrouchLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
Surrealist & Experimental Book List
28 books — 35 voters
Nadja by André BretonParis Peasant by Louis AragonAn Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris by Georges PerecExercises in Style by Raymond QueneauLife by Georges Perec
Surrealism/Dadaism
33 books — 1 voter

Absurd Incredulity. Inconceivable Calamity by Mark ComstockOulipo Laboratory by Raymond QueneauMalpertuis by Jean RayThe Way Home by Harry MathewsGeorges Perec and the Oulipo by Georges Perec
Atlas Anti-Classics
24 books — 5 voters
The Adding Machine by William S. BurroughsThe Soft Machine by William S. BurroughsThe Ticket That Exploded by William S. BurroughsThe Third Mind by William S. BurroughsWoman's World by Graham Rawle
Cut-up technique
45 books — 12 voters

André Breton
The clouds were disappearing rapidly, leaving the stars to die. The night dried up.
Andre Breton, Magnetic Fields

Comte de Lautréamont
As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.
Lautreamont

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