Best Experimental Books Ever

Innovative, unorthodox, unique, creative, odd, but still awesome books!

1	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 3.99 avg rating — 613,979 ratings score: 30,149, and 310 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 508,570 ratings score: 26,881, and 277 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.08 avg rating — 1,153,366 ratings score: 21,660, and 222 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3,260,838 ratings score: 19,694, and 201 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 2,805,231 ratings score: 18,636, and 190 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,222,252 ratings score: 14,772, and 150 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 137,414 ratings score: 14,380, and 146 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.95 avg rating — 2,832,028 ratings score: 12,689, and 133 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 493,770 ratings score: 12,597, and 130 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,478,943 ratings score: 11,938, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.73 avg rating — 113,145 ratings score: 11,061, and 115 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 470,537 ratings score: 10,520, and 109 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.05 avg rating — 76,644 ratings score: 9,725, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.82 avg rating — 248,420 ratings score: 9,520, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh 4.06 avg rating — 156,235 ratings score: 8,149, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.29 avg rating — 251,903 ratings score: 8,130, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 222,438 ratings score: 7,887, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Catch-22 (Catch-22, #1) by Joseph Heller 3.98 avg rating — 735,817 ratings score: 7,852, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.96 avg rating — 241,778 ratings score: 7,752, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 85,851 ratings score: 7,519, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 4.08 avg rating — 304,008 ratings score: 7,503, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.99 avg rating — 1,737,818 ratings score: 7,249, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 1,893,521 ratings score: 6,951, and 73 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.28 avg rating — 76,048 ratings score: 6,681, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.08 avg rating — 771,979 ratings score: 6,614, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 160,303 ratings score: 6,483, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 4.10 avg rating — 44,856 ratings score: 6,477, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.62 avg rating — 355,970 ratings score: 6,330, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 3.51 avg rating — 486,112 ratings score: 6,214, and 66 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 3.96 avg rating — 39,846 ratings score: 5,914, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.79 avg rating — 229,498 ratings score: 5,727, and 60 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.11 avg rating — 64,874 ratings score: 5,186, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald 4.17 avg rating — 66,209 ratings score: 5,172, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald 4.14 avg rating — 66,755 ratings score: 5,026, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.15 avg rating — 88,811 ratings score: 5,021, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.83 avg rating — 164,577 ratings score: 5,009, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.09 avg rating — 1,000,592 ratings score: 4,886, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.92 avg rating — 1,369,112 ratings score: 4,877, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 426,071 ratings score: 4,844, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Down and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna (Goodreads Author) 4.83 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 4,794, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.13 avg rating — 318,597 ratings score: 4,758, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 3.82 avg rating — 488,971 ratings score: 4,672, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Factotum by Charles Bukowski 3.94 avg rating — 62,861 ratings score: 4,609, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.81 avg rating — 86,047 ratings score: 4,589, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Road by Cormac McCarthy 3.97 avg rating — 733,269 ratings score: 4,508, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.09 avg rating — 57,271 ratings score: 4,469, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Skagboys by Irvine Welsh 3.93 avg rating — 19,287 ratings score: 4,455, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.19 avg rating — 642,405 ratings score: 4,452, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 130,043 ratings score: 4,452, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis 3.64 avg rating — 31,712 ratings score: 4,430, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.16 avg rating — 343,993 ratings score: 4,121, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 4.13 avg rating — 139,616 ratings score: 4,081, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.89 avg rating — 676,970 ratings score: 3,912, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.07 avg rating — 226,551 ratings score: 3,877, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges 4.46 avg rating — 28,009 ratings score: 3,766, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 3.67 avg rating — 11,640 ratings score: 3,749, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 4.22 avg rating — 32,717 ratings score: 3,661, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.62 avg rating — 129,956 ratings score: 3,626, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.23 avg rating — 648,135 ratings score: 3,560, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	American Gods (American Gods, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 778,445 ratings score: 3,447, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie 3.98 avg rating — 106,146 ratings score: 3,225, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 3.73 avg rating — 19,326 ratings score: 3,194, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.13 avg rating — 260,342 ratings score: 3,022, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 217,263 ratings score: 3,014, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 4.16 avg rating — 63,126 ratings score: 2,898, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.10 avg rating — 352,391 ratings score: 2,709, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 167,329 ratings score: 2,665, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,442 ratings score: 2,600, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.69 avg rating — 296,512 ratings score: 2,516, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.12 avg rating — 95,494 ratings score: 2,502, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.85 avg rating — 125,468 ratings score: 2,449, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by William Gibson 3.90 avg rating — 267,718 ratings score: 2,348, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 2,182,326 ratings score: 2,332, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.54 avg rating — 144,358 ratings score: 2,305, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker 3.39 avg rating — 5,417 ratings score: 2,234, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.83 avg rating — 670,187 ratings score: 2,187, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 3.62 avg rating — 179,953 ratings score: 2,185, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.06 avg rating — 441,518 ratings score: 2,171, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (The Trilogy, #1-3) by Samuel Beckett 4.28 avg rating — 8,199 ratings score: 2,138, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.78 avg rating — 137,428 ratings score: 2,087, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 386,250 ratings score: 2,024, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 3.91 avg rating — 776,546 ratings score: 1,912, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien 3.89 avg rating — 11,632 ratings score: 1,893, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov 4.14 avg rating — 9,632 ratings score: 1,853, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,318,872 ratings score: 1,834, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.72 avg rating — 139,150 ratings score: 1,819, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	VALIS (VALIS Trilogy, #1) by Philip K. Dick 3.93 avg rating — 25,215 ratings score: 1,818, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.79 avg rating — 857,829 ratings score: 1,797, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 4.16 avg rating — 223,958 ratings score: 1,773, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.15 avg rating — 491,960 ratings score: 1,735, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar 4.23 avg rating — 31,780 ratings score: 1,684, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 358,381 ratings score: 1,671, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West 3.91 avg rating — 9,347 ratings score: 1,658, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3.86 avg rating — 46,113 ratings score: 1,606, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.15 avg rating — 215,260 ratings score: 1,597, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.33 avg rating — 6,550,582 ratings score: 1,537, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) by Robert M. Pirsig 3.77 avg rating — 205,965 ratings score: 1,478, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.16 avg rating — 2,839,377 ratings score: 1,467, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.75 avg rating — 2,098,544 ratings score: 1,446, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) by Jasper Fforde (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 124,851 ratings score: 1,382, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Bookman (new)

Aug 31, 2010 12:45AM

Which of these are "children's"? I was quite surprised to see the list when I looked under "children's" because there are some books there that are very much NOT for children.

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message 2: by Alix (new)

Sep 27, 2011 03:56PM

some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here.

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message 3: by Jacob (new)

Jul 25, 2012 05:00PM

The only thing that J.D. was experimenting with when he wrote Catcher in The Rye, was new ways to make high school students waste their time.

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message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 28, 2012 03:04PM

"Ulysses" obviously deserves the number 1 spot

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message 5: by Leslie (new)

Jan 20, 2013 11:50AM

This is my favorite category of books. It's hard to define, but I'll take anyone's suggestions- because that's just more ideas for my 'to read' list!

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message 6: by Carrie (new)

May 11, 2013 07:33PM

I couldn't finish #1 because I couldn't get past the rape scene of minors. I even tried watching a midnight showing of the movie but fell asleep, although mostly because of the booze I'd consumed prior. What little I did read of Burgess' "experimental" vocabulary & his premise of "experimenting" bad behavior out was "interesting", to say the least.

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message 7: by Booklovinglady (new)

Jun 30, 2013 02:47PM

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

I agree...

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message 8: by Danail (new)

Dec 19, 2013 11:49AM

The End of the Jesus Era correlates with tags: creative, history, innovative, non-fiction, odd, religion, science, series, unique, unorthodox.

An honest search for a path to God reveals the shocking findings...
... The study includes author's autobiography, stories from his life experience as a zealous Christian, and some observations on Christianity, gained over 70 years.

The book, which is intended to be the first of a series, was recently published.
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message 9: by Paul (new)

Jan 21, 2014 07:35AM

I can't believe how many WWII books there are on every list

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message 10: by Juan (last edited Mar 26, 2014 10:05AM) (new)

Mar 25, 2014 11:35PM

Booklovinglady wrote:

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."
I agree...

I agree...

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message 11: by Melanie (new)

Apr 22, 2014 12:44PM

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

Definitely.

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message 12: by Taylor (new)

Apr 26, 2014 01:25AM

Melanie wrote: "Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

Definitely."

Agreed: Life of Pi? I'm actually pretty disappointed with a lot of the books on this list.

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message 13: by Melanie (new)

Apr 26, 2014 07:20AM

Agreed: Life of Pi? I'm actually pretty disappointed with a lot of th..."

Life of Pi is more like a fairy tale than experimental. There are certain publishers people should be looking at, like FC2, Coffee House Press, and FSG.

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message 14: by Daniel (new)

Apr 26, 2014 12:36PM

Some of these books are only experimental if you've read nothing that's actually experimental.

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message 15: by Melanie (new)

Apr 26, 2014 04:00PM

I'm going to add a bunch! I can totally do that!

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message 16: by Paul (new)

Nov 03, 2014 06:13AM

Checked for duplicates: 3 books removed.

I'd love someone to explain to me how 'Catcher in the Rye' is in any sense 'experimental'.

Another list rendered useless by being set up but not curated to remove spurious additions.

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message 17: by Psom (new)

Jun 20, 2015 11:44PM

Confusing experimentation with style...

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message 18: by Leo (last edited May 28, 2016 10:30PM) (new)

May 28, 2016 10:24PM

Seems to me that these books aren't that experimental. The top of the list are transgressive, not experimental. Experiemntal works play with language and expectation.

And then, some light-weights that you can polish off in an evening show up. Like, for instance "The Eyre Affair."

Any serious list of experimental fiction would include heavyweights like "Finnegans Wake," "Ulysses," "The Waves," "To the Lighthouse," "Foucault's Pendulum," Name of the Rose," "JR" "Mason & Dixon," and "Gravity's Rainbow."

Those books take work to read. Because they play with both a novel's form and language itself. Some are dang-near impossible to read. For instance, I think I'll be 70 before I finally crack "Finnegans Wake," which I've been reading off and on since my thirties.

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message 19: by Ben (new)

Apr 15, 2017 05:16PM

Paul wrote: "Checked for duplicates: 3 books removed.

I'd love someone to explain to me how 'Catcher in the Rye' is in any sense 'experimental'.

Another list rendered useless by being set up but not curated t..."
The Catcher in the Rye is not exactly experimental, but it is on this list because it isn't a typical novel, for these reasons: The slang it is written in was very edgy at the time, it frequently uses passive voice, and most subtle but undoubtedly most important-the novel is entirely inseparable from its narrator. While people may dismiss Holden Caulfieldas as whiny and annoying, if you analyze his character carefully you will find that he is a unique and brilliantly written character who makes this book that would otherwise be pointless have real worth and significance. It ain't a classic for nothing.

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message 20: by James (new)

Aug 28, 2017 03:14PM

pmsl@ Mein Kampf
The man was totally misunderstood in his time.

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message 21: by Psom (new)

Oct 14, 2017 08:54AM

I think the list unfairly excludes "Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret." It's right up there with "The Martian Chronicles" when it comes to experimentation. BTW, great, really informed list here!!!

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message 22: by Serenity (new)

May 03, 2018 08:56AM

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

True

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message 23: by Erin (new)

Jun 25, 2020 01:18PM

How is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer on this list??? It is the quintessential children’s adventure novel — absolutely nothing experimental!

I also don’t see how Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl, The Hunger Games, Romeo and Juliet and others make any sense on this list, and that is only the first page...

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message 24: by Erin (new)

Jun 25, 2020 01:22PM

Even Pride and Prejudice? Okay, wow, either some people really misunderstood what this list was for or, as the someone who posted this list on ListChallenges put it, modern readers apparently think anything not written about vampires is experimental. =P

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