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A list of books whose book designs or inherent literary structure pushed limits at the time of their publication, or whose book designs are well-known for their incredible artistry.
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Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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Martin John
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All That Man Is
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Kill Marguerite and Other Stories
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305 books ·
550 voters ·
list created October 5th, 2010
by Aaron Dietz (votes) .
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Jan 20, 2014 11:00AM
Why isn't the book Night Fim on this list? It should definitely be added!
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Night Film? Agreed, it looks terrific! I haven't read it yet, but I've added it to the list. You can add books, too, and/or vote for them/others to move them up in the order. Thanks for mentioning Night Film!
I haven't actually read these books yet, but they certainly have intriguing design. There's Tristano, a novel that is printed in different order every copy, and also 10,000 Ghost Stories.It doesn't look like Tristano is all that well received, but that's not a criteria, is it?
Well received or actually being good is not a criteria--I imagine this to be a list of books pushing boundaries and often those are failed experiments (in terms of final impact) yet still great opportunities for others to study them and learn from them. Thanks for the comment!
I'm not sure "The Road" really pushed boundaries, at least at the time it was published. Maybe it would have in the 19th century. What does it do besides not use quotation marks for dialogue?
Thanks, Lobstergirl, I haven't read it myself. Do you recommend I remove it?
Yes, I don't really think it's innovative in terms of design or structure. It's a good book though.
Yeah, I've been very much meaning to read it, but...being already familiar with the story it's hard to get excited about it. Thanks for the tip! I'll remove it from the list.
Oh, looks like the joke's on me--I can only remove the books I voted for, which probably still only removes the vote I contributed. So it looks like this book is here to stay. Working on an experimental fiction course, though, and I'll definitely remove it from the list of works for students. Thanks again!
Not sure that Eating animals by Jonathan Safran Foer belongs on this list... I haven't read it though, so perhaps it does.
You definitely can add all the comics from Marc Antoine Mathieu like the Julius Corentin Acquefaques series.Unflattening from Nick Sousanis , which is a phD thesis on comics in form of a comic book, my preferred one.
Un cadeau , which is a comic book you unfold that is destructible
