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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,439 books — 8,553 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
971 books — 583 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
443 books — 579 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonMean Spirited by Nick RobertsTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Readers From TransgressiveFiction.info Favorite Transgressive Fiction Reads
333 books — 142 voters

We Love Anderson Cooper by R.L. MaizesFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriBattle Scars by David CookStories and Scripts by Zack Love
The Best Single Author Short Story Collections
365 books — 112 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
My favourite books about books
150 books — 83 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiGood Omens by Terry PratchettInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters
The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Valley of Unknowing by Philip SingtonIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Books within Books
78 books — 71 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Shining by Stephen KingMisery by Stephen King.Possession by A.S. ByattErasure by Percival Everett
fiction in which the writing of a book features prominently
99 books — 49 voters
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesIn Watermelon Sugar by Richard BrautiganThe Moviegoer by Walker PercyGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
After DFW's "Eclectic/Obscure Fictions for Writers" Syllabus
79 books — 47 voters

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan MooreIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan MooreThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
Crossover Fiction
164 books — 46 voters
The Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The title of the story is also the title of a fictitious work within the story
21 books — 19 voters

Inkheart / Inkspell / Inkdeath by Cornelia FunkeThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Great Good Thing by Roderick TownleyBetween the Lines by Jodi PicoultBookweird by Paul Glennon
Books in Which Characters Know They're in Books
20 books — 18 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul AusterIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPublic Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith
Tips for a Borges Lover
19 books — 12 voters

Whole Whale by Karen YinZ Is for Moose by Kelly BinghamYou Might Be Special! by Kerri KokiasOpen This Little Book by Jesse KlausmeierMix It Up! by Hervé Tullet
KidBox Reads: Postmodern Picture Books
12 books — 12 voters
The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonOlivia by Ian FalconerKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsYou Might Be Special! by Kerri Kokias
Playful Picture Books
50 books — 6 voters

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis BorgesAbsurd Incredulity. Inconceivable Calamity by Mark ComstockThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesCollected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
Metafiction,Metalanguage,Purple Prose and Postmodernist Fiction
44 books — 4 voters
Look Who's Morphing by Tom ChoNiebla by Miguel de UnamunoKill the Leprechaun by James "Jeb" WrightHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuThe Pale King by David Foster Wallace
Books Where the Author is a Character
21 books — 3 voters

坎特伯雷故事 by Geoffrey Chaucer瘋狂奧蘭多：最浪漫的文藝復興愛情史詩 by Ludovico Ariosto百年孤寂 by Gabriel García Márquez傅科擺 by Umberto Eco玫瑰的名字 by Umberto Eco
後設小說 Metafiction
100 books — 2 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBury Your Gays by Chuck TingleHorror Movie by Paul TremblayA Head Full of Ghosts by Paul TremblayMy Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Metafictional Horror
14 books — 2 voters

Found by Andrew CullHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Found Fiction
2 books — 1 voter
The Cold Visitor by Jonathan ButcherThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiWe Used to Live Here by Marcus KliewerS. by J.J. Abrams
cosmic mysteries & noir realities
16 books — 1 voter

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