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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 238 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.09 — 197,725 ratings — published 2000
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.02 — 110,679 ratings — published 1979
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The Craziest Book Ever Written The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.52 — 153 ratings — published
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.75 — 173,704 ratings — published 2017
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.46 — 98,163 ratings — published 1959
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S. S. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.85 — 28,633 ratings — published 2013
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.10 — 96,166 ratings — published 1972
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Pale Fire Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.17 — 57,097 ratings — published 1962
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 137,148 ratings — published 1922
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Hopscotch Hopscotch (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.20 — 48,553 ratings — published 1963
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The Waves The Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.14 — 52,912 ratings — published 1931
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.01 — 266,255 ratings — published 2004
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,472,872 ratings — published 1969
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Wittgenstein’s Mistress Wittgenstein’s Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,251 ratings — published 1988
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Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.01 — 47,815 ratings — published 1973
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.25 — 100,619 ratings — published 1996
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Exercises in Style Exercises in Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,829 ratings — published 1947
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.39 — 159,435 ratings — published 2019
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Dictionary of the Khazars Dictionary of the Khazars (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,573 ratings — published 1983
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.00 — 764,551 ratings — published 1962
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The Fifty Year Sword The Fifty Year Sword (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.59 — 6,177 ratings — published 2012
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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.05 — 56,748 ratings — published 2009
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Multiple Choice Multiple Choice (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,730 ratings — published 2014
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.73 — 22,958 ratings — published 1767
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The Mezzanine The Mezzanine (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,313 ratings — published 1988
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Finnegans Wake Finnegans Wake (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.68 — 13,568 ratings — published 1939
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Life: A User's Manual Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,052 ratings — published 1978
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The Unfortunates The Unfortunates (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,148 ratings — published 1969
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The Raw Shark Texts The Raw Shark Texts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.83 — 21,584 ratings — published 2007
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.81 — 51,557 ratings — published 2015
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One Rainy Day in May (The Familiar, #1) One Rainy Day in May (The Familiar, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.65 — 4,200 ratings — published 2015
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Dept. of Speculation Dept. of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 58,976 ratings — published 2014
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Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.94 — 57,736 ratings — published 2001
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Only Revolutions Only Revolutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.23 — 5,863 ratings — published 2006
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The Employees The Employees (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.64 — 26,898 ratings — published 2018
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Tree of Codes Tree of Codes (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,795 ratings — published 2010
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The Atrocity Exhibition The Atrocity Exhibition (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,154 ratings — published 1969
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.81 — 212,722 ratings — published 1927
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This Is Not a Novel This Is Not a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,593 ratings — published 2001
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Água Viva Água Viva (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.26 — 21,446 ratings — published 1973
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No One Is Talking About This No One Is Talking About This (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.55 — 54,803 ratings — published 2021
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.84 — 220,717 ratings — published 1951
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.86 — 86,175 ratings — published 1987
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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.69 — 96,366 ratings — published 1966
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Ducks, Newburyport Ducks, Newburyport (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,810 ratings — published 2019
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How to be Both How to be Both (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.66 — 27,329 ratings — published 2014
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Dictee Dictee (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,990 ratings — published 1982
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The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.43 — 7,032 ratings — published 1961
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Eunoia Eunoia (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,773 ratings — published 1999
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Autobiography of Red Autobiography of Red (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.25 — 35,840 ratings — published 1998
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Clarice Lispector
“No. It’s not easy. But it “is.” I ate my own placenta so as not to have to eat for four days. To have milk to give you. Milk is a “this.” And no one is I. No one is you. That is what solitude is.”
Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

Robert M. Coates
“Alive or dead," he told himself, "I am just so much manure. One hundred and sixty-five pounds of it, belong by right to the nearest field of corn. Take me out among the hills and lay me down there, a willing hostage from mankind, a tribute to the silent way, the august overlordship of the Vegetable Kingdom.”
Robert M. Coates, The Eater of Darkness

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