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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 246 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.09 — 209,082 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 132 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.01 — 115,536 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 3.55 — 153 ratings — published
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.46 — 100,102 ratings — published 1959
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.75 — 182,763 ratings — published 2017
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.09 — 100,600 ratings — published 1972
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S. S. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.85 — 29,680 ratings — published 2013
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Pale Fire Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.17 — 59,305 ratings — published 1962
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 140,595 ratings — published 1922
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Hopscotch Hopscotch (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.19 — 50,681 ratings — published 1963
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The Waves The Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.14 — 55,771 ratings — published 1931
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.01 — 273,104 ratings — published 2004
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Exercises in Style Exercises in Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.05 — 13,341 ratings — published 1947
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,512,547 ratings — published 1969
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Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.02 — 49,606 ratings — published 1973
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Wittgenstein’s Mistress Wittgenstein’s Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,555 ratings — published 1988
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.25 — 104,321 ratings — published 1996
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.37 — 168,011 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 — 7,796 ratings — published 1983
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.00 — 785,572 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 — 6,280 ratings — published 2005
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Finnegans Wake Finnegans Wake (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.68 — 13,816 ratings — published 1939
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.72 — 23,223 ratings — published 1767
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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.03 — 60,242 ratings — published 2009
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Life: A User's Manual Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,471 ratings — published 1978
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The Raw Shark Texts The Raw Shark Texts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.82 — 22,110 ratings — published 2007
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Multiple Choice Multiple Choice (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.90 — 7,034 ratings — published 2014
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The Mezzanine (Vintage Contemporaries) The Mezzanine (Vintage Contemporaries)
by (shelved 29 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.81 — 10,808 ratings — published 1988
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.81 — 222,161 ratings — published 1927
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers Grief Is the Thing with Feathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.79 — 57,025 ratings — published 2015
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The Unfortunates The Unfortunates (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,164 ratings — published 1969
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The Employees The Employees (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.63 — 32,773 ratings — published 2018
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Água Viva Água Viva (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.25 — 26,588 ratings — published 1973
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Ducks, Newburyport Ducks, Newburyport (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.96 — 6,102 ratings — published 2019
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How to be Both How to be Both (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.66 — 28,242 ratings — published 2014
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Dept. of Speculation Dept. of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.75 — 64,347 ratings — published 2014
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The Atrocity Exhibition The Atrocity Exhibition (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,400 ratings — published 1969
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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 — 60,985 ratings — published 2001
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Only Revolutions Only Revolutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.23 — 5,942 ratings — published 2006
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This Is Not a Novel This Is Not a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,636 ratings — published 2001
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One Rainy Day in May (The Familiar, #1) One Rainy Day in May (The Familiar, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.65 — 4,267 ratings — published 2015
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Tree of Codes Tree of Codes (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.83 — 3,813 ratings — published 2010
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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.69 — 100,587 ratings — published 1966
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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 — 57,345 ratings — published 2021
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Blood and Guts in High School Blood and Guts in High School (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.46 — 7,365 ratings — published 1984
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.84 — 226,918 ratings — published 1951
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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.25 — 37,963 ratings — published 1998
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Dictee Dictee (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,210 ratings — published 1982
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.86 — 89,126 ratings — published 1987
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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 — 7,170 ratings — published 1961
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Clarice Lispector
“The world independed on me — that was the trust I had reached: the world independed on me, and I am not understanding whatever it is I’m saying, never! never again shall I understand anything I say.”
Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

Toni Cade Bambara
“The reliability of stools? Solids, liquids, gases, the dance of atoms, the bounce and race of molecules, ethers, electrical charges. The eyes and habits of illusion. Retinal images, bogus images, traveling to the brain. The pupils trying to tell the truth to the inner eye. The eye of the heart. The eye of the head. The eye of the mind. All seeing differently.”
Toni Cade Bambara, The Salt Eaters

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