Experimental Books

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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.09 — 193,430 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 127 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.02 — 109,063 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 3.53 — 153 ratings — published
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.46 — 97,297 ratings — published 1959
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.75 — 171,197 ratings — published 2017
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S. S. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.85 — 28,310 ratings — published 2013
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.10 — 94,518 ratings — published 1972
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Pale Fire Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.17 — 56,333 ratings — published 1962
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.77 — 139,010 ratings — published 1922
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Hopscotch Hopscotch (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.20 — 47,782 ratings — published 1963
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.01 — 263,937 ratings — published 2004
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The Waves The Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.14 — 51,723 ratings — published 1931
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Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.01 — 47,191 ratings — published 1973
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,458,826 ratings — published 1969
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Wittgenstein’s Mistress Wittgenstein’s Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,143 ratings — published 1988
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.25 — 99,349 ratings — published 1996
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Exercises in Style Exercises in Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,646 ratings — published 1947
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.40 — 154,990 ratings — published 2019
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Dictionary of the Khazars Dictionary of the Khazars (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,498 ratings — published 1983
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.00 — 757,294 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 — 6,128 ratings — published 2012
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Bluets Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.05 — 55,510 ratings — published 2009
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Multiple Choice Multiple Choice (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.90 — 6,583 ratings — published 2014
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Life: A User's Manual Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,919 ratings — published 1978
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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 — 22,792 ratings — published 1767
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Finnegans Wake Finnegans Wake (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.68 — 13,484 ratings — published 1939
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The Unfortunates The Unfortunates (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,145 ratings — published 1969
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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 — 49,563 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 — 4,174 ratings — published 2015
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Dept. of Speculation Dept. of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 58,382 ratings — published 2014
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The Mezzanine The Mezzanine (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.83 — 10,122 ratings — published 1988
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The Atrocity Exhibition The Atrocity Exhibition (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.76 — 7,079 ratings — published 1969
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Only Revolutions Only Revolutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.23 — 5,838 ratings — published 2006
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The Raw Shark Texts The Raw Shark Texts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.83 — 21,404 ratings — published 2007
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How to be Both How to be Both (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,935 ratings — published 2014
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Tree of Codes Tree of Codes (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,794 ratings — published 2010
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Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.94 — 56,639 ratings — published 2001
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This Is Not a Novel This Is Not a Novel (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,582 ratings — published 2001
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The Employees The Employees (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.65 — 25,430 ratings — published 2018
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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 3.54 — 53,800 ratings — published 2021
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Ducks, Newburyport Ducks, Newburyport (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,743 ratings — published 2019
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.84 — 218,281 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 — 85,029 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 — 94,412 ratings — published 1966
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A Visit from the Goon Squad A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.70 — 245,592 ratings — published 2010
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To the Lighthouse To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.81 — 209,173 ratings — published 1927
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Eunoia Eunoia (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,761 ratings — published 1999
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Água Viva Água Viva (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.26 — 19,920 ratings — published 1973
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Interior Chinatown Interior Chinatown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as experimental)
avg rating 3.94 — 70,653 ratings — published 2020
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Dictee Dictee (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as experimental)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,894 ratings — published 1982
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Ann Quin
“Threading experience through imaginative material, acting out fictitious parts, or choosing a stale-mate for compromise. Under this fabrication a secret army gathers defeating those who stalk the scaffolding of comparisons. Yet they still hunt with their pale perplexities and resentful airs.”
Ann Quin, Berg

Clarice Lispector
“At half past three in the morning I woke up. And immediately elastic I
jumped out of bed. I came to write you. I mean: be. Now it’s half past five. I
want nothing: I am pure. I don’t wish this solitude on you. But I myself am
in the creating fog. Lucid darkness, luminous stupidity.”
Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

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