Oulipo Books

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Exercises in Style Exercises in Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.05 — 13,118 ratings — published 1947
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Life: A User's Manual Life: A User's Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,261 ratings — published 1978
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A Void A Void (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.74 — 3,866 ratings — published 1969
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.01 — 113,326 ratings — published 1979
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,501 ratings — published 1972
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W, or the Memory of Childhood W, or the Memory of Childhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,406 ratings — published 1975
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Zazie in the Metro Zazie in the Metro (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.65 — 9,710 ratings — published 1959
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An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.68 — 2,288 ratings — published 1975
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The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,509 ratings — published 1968
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Species of Spaces and Other Pieces Species of Spaces and Other Pieces (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,192 ratings — published 1974
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Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.12 — 237 ratings — published 1986
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Oulipo Compendium Oulipo Compendium (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.37 — 369 ratings — published 1998
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Things: A Story of the Sixties / A Man Asleep Things: A Story of the Sixties / A Man Asleep (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,866 ratings — published 1965
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Sphinx Sphinx (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,592 ratings — published 1986
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.44 — 11,569 ratings — published 1969
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The Great Fire of London: A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations The Great Fire of London: A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.04 — 216 ratings — published 1989
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Les Choses Les Choses (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,567 ratings — published 1965
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Cosmicomics Cosmicomics (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.15 — 21,140 ratings — published 1965
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Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.22 — 121 ratings — published 2012
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The Baron in the Trees The Baron in the Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.02 — 53,997 ratings — published 1957
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The Blue Flowers The Blue Flowers (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,091 ratings — published 1965
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Cigarettes Cigarettes (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.92 — 531 ratings — published 1987
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Tlooth Tlooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.81 — 373 ratings — published 1966
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Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.79 — 168 ratings — published 1986
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The Flight of Icarus The Flight of Icarus (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.95 — 874 ratings — published 1968
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The Conversions The Conversions (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.87 — 311 ratings — published 1962
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The Anomaly The Anomaly (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.79 — 69,945 ratings — published 2020
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La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.39 — 419 ratings — published 1973
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Oulipo Laboratory: Texts from the Bibliotheque Oulipienne (Anti-Classics of Dada.) Oulipo Laboratory: Texts from the Bibliotheque Oulipienne (Anti-Classics of Dada.)
by (shelved 12 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.08 — 101 ratings — published 1981
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53 Days 53 Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.56 — 197 ratings — published 1989
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Singular Pleasures Singular Pleasures (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.73 — 296 ratings — published 1983
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Georges Perec and the Oulipo: Winter Journeys (Atlas Anti-classics) Georges Perec and the Oulipo: Winter Journeys (Atlas Anti-classics)
by (shelved 11 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.92 — 71 ratings — published 2001
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The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.91 — 161 ratings — published 1972
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The Penguin Book of Oulipo: Queneau, Perec, Calvino and the Adventure of Form The Penguin Book of Oulipo: Queneau, Perec, Calvino and the Adventure of Form (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.19 — 102 ratings — published 2019
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One Hundred Twenty-One Days One Hundred Twenty-One Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.77 — 260 ratings — published 2014
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Un cabinet d'amateur Un cabinet d'amateur (Pocket Book)
by (shelved 11 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.53 — 660 ratings — published 1979
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Mr Palomar Mr Palomar (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.90 — 10,470 ratings — published 1983
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I Remember I Remember (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.54 — 656 ratings — published 1978
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Eunoia Eunoia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,800 ratings — published 2001
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Alphabetical Africa Alphabetical Africa (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.58 — 350 ratings — published 1974
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Pierrot Mon Ami Pierrot Mon Ami (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.86 — 694 ratings — published 1942
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t zero t zero (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,762 ratings — published 1967
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Three Three (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.65 — 157 ratings — published 1996
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Thoughts of Sorts Thoughts of Sorts (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.82 — 493 ratings — published 1985
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Witch Grass Witch Grass (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.96 — 607 ratings — published 1933
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We Always Treat Women Too Well We Always Treat Women Too Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.60 — 853 ratings — published 1947
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Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,881 ratings — published 1993
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The Complete Cosmicomics The Complete Cosmicomics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,952 ratings — published 1997
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All That Is Evident Is Suspect: Readings from the Oulipo: 1963 - 2018 All That Is Evident Is Suspect: Readings from the Oulipo: 1963 - 2018 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as oulipo)
avg rating 3.93 — 58 ratings — published
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Un homme qui dort Un homme qui dort (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as oulipo)
avg rating 4.03 — 7,693 ratings — published 1967
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“Oulipo does not “explain” poetry, Ouilpo tries to find constraints for new kinds of poems. Oulipo is not into theory, it is a place of creation.”
Paul Fournel

Hervé Le Tellier
“Il a sorti son carnet, un stylo, il tente de s'abstraire des cris, du bruit, il prend des notes: Épuisement d'un lieu improbable. Mais non. Pourquoi marcher à l'ombre de Perec? Pourquoi ne s'affranchit-il jamais des influences, des figures tutélaires? Pourquoi, quand il ne craint pas d'être un imposteur, n'est il qu'un gamin en quête d'adoubement?
Posément, il inscrit Mode avion.”
Hervé Le Tellier, L'Anomalie

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