The latest experimental books

Experimental books break the rules on purpose. Pages may be laid out strangely, sentences may run for chapters, and the story may refuse to behave like one. They are not always easy, and they show what else a book can be. The newest come first.

See also Experimental fiction

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Paradise
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Paradise

Donald Barthelme

1986 · 2005 edition

208 pages

Limit Point
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Limit Point

Michael Brodsky

Published 2007

278 pages

Lip Service
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Lip Service

Bruce Andrews

Published 2001

383 pages

Malone Dies
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Malone Dies

Samuel Beckett

1970 · 2004 edition

For a New Novel
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For a New Novel

Alain Robbe-Grillet

1982 · 1965 edition

175 pages

Ilustrado
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Ilustrado

Miguel Syjuco

2010 · 2011 edition

308 pages

Locus Solus
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Locus Solus

Raymond Roussel

1970 · 2011 edition

218 pages

What's for Dinner
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What's for Dinner

James Schuyler, James McCourt

Published 1978

197 pages

Some Sunny Day
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Some Sunny Day

Paul Davies

2005 · 2009 edition

161 pages

Still Dirty
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Still Dirty

David Lau

Published 2016

80 pages