The most popular 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.

See also Experimental fiction

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A Wa(y)farer
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A Wa(y)farer

Sarah Jacobs

Published 1998

70 pages

99 Waves
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99 Waves

Persis Gerdes

Published 2015

339 pages

I, No Other
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I, No Other

Yarrow Paisley

2016 · 2025 edition

216 pages

Liber X
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Liber X

John Bennett

Published 2012

226 pages

FAUNA
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FAUNA

Elena Peytchinska, Thomas Ballhausen

Published 2018

320 pages