Five
Ilona Bannister
Published 2026
304 pages
The most popular metafiction books
Metafiction is fiction that knows it is fiction. The author steps into the story, characters realize they are in a book, or the novel comments on how it is being written. Playful and clever, these books are for readers who enjoy seeing how the trick is done.
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Drood.
Dan Simmons
2009 · 2010 edition
976 pages
Lost in the Funhouse
John Barth
1972 · 1979 edition
194 pages
Houdini Heart
Ki Longfellow
Published 2011
254 pages
Chloe and the Lion
Published 2012
50 pages
The Wall in the Middle of the Book
Jon Agee
2018 · 2019 edition
48 pages
The Unwritten, Vol. 7
Mike Carey
Published 2013
144 pages
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story
Patrick McDonnell
Published 2014
40 pages
Open This Little Book
Jesse Klausmeier
2012 · 2013 edition
40 pages
Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book)
Julie Falatko
Published 2016
40 pages
There Are Cats In This Book
Viviane Schwarz
2008 · 2009 edition
32 pages
Open Very Carefully
Nick Bromley, Nicola O'Byrne
Published 2013
32 pages
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
B. S. Johnson
1973 · 2013 edition
187 pages
Warning
Adam Lehrhaupt
2013 · 2014 edition
32 pages
How This Book Was Made
Mac Barnett
2016 · 2018 edition
Frankencrayon
Michael Hall, Kim Wah
Published 2016
40 pages
Chester's Masterpiece
Mélanie Watt
2010 · 2020 edition
32 pages
I Will Chomp You!
Jory John
Published 2015
40 pages
The Pencil
Allan Ahlberg
2008 · 2018 edition
48 pages
The Unwritten, Vol. 11
Mike Carey, Al Davison, Dean Ormston, Peter Gross, Locke
Published 2015
176 pages
The Unfortunates
B. S. Johnson
1999 · 2009 edition
176 pages
The Tetherballs of Bougainville
Mark Leyner
Published 1997
240 pages
Let Me Finish!
Minh Lê
2016 · 2017 edition
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?
Lauren Child
2002 · 2012 edition
32 pages