Recs if you like Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel...
experimental lit
books with an experimental structure or narrative choices, metafiction, oulipo, postmodernism, etc.
Ergodic Literature
A list of ergodic books I've come across through time. Those books that go beyond words on a page and contain special elements and features that make reading a whole new experience!
Epsitolary, Ergodic, and Experimental Books
This list features books with nontraditional forms, structures, and narratives.
Feel free to recommend more! :)
strange lit
Books that are not conventional; whether ergodic, esoteric, weird, before-its-time, fever-dreamy, or any combination of these
Unusual Forms
Books that aren’t content to be blocks of text. A collection for interactive, ergodic, unusual, and formally experimental books.
ergodic lit and other odd books
"ergodic literature is a mode of textual organization in which nontrivial effort is required for the reader to traverse the text, beyond ordinary eye movement or turning pages." - espen j. aarseth
books with unique formatting, books you can play like a game, books you need to take apart and put back together again, stories-within-stories, books containing found documents and ephemera, etc.
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