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Author Self-Insert Books

I'm not talking about author-surrogates or straight-up memoirs; this is a list of books where the author themself appears in a work of fiction not based on their own life or experiences.
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Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
1
Vladimir Nabokov
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
2
Leo Tolstoy
Bend Sinister (Vladimir Nabokov)
Bend Sinister
3
Vladimir Nabokov
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
4
Kurt Vonnegut
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
Dance Dance Dance (Haruki Murakami)
Dance Dance Dance
6
Haruki Murakami
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
7
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
8
Dante Alighieri
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
9
John Fowles
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
10
François Rabelais
Homestuck
Homestuck
11
I Am the Messenger (Markus Zusak)
I Am the Messenger
12
Markus Zusak
Jpod
Jpod
13
King, Queen, Knave (Vladimir Nabokov)
King, Queen, Knave
14
Vladimir Nabokov
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
15
Mary Shelley
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
17
Orhan Pamuk
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
18
Vladimir Nabokov
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
19
Vladimir Nabokov
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
20
W. Somerset Maugham
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series (Lemony Snicket)
A Series of Unfortunate Events Series
21
Lemony Snicket
Sideways Stories From Wayside School (Louis Sachar)
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
22
Louis Sachar
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
23
Kurt Vonnegut
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Louis Sachar)
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
24
Louis Sachar
Wayside School Is Falling Down (Louis Sachar)
Wayside School Is Falling Down
25
Louis Sachar
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
26
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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