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Books That Go off on Long Tangents

Since the 18th century, a steady-growing literary technique slowly began to take hold of the collective imagination of astute, post-modern readers: the unnecessary tangent. That's where the narrator, in order to flesh out the world and characters of the book, suddenly spends an excess of several pages ranting about some trivial topic that distracts from the thrust of the main narrative. It's tedious, it's tiring, but there's a method in the madness... sometimes.
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
9
Ulysses
Ulysses
10
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
11
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
12
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
13
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
17
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones
18
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
19
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
20
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
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Room
Room
22
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
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Bleak House
Bleak House
25
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
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Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
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The White Tiger
The White Tiger
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
33
Jazz
Jazz
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Notes From Underground
Notes From Underground
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Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual
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The Recognitions
The Recognitions
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Wittgenstein's Mistress
Wittgenstein's Mistress
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Tampa
Tampa
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The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine
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The White Album
The White Album
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