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Non-Linear Books

This is a list of books where the narrative isn't told chronologically. There are loads of flashbacks, flash forwards, jumping between points-of-view, and other tricks to keep you on your toes.
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The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
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Sudden Death (Álvaro Enrigue)
Sudden Death (Álvaro Enrigue)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Arundhati Roy)
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
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Recursion (Blake Crouch)
Recursion (Blake Crouch)
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Radiance (Catherynne M. Valente)
Radiance (Catherynne M. Valente)
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Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
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Ghostwritten (David Mirchell)
Ghostwritten (David Mirchell)
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Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
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Number9dream (David Mitchell)
Number9dream (David Mitchell)
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Genuine Fraud (E. Lockhart)
Genuine Fraud (E. Lockhart)
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Monkey Beach (Eden Robinson)
Monkey Beach (Eden Robinson)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
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Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
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The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
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Something Pretty, Something Beautiful (Eric Barnes)
Something Pretty, Something Beautiful (Eric Barnes)
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The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
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Bone (Fae Myenne Ng)
Bone (Fae Myenne Ng)
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
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At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
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The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
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Human Acts (Han Kang)
Human Acts (Han Kang)
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
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Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
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Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
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Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
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Red at the Bone (Jacqueline Woodson)
Red at the Bone (Jacqueline Woodson)
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
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S (JJ Abrams & Doug Dorst)
S (JJ Abrams & Doug Dorst)
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Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
Wolf in White Van (John Darnielle)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
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Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
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