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Novels With No Plot Whatsoever

Now these aren't just books with loosely-connected stories, or a series of vignettes a la the picaresque style. These books not only have no story arc, but there is little character progression or change within the characters. Instead, these books explore life through anecdotes, analysis, opinion, interjection, and a lack of concrete structure. These are novels that you swim in; you explore like an open world.
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Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
Kathy Acker
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Cane
Cane
3
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
Jenny Offill
4
Elizabeth Costello
Elizabeth Costello
5
The Farmacist (Ashley Farmer)
The Farmacist
Ashley Farmer
6
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
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Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot
8
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
9
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star
10
How Should a Person Be? (Sheila Heti)
How Should a Person Be?
Sheila Heti
11
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
12
Joan Makes History (Kate Grenville)
Joan Makes History
Kate Grenville
13
A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
Daniel Defoe
14
JR
JR
15
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
16
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
Georges Perec
17
The Mezzanine
The Mezzanine
18
Montauk (Max Frisch)
Montauk
Max Frisch
19
My Struggle (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
My Struggle
Karl Ove Knausgaard
20
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
William S. Burroughs
21
The Names
The Names
22
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky
23
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
J.D. Salinger
24
Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights
25
Speedboat
Speedboat
26
This Is Not a Novel (David Markson)
This Is Not a Novel
David Markson
27
The Unfortunates
The Unfortunates
28
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
David Markson
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