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The Best Experimental Books Ever

These are the highest-voted "experimental" books, according to Goodreads. "Innovative, unorthodox, unique, creative, odd, but still awesome books!"
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
1
Anthony Burgess
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
2
Chuck Palahniuk
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
5
Mark Z. Danielewski
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
6
Alan Moore
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
7
J.D. Salinger
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8
Mark Haddon
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
9
George Orwell
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
10
James Joyce
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
11
David Mitchell
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
12
Italo Calvino
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
14
Joseph Heller
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
15
William S. Burroughs
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
16
Lewis Carroll
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
17
Markus Zusak
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
18
Hunter S. Thompson
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
19
Franz Kafka
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
21
Mikhail Bulgakov
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
22
David Foster Wallace
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
23
Herman Melville
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
24
William Faulkner
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
25
Toni Morrison
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
26
Thomas Pynchon
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
27
Vladimir Nabokov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
28
Jack Kerouac
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
29
Virginia Woolf
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
30
Yann Martel
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
31
Bret Easton Ellis
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
32
Oscar Wilde
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
33
Joseph Conrad
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
34
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
35
Haruki Murakami
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
36
Kazuo Ishiguro
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
37
Hermann Hesse
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
38
James Joyce
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
39
Italo Calvino
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
40
Cormac McCarthy
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