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Unconventional, Weird, and Experimental Books

Works of literature that are unique in their subversion of tropes, use of language. and any other qualities one could deem as "unconventional."
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120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
1
Marquis De Sade
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
3
Haruki Murakami
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
4
Arthur C. Clarke
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
5
William Faulkner
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
6
Vladimir Nabokov
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
7
Mark Twain
Against Nature
Against Nature
8
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
9
Thomas Pynchon
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
10
Lewis Carroll
All My Friends Are Dead (Avery Monsen and Jory John)
All My Friends Are Dead
11
Avery Monsen and Jory John
Alphabetical Africa
Alphabetical Africa
12
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
13
Bret Easton Ellis
Amerika (Franz Kafka)
Amerika
14
Franz Kafka
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
15
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
17
William Faulkner
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
18
Ayn Rand
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
19
Flann O'Brien
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
20
Charles Dickens
Bleeding Edge (Thomas Pynchon)
Bleeding Edge
21
Thomas Pynchon
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
22
Margaret Atwood
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
23
José Saramago
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
24
Markus Zusak
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
26
Kurt Vonnegut
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
27
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
28
Junot Díaz
The Broom of the System
The Broom of the System
29
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
30
H. P. Lovecraft
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
31
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
32
Franz Kafka
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
34
J.D. Salinger
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
35
Kurt Vonnegut
Choke (Chuck Palahniuk)
Choke
36
Chuck Palahniuk
Cities of the Red Night (William S. Burroughs)
Cities of the Red Night
37
William S. Burroughs
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
38
Anthony Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
39
David Mitchell
Codex Seraphinianus (Luigi Serafini)
Codex Seraphinianus
40
Luigi Serafini
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