Gimmicks

Beskrivning
Books which challenge formal conventions of the reading experience (i.e., the layout of the book, reading order, the relationship between main text and secondary matter such as notes, titles, etc.). For this list I'm not interested in postmodern and metafictional experiments with style/genre or narrative point of view.
1
3,911 medlemmar
258 recensioner
3.9
6 Members
guyalice, sturlington, souloftherose, spiphany, cej1027, ahef1963
Förklaringar
sturlington: Gradual erasure of letters of the alphabet from the narrative.
spiphany: Story is told using ever fewer letters of the alphabet.
2
2,875 medlemmar
68 recensioner
4.2
3
8,691 medlemmar
96 recensioner
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, spiphany, ahef1963
Förklaringar
spiphany: Pages and chapters are numbered backwards
4
525 medlemmar
20 recensioner
3.8
3 Members
guyalice, spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
Förklaringar
spiphany: Can be read straight through or in an order chosen by the reader according to instructions at the beginning of the book.
5
15,551 medlemmar
374 recensioner
4.1
6
3,795 medlemmar
233 recensioner
3.9
3 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington, ahef1963,spiphany
Förklaringar
sturlington: The narrator reads another book, which is contained inside the first book, but the last chapters are missing.
7
3,246 medlemmar
86 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Published as a vintage-looking library book with marginal notations and loose documents (letters, postcards, notes, etc.) tucked between the pages
8
2,079 medlemmar
34 recensioner
3.1
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Two stories printed 180° from each other, requiring the reader to rotate the book while reading
9
1,567 medlemmar
51 recensioner
3.8
2 Members
charl08, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Consists of two stories; half the printings of the book start with one story, half with the other
10
582 medlemmar
13 recensioner
½ 3.7
2 Members
charl08, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
11
332 medlemmar
54 recensioner
½ 3.6
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Bound like an accordian with two parallel stories, one on each side of the page.
12
307 medlemmar
12 recensioner
½ 3.3
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Consists only of footnotes
13
211 medlemmar
23 recensioner
3.8
14
2 Members
guyalice, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Two separate version of the book were written ("female" perspective and "male" perspective); the printed editions are the same except for a key chapter.
15
5,090 medlemmar
99 recensioner
4.2
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Suggested reading order requires the reader to skip forwards and backwards through the book rather than reading the chapters in order.
16
1,545 medlemmar
43 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Written without the use of the letter "e"
17
944 medlemmar
40 recensioner
½ 4.4
Member
spiphany
18
884 medlemmar
32 recensioner
3.9
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Consists entirely of footnotes
19
710 medlemmar
136 recensioner
½ 3.4
20
633 medlemmar
22 recensioner
3.9
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Published in two editions ("dark" and "light") which have the same main text but contain different extra material (advertisements, recommendations, etc) between the chapters.
21
575 medlemmar
19 recensioner
4
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Each chapter uses only a single vowel.
22
454 medlemmar
17 recensioner
3.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Consists of die-cut pages of Bruno Schulz's "Street of Crocodiles"; the story is formed using the non-cut-out words and letters.
23
409 medlemmar
15 recensioner
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Every sentence is a question.
24
405 medlemmar
9 recensioner
4.1
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: The individual sections of the book are sold in a box rather than being bound together in a fixed reading order.
25
399 medlemmar
7 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
Förklaringar
sturlington: The book is about the breakdown of language, as experienced by the narrator.
26
347 medlemmar
67 recensioner
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
Förklaringar
sturlington: Told as if from the point of view of multiple security monitors, often with text in corresponding columns.
27
297 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Epistolary novel; the reader is presented with three suggested reading orders: the Conformist, the Cynic, and the Quixotic
28
239 medlemmar
6 recensioner
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
29
220 medlemmar
8 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Consists of a set of letters which, the reader is informed, can be read in any order.
30
184 medlemmar
2 recensioner
3.9
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
31
142 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Chapters can be read in any order. The book is laid out like a Tarot deck.
32
110 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.6
Member
Moomin_Mama
Förklaringar
Moomin_Mama: A grown up choose-your-own-adventure that can also be read cover to cover.
33
96 medlemmar
3 recensioner
4.1
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
34
81 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
35
74 medlemmar
5 recensioner
3.2
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Sold as loose, unbound pages in a box.
36
74 medlemmar
3.2
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Mixture of prose and other documents; the paragraphs are randomly shuffled so that each printed edition is different.
37
50 medlemmar
1 recension
3
Member
spiphany
38
15 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
39
10 medlemmar
5
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Sold as a collection of color-coded booklets in a slipcase; the author provides 16 suggested reading orders
40
7 medlemmar
1 recension
3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Each page has two columns, one with the main story and a second in smaller print with thoughts or comments on the characters and sometimes completely unrelated material.
41
7 medlemmar
1
Member
spiphany
42
6 medlemmar
1 recension
3
Member
spiphany
43
4 medlemmar
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Text consists of the last sentences of 375 other novels.
44
4 medlemmar
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: The "front" and "back" of the book are each the starting place for two stories that meet in the middle.
45
1 medlem
Member
spiphany
46
2,125 medlemmar
22 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
aulsmith, souloftherose,sturlington ,spiphany
Förklaringar
aulsmith: A set of ethnographic notes about a future Pacific Northwest with a novella twined into the notes.
spiphany : experiments with narrative conventions, not the physical characteristics of the book
47
668 medlemmar
15 recensioner
3.8
Member
aulsmith,spiphany
Förklaringar
aulsmith: Two main narrators, one the author of a book, the other either a character in that book or the author's grandson.
spiphany : experiments with narrative conventions, not the physical characteristics of the book
48
378 medlemmar
20 recensioner
3.9
49
157 medlemmar
5 recensioner
3
50
62 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.6
51
49 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.7
52
32 medlemmar
4 recensioner
3.2
53
30 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.6