Ergodic

Ergotic literature is a form of literature that uses nontraditional forms of writing (often coupled with traditional writing) to convey a story. This typically includes text that deviates from the traditional paragraph style text.

House of Leaves
S.
Hopscotch
Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel
The Unfortunates
Pale Fire
The Raw Shark Texts
Multiple Choice
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
Night Film
Dictionary of the Khazars
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Tree of Codes
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
Cain's Jawbone
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIlluminae by Amie KaufmanIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoS. by J.J. AbramsTree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer
Nontraditional Formats
49 books — 11 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Ergodic Literature
60 books — 63 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Devil to Pay in the Backlands by João Guimarães RosaPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Libri Akro
33 books — 1 voter

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Things that have worked for a long time are preferable - they are more likely to have reached their ergodic states. At the worst, we don't know how long they'll last. ...more
Nassim Nicholas Taleb