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
The Raw Shark Texts
Pale Fire
The Unfortunates
Multiple Choice
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
Night Film
Tree of Codes
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Cain's Jawbone
Dictionary of the Khazars
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
50 books — 12 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiDark Matter by Michelle PaverDead Letters by Jacob Steven MohrCodex Unfertho by Kienn NguyenDracula by Bram Stoker
Epistolary & Ergodic Horror
39 books — 5 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Ergodic Literature
69 books — 82 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