Meta Fiction Books

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 112,927 ratings — published 1979
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 137,633 ratings — published 2001
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 202,672 ratings — published 2000
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,490,936 ratings — published 1969
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 725,884 ratings — published 2001
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Redshirts Redshirts (ebook)
by (shelved 10 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 118,320 ratings — published 2012
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Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 281,019 ratings — published 1973
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 102,162 ratings — published 1996
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 8 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 87,523 ratings — published 1987
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The Princess Bride The Princess Bride (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 950,815 ratings — published 1973
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,113,071 ratings — published 1967
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Pale Fire Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 58,006 ratings — published 1962
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.45 — 20,450 ratings — published 2010
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Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1) Magpie Murders (Susan Ryeland, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 168,770 ratings — published 2016
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S. S. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 29,116 ratings — published 2013
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 284,157 ratings — published 1991
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Possession Possession (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 84,734 ratings — published 1990
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 98,140 ratings — published 1972
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At Swim-Two-Birds At Swim-Two-Birds (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 14,368 ratings — published 1939
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Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 56,294 ratings — published 2002
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First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5) First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)
by (shelved 6 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 27,678 ratings — published 2007
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Trust Trust (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 176,890 ratings — published 2022
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 269,308 ratings — published 2004
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The Pale King The Pale King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 19,971 ratings — published 2011
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 553,216 ratings — published 2002
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Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 48,607 ratings — published 1973
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The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 164,057 ratings — published 2000
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One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next, #6) One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next, #6)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 20,195 ratings — published 2011
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The Neverending Story The Neverending Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 222,291 ratings — published 1979
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The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3) The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,638 ratings — published 2003
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Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4) Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 36,101 ratings — published 2004
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 56,336 ratings — published 2000
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Yellowface Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,056,476 ratings — published 2023
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Devil House Devil House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.19 — 16,360 ratings — published 2022
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Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2) Moonflower Murders (Susan Ryeland, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 66,292 ratings — published 2020
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The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2) The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 56,541 ratings — published 2018
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1) The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 29,120 ratings — published 2017
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A Tale for the Time Being A Tale for the Time Being (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 136,088 ratings — published 2013
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HHhH HHhH (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 28,443 ratings — published 2010
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The Broom of the System The Broom of the System (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 24,556 ratings — published 1987
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Midnight’s Children Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 133,474 ratings — published 1981
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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 98,279 ratings — published 1966
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 341,407 ratings — published 2009
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 316,700 ratings — published 1994
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Life of Pi Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,759,701 ratings — published 2001
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,449,689 ratings — published 1985
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 93,315 ratings — published 1967
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Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2) Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 87,523 ratings — published 2023
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West Heart Kill West Heart Kill (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.00 — 5,357 ratings — published 2023
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Chasing the Boogeyman Chasing the Boogeyman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as meta-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 36,755 ratings — published 2021
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David     Pratt
“Bunce films them. So Joey who came out of one porn film would go into another. It could fuck up the whole space-time continuum. They could prosecute us.”
“For?”
“Meta-fiction in the first degree?”
David Pratt, Looking After Joey

Michael Cisco
“Although unavailable for analysis the moment it happens, being struck a violent blow on the head is a very interesting experience.”
Michael Cisco, Animal Money

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