'A story that has an experimental or mysterious structure turns you into a detective, trying to figure out not just what happened, but also why the writing is the way it is. To me, the most delightful work in this vein is If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, by Italo Calvino'
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/08/attention-focus-book-recommendations/674941/