What books are written like this?

Question

What books are written like this:

One chapter from Character X's point of view.
One chapter from Character Y's point of view.
One chapter from Chapter Z's point of view.
One chapter from Character X's point of view.
One chapter from Character Y's point of view.
One chapter from Chapter Z's point of view.
............ etc. etc.

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Answer 1

James Patterson sometimes uses this type of writing. But if you want to know what it is called, I haven't got a clue.

Answer 2

Confusing if you don't know who is narrating each chapter.
I've just finished one like that.
They can either work really well, or fall flat on their face. It all depends on whether the author can find distinct voices for his characters.
Some "crime" books use this, and as the story develops who is narrating becomes clear.
If a book written from one person's viewpoint is first person narrated, I would call these multiple first person narrations. They have become more popular in the past few years.

Answer 3

"My name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk.

Each chapter is from a different character's point of view. So the narrator changes in each chapter. I really enjoyed reading this book because of the content but also because of this style of writing.

Answer 4

I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but isn't "The Canterbury Tales" a good example of this type of writing? It seems like it would be.

Answer 5

I suppose it would be called shifting points of view, or alternate points of view.