In early August 2026, a new independent digital project devoted to Milorad Pavić's Dictionary of the Khazars appeared online — Dictionary of the Khazars Reading Companion.
The project was created by a reader who discovered Pavić's novel through an interest in ergodic literature. While reading Dictionary of the Khazars and following the connections between its entries, the reader created a free web application designed to help others navigate the book.
At the heart of the application is an interactive network of entries. As readers progress through the novel and mark the entries they have read, the connections between them gradually appear. The system is designed not to reveal in advance anything the reader has not yet encountered.
The application also allows readers to make, save and export notes, giving Dictionary of the Khazars a kind of contemporary digital reading map.
The project was presented in early August 2026 in the international Reddit community WeirdLit, devoted to unusual and experimental literature. Readers responded immediately: some said they planned to reread Dictionary of the Khazars using the application, while others, having discovered the project, decided they now wanted to read the novel for the first time.
More than four decades after the first publication of Dictionary of the Khazars, its open and nonlinear structure continues to generate new ways of reading — this time through a tool created not by a publisher or literary institution, but by a reader.
Dictionary of the Khazars Reading Companion:
khazars.beardmo.gg
Reddit / WeirdLit — presentation of the project:
Dictionary of the Khazars Reading Companion — WeirdLit
