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Mary Shelley used a somewhat non-linear structure when she wrote Frankenstein. Basically she wrote a 'frame' story. We start out going to the arctic with an explorer and he runs into Frankenstein (the creator not the creature) who tells his story. Several times we are brought back to the present (onboard ship) as Frankenstein has to rest and then it's back into his narrative again so the non-linear form can work. It's just not used much and you have to avoid suddenly jarring the reader out of the story by making sure that you write the transitions between story points (story past and story present) well.
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