2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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1984
George Orwell
1984
George Orwell
4.2·1948·336p
The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood
4.2·1985·324p
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
3.8·1951·277p
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
4.0·2020·304p
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
4.2·2020·245p
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
4.3·2011·384p
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
4.1·2022·496p
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
4.4·2005·552p
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.4·2017·389p
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
3.9·1937·162p
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
3.9·2003·489p
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
3.9·1915·45p
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
4.0·1980·287p
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
4.2·1992·578p
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
3.6·1844·1276p
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.9·2000·288p
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
4.1·1967·496p
Yellowface
R.F. Kuang
Yellowface
R.F. Kuang
3.7·2023·336p
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
4.1·2014·333p
Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
4.0·2000·736p
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
4.0·1961·443p
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
4.4·1969·401p
Normal People
Sally Rooney
Normal People
Sally Rooney
3.8·2018·273p
11/22/63
Stephen King
11/22/63
Stephen King
4.3·2011·740p
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
4.2·1999·240p
The Odyssey
Homer
The Odyssey
Homer
3.9·801·496p
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
4.3·2008·720p
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
3.6·2015·224p
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
4.0·1987·298p
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
4.1·2001·467p
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
3.9·2002·226p
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel
4.0·2022·272p
Watchmen
Alan Moore
Watchmen
Alan Moore
4.4·1987·448p
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.7·2021·320p
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
4.0·1939·496p
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
4.1·2009·386p
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
4.1·1995·208p
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
4.4·2012·295p
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
3.9·2001·480p
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
4.2·1996·224p
