2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.3·2006·541p
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby
High Fidelity
Nick Hornby
3.9·1995·353p
Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi
Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi
4.1·2020·266p
Foster
Claire Keegan
Foster
Claire Keegan
4.3·2010·62p
Slow Horses
Mick Herron
Slow Horses
Mick Herron
4.0·2010·336p
The Alchemyst
Michael Scott
The Alchemyst
Michael Scott
3.9·2007·400p
Spark of the Everflame
Penn Cole
Spark of the Everflame
Penn Cole
4.2·2021·438p
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
3.8·1988·568p
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Ashley Herring Blake
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Ashley Herring Blake
4.0·2022·375p
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
3.7·2017·242p
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles
4.2·2021·593p
If Cats Disappeared From The World
Genki Kawamura
If Cats Disappeared From The World
Genki Kawamura
3.8·2012·202p
Prophet Song
Paul Lynch
Prophet Song
Paul Lynch
4.0·2023·279p
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
4.2·1989·137p
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
4.1·2002·548p
Blankets
Craig Thompson
Blankets
Craig Thompson
4.1·2003·15p
Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman
Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman
3.7·1995·286p
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
3.5·1920·320p
Almond
Won-pyung Sohn
Almond
Won-pyung Sohn
4.1·2017·256p
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Ashley Winstead
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Ashley Winstead
3.8·2021·368p
Mortal Engines
Philip Reeve
Mortal Engines
Philip Reeve
3.8·2001·373p
Before I Go to Sleep
S J Watson
Before I Go to Sleep
S J Watson
3.9·2011·372p
When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill
When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill
3.8·2022·352p
Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White
Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White
4.1·2022·416p
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yōko Ogawa
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yōko Ogawa
3.7·2003·192p
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
4.1·2012·416p
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
3.8·1905·388p
Daisy Darker
Alice Feeney
Daisy Darker
Alice Feeney
3.8·2022·352p
The Vile Village
Lemony Snicket
The Vile Village
Lemony Snicket
3.9·2000·272p
One Day
David Nicholls
One Day
David Nicholls
3.9·2009·450p
Joyland
Stephen King
Joyland
Stephen King
3.9·2013·229p
Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors
Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors
4.0·2024·304p
The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne
The Heart's Invisible Furies
John Boyne
4.5·2017·592p
What If It's Us
Becky Albertalli
What If It's Us
Becky Albertalli
3.8·2018·448p
Confessions
Kanae Minato
Confessions
Kanae Minato
3.9·214·240p
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena
3.8·2016·308p
The Last Continent
Terry Pratchett
The Last Continent
Terry Pratchett
4.0·1998·420p
The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas
The Hacienda
Isabel Cañas
3.8·2022·352p
The Kill Order
James Dashner
The Kill Order
James Dashner
3.7·2012·369p
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
4.0·1859·393p
