2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
The sentence is the point.
Character, voice, time signature. Books that are slow on purpose.
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Every era of Literary
From this year all the way back.
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Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
3.9·2001·352p
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
3.9·1929·213p
Come Closer
Sara Gran
Come Closer
Sara Gran
3.6·2003·168p
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
3.9·2005·426p
Penpal
Dathan Auerbach
Penpal
Dathan Auerbach
3.9·2012·252p
The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks
The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks
3.8·2018·353p
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
3.9·1945·368p
Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld
Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld
3.9·2002·0p
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
4.0·1957·594p
The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty
The Husband's Secret
Liane Moriarty
3.9·2013·418p
The Binding
Bridget Collins
The Binding
Bridget Collins
3.9·2019·438p
The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
3.6·2024·320p
Maybe in Another Life
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Maybe in Another Life
Taylor Jenkins Reid
3.8·2015·352p
This Thing Between Us
Gus Moreno
This Thing Between Us
Gus Moreno
3.7·2021·256p
Immortal Longings
Chloe Gong
Immortal Longings
Chloe Gong
3.5·2023·384p
Through the Woods
E.M. Carroll
Through the Woods
E.M. Carroll
3.9·2014·208p
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
4.1·1924·920p
The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.0·2008·504p
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
3.7·2021·337p
The Risk
S.T. Abby
The Risk
S.T. Abby
5.0·2016·132p
The Guncle
Steven Rowley
The Guncle
Steven Rowley
4.1·2021·336p
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
4.0·1931·418p
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt
3.9·1975·192p
Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky
Imaginary Friend
Stephen Chbosky
3.5·2019·705p
The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman
4.0·2012·339p
Tenth of December
George Saunders
Tenth of December
George Saunders
4.1·2012·0p
The Charm Offensive
Alison Cochrun
The Charm Offensive
Alison Cochrun
4.1·2021·0p
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
4.1·2020·304p
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
3.7·2015·289p
One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn
Eiichiro Oda
One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn
Eiichiro Oda
4.5·1997·210p
Binding 13
Chloe Walsh
Binding 13
Chloe Walsh
4.3·2018·624p
Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy
Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy
4.1·2021·272p
The Grownup
Gillian Flynn
The Grownup
Gillian Flynn
3.5·2014·66p
Credence
Penelope Douglas
Credence
Penelope Douglas
3.7·2020·486p
Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld
Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld
3.6·2023·300p
Spy x Family, Vol. 1
Tatsuya Endo
Spy x Family, Vol. 1
Tatsuya Endo
4.4·2019·220p
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
4.1·1953·184p
Calypso
David Sedaris
Calypso
David Sedaris
4.1·2018·0p
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes
3.7·2011·164p
Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki
Kokoro
Natsume Sōseki
4.0·1914·263p
