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Literary Fiction
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Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
4.3·2017·484p
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
3.0·1851·731p
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.2·2019·422p
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
4.2·1985·365p
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
4.3·2016·464p
Misery
Stephen King
Misery
Stephen King
4.2·1987·384p
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.3·2001·487p
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
4.3·2022·400p
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
4.0·1993·775p
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
4.5·2000·372p
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
3.8·1959·288p
Looking for Alaska
John Green
Looking for Alaska
John Green
4.0·2005·263p
Anxious People
Fredrik Backman
Anxious People
Fredrik Backman
4.2·2019·352p
The Trial
Franz Kafka
The Trial
Franz Kafka
4.0·1925·231p
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
3.7·2006·628p
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
3.8·2008·756p
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
4.5·2022·560p
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
4.7·2015·448p
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata
3.7·2016·163p
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
4.1·2017·370p
1Q84
Haruki Murakami
1Q84
Haruki Murakami
4.0·2009·1184p
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
4.0·2019·252p
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
3.9·1962·146p
Night
Elie Wiesel
Night
Elie Wiesel
4.4·1960·126p
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang
4.3·2002·352p
Fairy Tale
Stephen King
Fairy Tale
Stephen King
4.1·2022·608p
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
3.8·1860·512p
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
3.6·2013·304p
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
4.1·2020·352p
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
3.8·1991·399p
Blood Over Bright Haven
M.L. Wang
Blood Over Bright Haven
M.L. Wang
4.3·2023·429p
Cantico di Natale
Charles Dickens
Cantico di Natale
Charles Dickens
4.1·1843·382p
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
4.5·2017·444p
Stoner
John Williams
Stoner
John Williams
4.4·1965·288p
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
4.2·1976·288p
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
3.5·1994·607p
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
4.1·1928·295p
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
The Vegetarian
Han Kang
3.6·2000·201p
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
4.3·1985·1104p
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
4.1·1989·245p
