2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
4.5·2009·466p
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Beloved
Toni Morrison
4.0·1987·362p
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
4.2·2·196p
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
4.1·1980·305p
Holes
Louis Sachar
Holes
Louis Sachar
4.0·1998·272p
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
Douglas Adams
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
Douglas Adams
4.4·1979·815p
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson
4.3·1987·563p
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
4.1·2024·490p
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
4.0·1954·160p
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer
3.9·2000·280p
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart
4.0·2014·256p
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
4.0·1964·155p
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
4.1·2020·128p
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
4.2·2019·320p
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
4.6·1985·866p
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini
3.8·2019·880p
Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.0·2016·369p
Beartown
Fredrik Backman
Beartown
Fredrik Backman
4.3·2014·418p
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
4.3·1956·268p
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix
3.8·2020·408p
The Memory Police
Yōko Ogawa
The Memory Police
Yōko Ogawa
3.7·1994·289p
None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell
None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell
4.1·2023·370p
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
4.1·2016·306p
The Plague
Albert Camus
The Plague
Albert Camus
4.0·1947·296p
Saga, Vol. 1
Fiona Staples
Saga, Vol. 1
Fiona Staples
4.2·2012·160p
Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi
4.1·2018·544p
The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys
Maggie Stiefvater
4.0·2012·468p
V for Vendetta
Alan Moore
V for Vendetta
Alan Moore
4.3·1982·0p
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
3.8·1926·264p
Blindness
José Saramago
Blindness
José Saramago
4.2·1995·328p
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
4.0·2011·392p
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
4.2·2019·0p
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
3.9·2017·286p
Anathem
Neal Stephenson
Anathem
Neal Stephenson
4.2·2008·1092p
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
4.2·2005·320p
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
3.8·1925·282p
The Long Walk
Richard Bachman
The Long Walk
Richard Bachman
3.9·1978·328p
The Overstory
Richard Powers
The Overstory
Richard Powers
4.1·2018·502p
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
4.2·2021·640p
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney
3.5·2021·352p
