2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
3.8·1958·185p
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
3.6·2018·226p
Ringworld
Larry Niven
Ringworld
Larry Niven
3.9·1970·288p
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
4.1·1973·320p
Weyward
Emilia Hart
Weyward
Emilia Hart
4.0·2023·404p
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
3.9·1985·348p
My Dark Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell
My Dark Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell
4.1·2020·384p
Roadside Picnic
Arkady Strugatsky
Roadside Picnic
Arkady Strugatsky
4.1·1972·226p
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
4.1·1971·206p
Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield
Our Wives Under the Sea
Julia Armfield
3.7·2022·240p
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
4.5·2016·468p
Under the Dome
Stephen King
Under the Dome
Stephen King
3.9·2009·880p
Sleeping Giants
Sylvain Neuvel
Sleeping Giants
Sylvain Neuvel
3.8·2016·304p
The Power
Naomi Alderman
The Power
Naomi Alderman
3.8·2016·341p
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
3.8·2024·448p
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
3.9·2013·406p
The Passage
Justin Cronin
The Passage
Justin Cronin
4.0·2010·784p
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones
3.7·2020·352p
Atonement
Ian McEwan
Atonement
Ian McEwan
4.0·2001·144p
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng
Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng
3.8·2014·306p
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
Me Before You
Jojo Moyes
4.3·2012·385p
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides
4.0·2002·548p
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
4.0·2006·215p
Monk and Robot
Becky Chambers
Monk and Robot
Becky Chambers
4.3·2023·304p
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
3.9·1903·196p
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
3.7·2017·321p
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
3.8·1978·338p
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.3·2013·477p
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
3.8·1927·260p
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
3.8·2007·336p
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
3.8·1929·352p
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
4.3·2012·315p
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
4.1·2022·384p
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
3.8·2019·320p
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
3.9·1595·298p
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury
3.9·1962·312p
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah
4.5·2017·449p
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
4.0·1940·484p
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
4.1·2024·337p
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Leo Tolstoy
4.1·1866·70p
