2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Easy
Tammara Webber
Easy
Tammara Webber
4.1·2012·336p
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
Madeline Martin
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
Madeline Martin
4.1·2021·320p
The Futurological Congress
Stanisław Lem
The Futurological Congress
Stanisław Lem
4.2·1971·160p
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.7·2021·440p
Sandwich
Catherine Newman
Sandwich
Catherine Newman
3.5·2024·229p
Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles
Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles
4.2·2024·465p
State of Terror
Hillary Rodham Clinton
State of Terror
Hillary Rodham Clinton
4.1·2021·512p
How to Walk Away
Katherine Center
How to Walk Away
Katherine Center
4.1·2018·0p
The Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai
The Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai
4.1·1989·320p
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
The Story of My Life
Helen Keller
4.1·1902·240p
Heartwood
Amity Gaige
Heartwood
Amity Gaige
3.9·2025·320p
Letters to the Lost
Brigid Kemmerer
Letters to the Lost
Brigid Kemmerer
4.3·2017·403p
The Human Stain
Philip Roth
The Human Stain
Philip Roth
3.7·1999·361p
Brutes
Dizz Tate
Brutes
Dizz Tate
3.5·2023·305p
Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih
Season of Migration to the North
Tayeb Salih
3.7·1966·180p
American Queen
Sierra Simone
American Queen
Sierra Simone
3.8·2016·393p
Such a Quiet Place
Megan Miranda
Such a Quiet Place
Megan Miranda
3.4·2021·352p
Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter
Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter
3.9·2022·400p
Isla and the Happily Ever After
Stephanie Perkins
Isla and the Happily Ever After
Stephanie Perkins
3.9·2014·0p
The Water Cure
Sophie Mackintosh
The Water Cure
Sophie Mackintosh
3.3·2018·240p
The Defence
Steve Cavanagh
The Defence
Steve Cavanagh
4.0·2015·320p
The Hunting Wives
May Cobb
The Hunting Wives
May Cobb
3.5·2021·369p
Radiant Sin
Katee Robert
Radiant Sin
Katee Robert
3.8·2023·345p
Cosmicomics
Italo Calvino
Cosmicomics
Italo Calvino
4.1·1965·172p
Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver
Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver
3.8·2012·464p
Goldfinger
Ian Fleming
Goldfinger
Ian Fleming
3.6·1959·0p
Slippery Creatures
KJ Charles
Slippery Creatures
KJ Charles
4.0·2020·264p
Girl Made of Stars
Ashley Herring Blake
Girl Made of Stars
Ashley Herring Blake
4.2·2015·295p
Theo of Golden
Allen Levi
Theo of Golden
Allen Levi
4.5·2023·394p
King of Envy
Ana Huang
King of Envy
Ana Huang
4.1·2025·530p
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson
4.1·1987·178p
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
Eimear McBride
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
Eimear McBride
3.5·2013·230p
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez
3.6·2024·243p
Death of Kings
Bernard Cornwell
Death of Kings
Bernard Cornwell
4.1·2011·335p
His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
Graeme Macrae Burnet
His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
Graeme Macrae Burnet
3.9·2015·280p
Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle
Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle
3.6·2021·302p
God of Ruin
Rina Kent
God of Ruin
Rina Kent
3.9·2023·528p
The Cold Dish
Craig Johnson
The Cold Dish
Craig Johnson
4.1·2004·352p
Exiles
Jane Harper
Exiles
Jane Harper
4.0·2022·352p
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks
Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks
3.4·2017·405p
