2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Authority
Jeff VanderMeer
Authority
Jeff VanderMeer
3.5·2014·352p
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.2·2022·384p
The Women
Kristin Hannah
The Women
Kristin Hannah
4.6·2024·464p
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
4.0·1937·260p
Inkheart
Cornelia Funke
Inkheart
Cornelia Funke
3.9·2003·576p
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Laini Taylor
4.0·2001·448p
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata
3.6·2018·247p
The Wedding People
Alison Espach
The Wedding People
Alison Espach
4.1·2024·384p
Severance
Ling Ma
Severance
Ling Ma
3.9·2018·305p
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
4.0·1997·344p
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
4.3·1963·37p
Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur
Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur
4.0·2014·190p
Room
Emma Donoghue
Room
Emma Donoghue
4.1·23·336p
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
4.3·2011·226p
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
3.8·2005·432p
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides
3.8·1993·249p
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
3.9·2009·559p
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
4.2·1998·576p
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
4.1·1970·205p
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman
4.4·1980·295p
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky Albertalli
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky Albertalli
4.1·2015·336p
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
4.3·2019·224p
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk
3.9·2009·290p
The Maidens
Alex Michaelides
The Maidens
Alex Michaelides
3.6·2021·336p
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
3.9·2021·0p
Atmosphere: A Love Story
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Atmosphere: A Love Story
Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.3·2025·352p
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
4.6·2017·288p
Days At The Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
Days At The Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa
3.6·2010·169p
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
4.2·2000·706p
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf
Hermann Hesse
4.1·1927·256p
Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan
3.9·2013·0p
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
3.5·2023·207p
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
4.3·1913·64p
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune
4.1·2024·416p
Pandora's Star
Peter F. Hamilton
Pandora's Star
Peter F. Hamilton
4.2·2004·1156p
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
4.3·1817·481p
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
Martha Wells
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
Martha Wells
4.1·2021·20p
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han
4.0·2014·368p
There There
Tommy Orange
There There
Tommy Orange
4.0·2018·292p
Haunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton
Haunting Adeline
H. D. Carlton
3.9·2021·549p
