2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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The Great When
Alan Moore
The Great When
Alan Moore
3.5·2025·336p
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
4.0·2009·432p
Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood
Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood
3.7·2024·297p
Goddess of the River
Vaishnavi Patel
Goddess of the River
Vaishnavi Patel
3.7·2025·496p
What Are You Going Through
Sigrid Nunez
What Are You Going Through
Sigrid Nunez
3.7·2020·210p
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh
3.6·1934·255p
Paradise
Toni Morrison
Paradise
Toni Morrison
4.0·1997·318p
Leaving the Atocha Station
Ben Lerner
Leaving the Atocha Station
Ben Lerner
3.8·2011·181p
The Piano Teacher
Elfriede Jelinek
The Piano Teacher
Elfriede Jelinek
3.6·1983·297p
The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman
The Imperfectionists
Tom Rachman
3.5·2010·272p
Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga
4.0·1988·212p
The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver
The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver
3.8·2009·507p
Apeirogon
Colum McCann
Apeirogon
Colum McCann
4.3·2020·368p
Cahokia Jazz
Francis Spufford
Cahokia Jazz
Francis Spufford
4.0·2024·464p
Lila
Marilynne Robinson
Lila
Marilynne Robinson
4.0·2014·261p
Solar
Ian McEwan
Solar
Ian McEwan
3.3·2010·354p
Remainder
Tom McCarthy
Remainder
Tom McCarthy
3.7·2005·322p
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
Long Island
Colm Tóibín
3.7·2024·294p
Home
Marilynne Robinson
Home
Marilynne Robinson
4.0·2008·334p
The Postcard
Anne Berest
The Postcard
Anne Berest
4.3·2024·512p
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Rainer Maria Rilke
3.9·1910·237p
Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry
Old God's Time
Sebastian Barry
3.8·2023·273p
A Bend in the River
V.S. Naipaul
A Bend in the River
V.S. Naipaul
3.8·1979·326p
Fire Exit
Morgan Talty
Fire Exit
Morgan Talty
3.6·2024·256p
Booth
Karen Joy Fowler
Booth
Karen Joy Fowler
3.8·2022·481p
Reunion
Fred Uhlman
Reunion
Fred Uhlman
4.0·1971·96p
Housemates
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Housemates
Emma Copley Eisenberg
3.5·2025·385p
Western Lane
Chetna Maroo
Western Lane
Chetna Maroo
3.5·2023·109p
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
4.0·2024·256p
The Keep
Jennifer Egan
The Keep
Jennifer Egan
3.5·2006·240p
Under the Net
Iris Murdoch
Under the Net
Iris Murdoch
3.8·1954·304p
Afterlives
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Afterlives
Abdulrazak Gurnah
3.8·2020·288p
Soldier Sailor
Claire Kilroy
Soldier Sailor
Claire Kilroy
4.0·2023·214p
The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie
The Moor's Last Sigh
Salman Rushdie
3.9·1995·450p
Wild Houses
Colin Barrett
Wild Houses
Colin Barrett
3.7·2024·288p
Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey
Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey
3.7·1988·512p
Canada
Richard Ford
Canada
Richard Ford
3.5·2012·530p
Solar Bones
Mike McCormack
Solar Bones
Mike McCormack
3.8·2016·223p
The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth
The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth
4.1·1932·319p
The Master
Colm Tóibín
The Master
Colm Tóibín
3.8·2004·368p
