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Literary Fiction
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Help Wanted
Adelle Waldman
Help Wanted
Adelle Waldman
3.6·2024·275p
In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje
In the Skin of a Lion
Michael Ondaatje
4.2·1987·256p
Brick Lane
Monica Ali
Brick Lane
Monica Ali
3.5·2003·413p
The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
3.5·1972·182p
Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow
Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow
3.8·1959·354p
The Great Reclamation
Rachel Heng
The Great Reclamation
Rachel Heng
4.0·2023·100p
The Grass Is Singing
Doris Lessing
The Grass Is Singing
Doris Lessing
3.8·1950·217p
Veronica
Mary Gaitskill
Veronica
Mary Gaitskill
3.4·2005·272p
Waiting
Ha Jin
Waiting
Ha Jin
3.5·1999·310p
The Natural Way of Things
Charlotte Wood
The Natural Way of Things
Charlotte Wood
3.5·2015·244p
The Comfort of Strangers
Ian McEwan
The Comfort of Strangers
Ian McEwan
3.4·1981·115p
Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead
Sag Harbor
Colson Whitehead
3.6·2009·288p
Caledonian Road
Andrew O'Hagan
Caledonian Road
Andrew O'Hagan
3.8·2024·608p
This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud
This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud
3.6·2024·465p
The Shutouts
Gabrielle Korn
The Shutouts
Gabrielle Korn
3.8·2025·287p
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon
3.9·2023·336p
The Glassmaker
Tracy Chevalier
The Glassmaker
Tracy Chevalier
3.9·2024·402p
The Ghost Cat
Alex Howard
The Ghost Cat
Alex Howard
3.5·2025·240p
The Alternatives
Caoilinn Hughes
The Alternatives
Caoilinn Hughes
3.4·2024·352p
Limberlost
Robbie Arnott
Limberlost
Robbie Arnott
4.2·2022·400p
Preparation for the Next Life
Atticus Lish
Preparation for the Next Life
Atticus Lish
3.8·2014·432p
Mrs. Bridge
Evan S. Connell
Mrs. Bridge
Evan S. Connell
4.0·1959·257p
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
4.3·1944·180p
Someone Like Us
Dinaw Mengestu
Someone Like Us
Dinaw Mengestu
3.5·2024·273p
The Blue Book of Nebo
Manon Steffan Ros
The Blue Book of Nebo
Manon Steffan Ros
4.2·2018·156p
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata
3.5·1948·176p
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma
4.0·2024·385p
Blue Light Hours
Bruna Dantas Lobato
Blue Light Hours
Bruna Dantas Lobato
3.9·2024·192p
Witness
Jamel Brinkley
Witness
Jamel Brinkley
3.7·2024·230p
We Hear Voices
Evie Green
We Hear Voices
Evie Green
3.5·2020·384p
The Comforters
Muriel Spark
The Comforters
Muriel Spark
3.6·1957·214p
Lean Fall Stand
Jon McGregor
Lean Fall Stand
Jon McGregor
3.7·2021·336p
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
3.9·1948·282p
Scary Monsters
Michelle de Kretser
Scary Monsters
Michelle de Kretser
3.3·2021·232p
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
3.9·1949·349p
Practice
Rosalind Brown
Practice
Rosalind Brown
3.5·2025·201p
Kudos
Rachel Cusk
Kudos
Rachel Cusk
3.9·2018·608p
Every Man a King
Walter Mosley
Every Man a King
Walter Mosley
3.9·2023·315p
The Hired Man
Aminatta Forna
The Hired Man
Aminatta Forna
3.9·2013·293p
James
Percival Everett
James
Percival Everett
3.8·2024·312p
