2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
4.1·2003·400p
Big Swiss
Jen Beagin
Big Swiss
Jen Beagin
3.7·2023·336p
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
Wilder Girls
Rory Power
3.5·2019·370p
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
3.7·2008·276p
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
3.9·2023·0p
The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket
The Miserable Mill
Lemony Snicket
3.6·2000·194p
Into the Drowning Deep
Mira Grant
Into the Drowning Deep
Mira Grant
3.9·2017·448p
The Wishing Game
Meg Shaffer
The Wishing Game
Meg Shaffer
4.0·2023·0p
The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss
4.2·1957·61p
Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby
Razorblade Tears
S. A. Cosby
4.1·2021·336p
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut
4.1·2020·192p
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman
4.1·2016·496p
The Sun Down Motel
Simone St. James
The Sun Down Motel
Simone St. James
4.0·2020·328p
Saga, Vol. 2
Fiona Staples
Saga, Vol. 2
Fiona Staples
4.5·2013·144p
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
3.8·2000·448p
Christine
Stephen King
Christine
Stephen King
4.0·1983·749p
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Scott's Precious Little Life
Bryan Lee O’Malley
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Scott's Precious Little Life
Bryan Lee O’Malley
4.2·2004·168p
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto
3.9·1975·153p
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
The Alice Network
Kate Quinn
4.3·2017·532p
Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh
3.5·2022·320p
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
3.6·1945·90p
Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
4.3·1993·448p
Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano
Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano
4.1·2023·0p
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka
4.0·2022·306p
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving
4.2·1989·720p
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
3.6·1891·535p
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
4.0·2023·627p
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
4.5·1887·1096p
All The Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
All The Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
4.0·1992·322p
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
John le Carré
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
John le Carré
4.1·1963·304p
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
4.0·1957·130p
Twisted Games
Ana Huang
Twisted Games
Ana Huang
4.1·2021·448p
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
3.8·2013·544p
The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice
4.0·1985·513p
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones
3.9·1957·321p
The Austere Academy
Lemony Snicket
The Austere Academy
Lemony Snicket
3.8·2000·221p
Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder
Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder
4.1·2005·0p
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
4.3·2003·948p
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Hiro Arikawa
4.3·2012·288p
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray
The Bee Sting
Paul Murray
3.9·2022·736p
