2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Heaven
Mieko Kawakami
Heaven
Mieko Kawakami
3.8·2009·167p
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware
3.7·2015·354p
November 9
Colleen Hoover
November 9
Colleen Hoover
4.1·2015·320p
The Magicians' Guild
Trudi Canavan
The Magicians' Guild
Trudi Canavan
4.0·2001·467p
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne
4.4·1925·161p
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein
4.2·2008·321p
Writers & Lovers
Lily King
Writers & Lovers
Lily King
4.0·2020·320p
Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney
Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney
3.7·2017·288p
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
4.0·1948·32p
I Have Some Questions For You
Rebecca Makkai
I Have Some Questions For You
Rebecca Makkai
3.6·2023·449p
Open Water
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Open Water
Caleb Azumah Nelson
4.0·2021·160p
Sula
Toni Morrison
Sula
Toni Morrison
4.1·1973·198p
The Girls
Emma Cline
The Girls
Emma Cline
3.5·1994·370p
The Winter King
Bernard Cornwell
The Winter King
Bernard Cornwell
4.3·1994·448p
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Maggie Stiefvater
4.1·2014·391p
The hero with a thousand faces
Joseph Campbell
The hero with a thousand faces
Joseph Campbell
4.1·1949·337p
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini
2.0·2000·456p
Young Mungo
Douglas Stuart
Young Mungo
Douglas Stuart
4.4·2022·449p
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Jen Wang
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Jen Wang
4.3·2018·283p
Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk
4.0·1999·297p
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson
3.9·2004·289p
The Book of Cold Cases
Simone St. James
The Book of Cold Cases
Simone St. James
3.8·2022·368p
Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu
Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu
3.9·2020·0p
Reckless
Lauren Roberts
Reckless
Lauren Roberts
4.1·2024·383p
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai
4.3·2018·432p
Replay
Ken Grimwood
Replay
Ken Grimwood
4.2·1945·173p
Us Against You
Fredrik Backman
Us Against You
Fredrik Backman
4.4·2017·448p
Men Without Women
Haruki Murakami
Men Without Women
Haruki Murakami
3.5·2014·241p
Gateway
Frederik Pohl
Gateway
Frederik Pohl
4.0·1975·294p
Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake
Charmaine Wilkerson
4.1·2022·417p
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Yukio Mishima
3.8·1963·194p
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss
4.1·1990·44p
The Cat Who Saved Books
Sōsuke Natsukawa
The Cat Who Saved Books
Sōsuke Natsukawa
3.7·2017·208p
Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn
Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn
3.9·2022·369p
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
4.0·2017·285p
Strange Pictures
Uketsu
Strange Pictures
Uketsu
3.9·2022·240p
P.S. I Still Love You
Jenny Han
P.S. I Still Love You
Jenny Han
3.8·2015·352p
Winter's Orbit
Everina Maxwell
Winter's Orbit
Everina Maxwell
3.9·2021·352p
The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur
The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur
4.1·2017·248p
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Max Brooks
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Max Brooks
3.9·2020·286p
