2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Character, voice, time signature. Books that are slow on purpose.
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Possession
A.S. Byatt
Possession
A.S. Byatt
3.9·1990·555p
The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See
The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See
4.3·2019·639p
Last Word A Novel
Taylor Adams
Last Word A Novel
Taylor Adams
3.7·2023·301p
Wish You Were Here
Jodi Picoult
Wish You Were Here
Jodi Picoult
3.9·2017·400p
The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel
Ocean Vuong
The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel
Ocean Vuong
3.9·2025·397p
Autumn
Ali Smith
Autumn
Ali Smith
3.6·2016·208p
The Minority Report
Philip K. Dick
The Minority Report
Philip K. Dick
3.9·1956·103p
The Wall
Marlen Haushofer
The Wall
Marlen Haushofer
4.0·1963·248p
The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante
4.4·2014·473p
Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty
Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty
4.0·2024·512p
The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock
The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock
4.1·2011·261p
Murder in the Family
Cara Hunter
Murder in the Family
Cara Hunter
3.7·2023·466p
Kill For Me Kill For You
Steve Cavanagh
Kill For Me Kill For You
Steve Cavanagh
4.1·2023·368p
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
3.7·2005·436p
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Ursula K. Le Guin
4.4·1973·32p
Daydream
Hannah Grace
Daydream
Hannah Grace
3.9·2024·393p
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
4.0·2011·272p
Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith
Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith
4.4·2020·933p
The Things We Leave Unfinished
Rebecca Yarros
The Things We Leave Unfinished
Rebecca Yarros
4.3·2021·400p
Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney
Rodrick Rules
Jeff Kinney
4.2·2008·226p
Homesick for Another World
Ottessa Moshfegh
Homesick for Another World
Ottessa Moshfegh
3.9·2017·294p
Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg
Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg
4.5·1993·301p
Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth
Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth
4.3·2023·627p
Life Ceremony
Sayaka Murata
Life Ceremony
Sayaka Murata
3.7·2019·256p
This Is Where It Ends
Marieke Nijkamp
This Is Where It Ends
Marieke Nijkamp
3.7·2016·292p
Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
3.2·2020·256p
Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson
Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson
4.0·2019·196p
The Ex Talk
Rachel Lynn Solomon
The Ex Talk
Rachel Lynn Solomon
3.7·2021·338p
Silence
Shūsaku Endō
Silence
Shūsaku Endō
4.1·1966·253p
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Bryan Lee O’Malley
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
Bryan Lee O’Malley
4.4·2010·197p
Throttled
Lauren Asher
Throttled
Lauren Asher
1.0·2020·369p
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
4.0·561·352p
Before the Fall
Noah Hawley
Before the Fall
Noah Hawley
3.7·2016·400p
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy
3.6·2016·400p
Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen
Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen
4.0·2022·304p
Whalefall
Daniel Kraus
Whalefall
Daniel Kraus
3.7·2023·336p
Extras
Scott Westerfeld
Extras
Scott Westerfeld
3.3·2006·433p
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King
4.4·1982·130p
Underworld
Don DeLillo
Underworld
Don DeLillo
4.0·1997·832p
The Names
Florence Knapp
The Names
Florence Knapp
4.1·2025·384p
