2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
3.5·2014·576p
The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty
The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty
3.5·2022·353p
A Place for Us
Fatima Farheen Mirza
A Place for Us
Fatima Farheen Mirza
3.0·2018·0p
The Honor of the Queen
David Weber
The Honor of the Queen
David Weber
4.0·1993·422p
Old Man Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
Old Man Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
3.9·1835·336p
Tin Man
Sarah Winman
Tin Man
Sarah Winman
4.0·2017·213p
Hideaway
Penelope Douglas
Hideaway
Penelope Douglas
3.7·2017·513p
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
4.0·2013·465p
Love Letters to the Dead
Ava Dellaira
Love Letters to the Dead
Ava Dellaira
3.8·2014·337p
Twisted
Emily McIntire
Twisted
Emily McIntire
3.7·2023·448p
The Exception to the Rule
Christina Lauren
The Exception to the Rule
Christina Lauren
4.2·2024·101p
Four Treasures of the Sky
Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Four Treasures of the Sky
Jenny Tinghui Zhang
4.1·2022·416p
Little Stranger
Leigh Rivers
Little Stranger
Leigh Rivers
3.7·2023·207p
Twenty Years Later
Charlie Donlea
Twenty Years Later
Charlie Donlea
4.2·2021·368p
Common Goal
Rachel Reid
Common Goal
Rachel Reid
3.6·2020·333p
No One Can Know
Kate Alice Marshall
No One Can Know
Kate Alice Marshall
3.6·2024·332p
Happy Hour
Marlowe Granados
Happy Hour
Marlowe Granados
3.5·2020·273p
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace
3.8·1999·336p
The Sluts
Dennis Cooper
The Sluts
Dennis Cooper
3.8·2004·304p
Blue Bloods
Melissa De La Cruz
Blue Bloods
Melissa De La Cruz
3.7·2006·320p
Bleeding Edge
Thomas Pynchon
Bleeding Edge
Thomas Pynchon
3.6·2013·498p
A Lady for a Duke
Alexis Hall
A Lady for a Duke
Alexis Hall
4.0·2021·480p
Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon
Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon
3.5·2023·352p
Beauty
Robin McKinley
Beauty
Robin McKinley
4.0·1978·260p
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra
4.1·2013·0p
Heart the Lover
Lily King
Heart the Lover
Lily King
4.2·2025·249p
She's Not Sorry
Mary Kubica
She's Not Sorry
Mary Kubica
3.8·2024·351p
The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis
The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis
3.7·1987·283p
Wallbanger
Alice Clayton
Wallbanger
Alice Clayton
4.0·2012·302p
Memphis
Tara M. Stringfellow
Memphis
Tara M. Stringfellow
4.1·2022·252p
Roadwork
Richard Bachman
Roadwork
Richard Bachman
3.3·1981·337p
My Policeman
Bethan Roberts
My Policeman
Bethan Roberts
4.0·2012·305p
The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens
The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens
4.1·2014·303p
Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune
Isabel Allende
4.0·1998·418p
Of Love and Other Demons
Gabriel García Márquez
Of Love and Other Demons
Gabriel García Márquez
4.0·1994·160p
Fool
Christopher Moore
Fool
Christopher Moore
4.0·2009·0p
The Poet Empress
Shen Tao
The Poet Empress
Shen Tao
4.4·2026·432p
Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell
Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell
3.8·2025·456p
Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan
Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan
3.6·2016·15p
The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer
The Satsuma Complex
Bob Mortimer
3.7·2022·299p
