2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Character, voice, time signature. Books that are slow on purpose.
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James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
4.0·1961·146p
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
3.9·1929·274p
The Woman In Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
The Woman In Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
3.7·2016·384p
If on a winter's night a traveler
Italo Calvino
If on a winter's night a traveler
Italo Calvino
4.7·1979·272p
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James
3.5·2019·620p
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
4.2·1971·402p
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
4.1·2000·354p
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
3.8·2017·343p
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
4.1·1990·236p
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo
4.2·2016·256p
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
3.7·2010·289p
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
4.0·2013·304p
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim
4.3·2013·0p
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
After Dark
Haruki Murakami
3.5·2004·191p
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
4.3·2019·464p
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
4.1·2019·352p
A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham
A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham
4.0·2022·432p
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom
4.2·2021·288p
Metro 2033
Dmitry Glukhovsky
Metro 2033
Dmitry Glukhovsky
4.0·2002·461p
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
4.0·1999·224p
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
4.0·2003·208p
Reamde
Neal Stephenson
Reamde
Neal Stephenson
4.0·2011·1056p
The Dead Zone
Stephen King
The Dead Zone
Stephen King
4.0·1979·595p
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.6·2015·317p
The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah
The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah
4.3·2021·464p
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin
4.0·2014·270p
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
4.0·1981·674p
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
3.8·1986·193p
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
4.1·2015·384p
The Measure
Nikki Erlick
The Measure
Nikki Erlick
4.0·2022·0p
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
4.1·2015·378p
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama
4.0·2020·193p
The Push
Ashley Audrain
The Push
Ashley Audrain
4.0·2021·307p
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
3.9·2023·400p
The Deal
Elle Kennedy
The Deal
Elle Kennedy
4.2·2015·342p
White Noise
Don DeLillo
White Noise
Don DeLillo
3.9·1985·337p
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
Less
Andrew Sean Greer
3.6·2017·261p
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
4.1·2004·720p
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
3.6·1940·139p
The Book Eaters
Sunyi Dean
The Book Eaters
Sunyi Dean
3.6·2022·304p
