2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Hunger
Knut Hamsun
Hunger
Knut Hamsun
4.0·1890·224p
Virtue
Hermione Hoby
Virtue
Hermione Hoby
3.4·2021·320p
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky
3.9·2004·448p
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
3.9·1987·690p
The Swallows of Kabul
Yasmina Khadra
The Swallows of Kabul
Yasmina Khadra
3.7·2002·208p
The Copenhagen Trilogy
Tove Ditlevsen
The Copenhagen Trilogy
Tove Ditlevsen
4.4·1971·384p
When the Light Went Out
Bridget Morrissey
When the Light Went Out
Bridget Morrissey
3.3·2019·320p
After the Funeral
Tessa Hadley
After the Funeral
Tessa Hadley
3.8·2023·240p
All That Glitters
Orlando Whitfield
All That Glitters
Orlando Whitfield
3.6·2025·336p
The Stranger
Albert Camus
The Stranger
Albert Camus
4.0·1942·123p
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
3.9·1955·317p
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
4.2·1977·337p
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.2·2003·307p
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
3.7·1930·142p
Native Son
Richard Wright
Native Son
Richard Wright
4.0·1940·972p
All the Names
José Saramago
All the Names
José Saramago
3.9·1997·238p
My Struggle: Book One
Karl Ove Knausgård
My Struggle: Book One
Karl Ove Knausgård
4.1·2009·430p
Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun
Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsun
4.2·1917·454p
Open City
Teju Cole
Open City
Teju Cole
3.5·2011·259p
Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon
Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon
3.4·2012·465p
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
3.7·1915·256p
The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
4.1·2009·431p
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
3.9·1912·87p
The Gathering
Anne Enright
The Gathering
Anne Enright
3.1·2007·261p
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell
4.0·2010·479p
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
4.1·1928·336p
Immigrant, Montana
Amitava Kumar
Immigrant, Montana
Amitava Kumar
3.1·2018·288p
Snow
Orhan Pamuk
Snow
Orhan Pamuk
3.6·2002·452p
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
4.0·1973·776p
Childish Loves
Benjamin Markovits
Childish Loves
Benjamin Markovits
2.8·2011·320p
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong
3.9·2025·304p
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything Is Illuminated
Jonathan Safran Foer
3.9·2002·276p
A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
A Room with a View
E.M. Forster
3.9·1908·241p
Sophie's Choice
William Styron
Sophie's Choice
William Styron
4.2·1979·515p
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
4.0·1927·297p
Table for Two
Amor Towles
Table for Two
Amor Towles
4.2·2024·363p
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
4.0·1963·244p
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
3.9·1952·581p
Howards End
E.M. Forster
Howards End
E.M. Forster
4.0·1910·343p
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
3.0·2006·320p
