2505 titles · curated
Literary Fiction
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami
3.5·2013·336p
If I Stay
Gayle Forman
If I Stay
Gayle Forman
3.9·2009·261p
A Longa Viagem a um Pequeno Planeta Hostil
Becky Chambers
A Longa Viagem a um Pequeno Planeta Hostil
Becky Chambers
4.2·2014·518p
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
4.0·1989·289p
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer
4.2·2008·305p
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-reum
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-reum
3.9·2022·320p
Batman: The Killing Joke
Alan Moore
Batman: The Killing Joke
Alan Moore
4.3·1988·50p
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
Asako Yuzuki
3.4·2017·464p
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
4.2·2021·409p
The Final Gambit
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Final Gambit
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
4.1·2022·384p
The Fisherman
John Langan
The Fisherman
John Langan
3.8·2016·282p
How to Stop Time
Matt Haig
How to Stop Time
Matt Haig
3.8·2017·336p
You
Caroline Kepnes
You
Caroline Kepnes
4.0·2014·432p
Lock Every Door
Riley Sager
Lock Every Door
Riley Sager
3.9·2019·386p
A Head Full of Ghosts
Paul Tremblay
A Head Full of Ghosts
Paul Tremblay
3.8·2015·286p
2666
Roberto Bolaño
2666
Roberto Bolaño
4.2·2004·898p
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
3.8·2019·336p
The Wide Window
Lemony Snicket
The Wide Window
Lemony Snicket
3.8·2000·0p
The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd
The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd
3.6·2021·400p
A House With Good Bones
T. Kingfisher
A House With Good Bones
T. Kingfisher
3.7·2023·247p
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki
4.1·2013·432p
Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris
Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris
4.0·2016·293p
The Fine Print
Lauren Asher
The Fine Print
Lauren Asher
3.8·2021·448p
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Jonas Jonasson
3.8·2009·396p
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
3.9·2012·330p
The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell
The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell
4.0·2019·464p
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
3.7·1966·152p
Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon
Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon
4.0·2015·240p
Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.1·2021·432p
Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy
Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy
4.1·2025·305p
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
Stephen Graham Jones
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
Stephen Graham Jones
3.5·2021·416p
The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
4.2·2013·308p
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
4.1·1972·174p
Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie
Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie
4.0·1904·164p
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
4.2·1962·282p
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi
4.1·2013·496p
The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay
The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay
3.3·2018·281p
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors
3.7·2022·384p
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
4.2·1923·240p
Choke
Chuck Palahniuk
Choke
Chuck Palahniuk
3.7·2001·293p
