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Literary Fiction

Novels where language, structure, and interior life carry as much weight as plot — contemporary and modern classics worth reading slowly.

17 curated titles in this shelf

Literary Fiction

4.4

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller · 2011

Accessible416 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.0

The Road

Cormac McCarthy · 2006

Moderate287 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.1

Blindness

José Saramago · 1995

Challenging326 pp.

Literary Fiction

3.9

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005

Moderate288 pp.

Literary Fiction

3.9

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 2013

Challenging771 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.3

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara · 2015

Challenging814 pp.

Literary Fiction

3.9

Life of Pi

Yann Martel · 2001

Moderate460 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.3

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini · 2003

Accessible371 pp.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Literary Fiction

4.4

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 2007

Moderate372 pp.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Literary Fiction

4.3

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin · 2022

Moderate416 pp.

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Literary Fiction

4.4

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt · 2022

Accessible368 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.2

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles · 2021

Moderate576 pp.

Literary Fiction

3.9

Less

Andrew Sean Greer · 2017

Accessible272 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.2

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman · 2019

Accessible352 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.1

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig · 2020

Accessible304 pp.

Literary Fiction

4.4

Cutting for Stone

Abraham Verghese · 2009

Challenging667 pp.

Literary Fiction

3.9

Bel Canto

Ann Patchett · 2001

Moderate318 pp.