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Literary Fiction

Literary works that challenge our understanding of the human experience through richly crafted language, complex characters, and profound themes. These masterfully written stories and reflections explore life's deepest questions while pushing the boundaries of storytelling itself.

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Rejection Summary
Rejection
by Tony Tulathimutte 2024 272 pages
3.86
15.2K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Hamnet Summary
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell 2020 372 pages
4.19
303.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
You Are Here Summary
You Are Here
by David Nicholls 2024 368 pages
4.01
54.6K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Book Club
The Vanishing Half Summary
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett 2020 343 pages
4.13
819.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
The Answer Is No Summary
The Answer Is No
by Fredrik Backman 2024 68 pages
3.93
85.3K ratings
Short Stories
Humor
Contemporary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Summary
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
by Yukio Mishima 1963 181 pages
3.84
48.1K ratings
Japan
Classics
Japanese Literature
The Back of the Turtle Summary
The Back of the Turtle
by Thomas King 2014 518 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Book Club
Middlesex Summary
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 529 pages
4.04
654.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop Summary
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
by Hwang Bo-Reum 2022 307 pages
3.93
61.2K ratings
Contemporary
Books About Books
Cozy
Shark Heart Summary
Shark Heart
by Emily Habeck 2023 416 pages
3.96
71.4K ratings
Magical Realism
Romance
Fantasy
Freedom Summary
Freedom
by Jonathan Franzen 2010 562 pages
3.79
172.6K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
If I Had Your Face Summary
If I Had Your Face
by Frances Cha 2020 288 pages
3.74
56.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Feminism
The Idiot Summary
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman 2017 423 pages
3.65
98.5K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
The Namesake Summary
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 304 pages
4.02
278.4K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
L'Arminuta Summary
L'Arminuta
by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages
4.09
25.4K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018 289 pages
3.61
506.3K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mental Health
The Nest Summary
The Nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 353 pages
3.41
179.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
The Maniac Summary
The Maniac
by Benjamín Labatut 2023 368 pages
4.34
20.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Philosophy
Literary Fiction
We Were the Mulvaneys Summary
We Were the Mulvaneys
by Joyce Carol Oates 1996 454 pages
3.75
103.7K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
City of Night Birds Summary
City of Night Birds
by Juhea Kim 2024 320 pages
3.64
7.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Russia
Private Rites Summary
Private Rites
by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages
3.68
8.6K ratings
Horror
Queer
LGBT
A Tale for the Time Being Summary
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 pages
4.06
130.1K ratings
Japan
Magical Realism
Book Club
An American Marriage Summary
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones 2018 308 pages
3.94
376.9K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Mr Salary Summary
Mr Salary
by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages
3.76
37.8K ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
Romance
State of Wonder Summary
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett 2011 353 pages
3.90
196.1K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
The Girls Who Grew Big Summary
The Girls Who Grew Big
by Leila Mottley 2025 352 pages
4.20
1.3K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Interpreter of Maladies Summary
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 pages
4.18
201.5K ratings
Short Stories
Book Club
Contemporary
Pineapple Street Summary
Pineapple Street
by Jenny Jackson 2023 304 pages
3.55
199.0K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Case Study Summary
Case Study
by Graeme Macrae Burnet 2021 278 pages
3.58
10.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Psychology
Saturday Summary
Saturday
by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages
3.64
72.2K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Book Club
Violeta Summary
Violeta
by Isabel Allende 2022 322 pages
4.03
98.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Memento Mori Summary
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark 1959 224 pages
3.61
7.0K ratings
Classics
Mystery
Novels
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
143.5K ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Beautiful World, Where Are You Summary
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney 2021 356 pages
3.53
458.9K ratings
Contemporary
Romance
Literary Fiction
Young Mungo Summary
Young Mungo
by Douglas Stuart 2022 390 pages
4.38
77.1K ratings
LGBT
Queer
Romance
Rules of Civility Summary
Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles 2011 335 pages
4.09
258.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Reef Summary
Reef
by Romesh Gunesekera 1994 190 pages
3.75
2.0K ratings
Historical Fiction
Asia
Literary Fiction
On Beauty Summary
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages
3.78
88.2K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Life Ceremony Summary
Life Ceremony
by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 pages
3.75
24.1K ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Japan
Everything is Illuminated Summary
Everything is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer 2002 276 pages
3.89
182.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Novels
March Summary
March
by Geraldine Brooks 2005 280 pages
3.81
75.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Civil War
Sandwich Summary
Sandwich
by Catherine Newman 2024 240 pages
3.61
117.9K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Summer
Enter Ghost Summary
Enter Ghost
by Isabella Hammad 2023 336 pages
4.11
9.1K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Historical Fiction
The Refugees Summary
The Refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages
3.87
21.5K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
The School for Good Mothers Summary
The School for Good Mothers
by Jessamine Chan 2022 336 pages
3.53
119.3K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Book Club
And the Mountains Echoed Summary
And the Mountains Echoed
by Khaled Hosseini 2012 404 pages
4.08
392.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Contemporary
Nostalgia Summary
Nostalgia
by Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 361 pages
4.22
4.6K ratings
Romania
Short Stories
Romanian Literature
Great Circle Summary
Great Circle
by Maggie Shipstead 2021 608 pages
4.10
76.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Sense of an Ending Summary
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages
3.74
187.0K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
The World According to Garp Summary
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 1978 610 pages
4.11
234.8K ratings
Classics
Literature
Contemporary
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