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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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On Such a Full Sea Summary
On Such a Full Sea
by Chang-rae Lee 2014 407 pages
3.49
11.7K ratings
Dystopia
Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
All the Birds, Singing Summary
All the Birds, Singing
by Evie Wyld 2013 240 pages
3.61
14.4K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Australia
Demon Copperhead Summary
Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver 2022 560 pages
4.48
661.8K ratings
Book Club
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow Summary
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles 2016 462 pages
4.32
625.2K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Truth in Advertising Summary
Truth in Advertising
by John Kenney 2013 320 pages
3.70
3.2K ratings
Humor
Book Club
Contemporary
Speedboat Summary
Speedboat
by Renata Adler 1976 192 pages
3.76
7.1K ratings
Classics
Short Stories
Novels
Dirty Diana Summary
Dirty Diana
by Jen Besser 2024 272 pages
3.59
5.8K ratings
Romance
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Canada Summary
Canada
by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages
3.52
27.7K ratings
Book Club
Canada
Literary Fiction
Wolf Hall Summary
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel 2009 653 pages
3.91
224.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Illumination Night Summary
Illumination Night
by Alice Hoffman 1987 200 pages
3.75
9.1K ratings
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Fantasy
Filthy Animals Summary
Filthy Animals
by Brandon Taylor 2021 288 pages
3.64
9.6K ratings
Short Stories
LGBT
Queer
Certain Women Summary
Certain Women
by Madeleine L'Engle 1992 368 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Religion
Literature
The Smell of Apples Summary
The Smell of Apples
by Mark Behr 1993 200 pages
3.55
1.3K ratings
South Africa
Africa
Historical Fiction
Buckeye Summary
Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan 2025 464 pages
4.48
338 ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Summary
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
by Anissa Gray 2019 294 pages
3.63
21.0K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Pages for You Summary
Pages for You
by Sylvia Brownrigg 2001 274 pages
3.91
9.2K ratings
LGBT
Romance
Queer
The Dogs of Babel Summary
The Dogs of Babel
by Carolyn Parkhurst 2003 278 pages
3.58
19.3K ratings
Mystery
Book Club
Animals
Theo of Golden Summary
Theo of Golden
by Allen Levi 2023 399 pages
4.69
19.7K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Christian
Sweet Bean Paste Summary
Sweet Bean Paste
by Durian Sukegawa 2013 224 pages
4.06
67.0K ratings
Japan
Contemporary
Japanese Literature
Run Summary
Run
by Ann Patchett 2007 295 pages
3.67
54.9K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Red Mountain Summary
Red Mountain
by Boo Walker 2016 360 pages
4.04
17.8K ratings
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
All Aunt Hagar's Children Summary
All Aunt Hagar's Children
Stories
by Edward P. Jones 2006 399 pages
3.82
2.3K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
African American
A Gate at the Stairs Summary
A Gate at the Stairs
by Lorrie Moore 2009 322 pages
3.17
18.6K ratings
Book Club
Novels
Literary Fiction
Hieroglyphics Summary
Hieroglyphics
by Jill McCorkle 2020 312 pages
3.32
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Family
Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar Summary
Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
by Katie Yee 2025 208 pages
3.44
3.7K ratings
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Adult
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty Summary
The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
by Vendela Vida 2015 224 pages
3.45
7.5K ratings
Mystery
Travel
Book Club
That Mad Ache Summary
That Mad Ache
by Françoise Sagan 1965 311 pages
3.98
1.5K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
Milk Fed Summary
Milk Fed
by Melissa Broder 2021 304 pages
3.56
75.2K ratings
Contemporary
Queer
LGBT
The Spinning Heart Summary
The Spinning Heart
by Donal Ryan 2012 160 pages
3.94
10.6K ratings
Ireland
Irish Literature
Literary Fiction
Little Blue Encyclopedia Summary
Little Blue Encyclopedia
by Hazel Jane Plante 2019 200 pages
4.26
1.4K ratings
Queer
LGBT
Transgender
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Rod Espinosa 1851
3.55
5.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Severance Summary
Severance
by Ling Ma 2018 291 pages
3.89
124.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Contemporary
Innocents Summary
Innocents
by Cathy Coote 1999 248 pages
3.36
1.7K ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Dark
The Travelers Summary
The Travelers
by Regina Porter 2019 297 pages
3.60
3.6K ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
White Ivy Summary
White Ivy
by Susie Yang 2020 354 pages
3.55
33.5K ratings
Contemporary
Thriller
Mystery
Show Don't Tell Summary
Show Don't Tell
by Curtis Sittenfeld 2025 320 pages
3.90
11.5K ratings
Short Stories
Literary Fiction
Adult Fiction
Letters from the Dead Summary
Letters from the Dead
by Isabella Valeri 2025 480 pages
3.34
196 ratings
Mystery
Thriller
Mystery Thriller
Mother of Pearl Summary
Mother of Pearl
by Melinda Haynes 1999 465 pages
3.70
20.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Southern
Book Club
엄마를 부탁해 Summary
엄마를 부탁해
by Kyung-Sook Shin 2008 320 pages
3.91
46.7K ratings
Contemporary
Asia
Asian Literature
Girl Through Glass Summary
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson 2016 289 pages
3.38
3.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Contemporary
Book Club
Darkmans Summary
Darkmans
by Nicola Barker 2007 838 pages
3.65
2.4K ratings
Fantasy
Literature
Contemporary
Cult Classic Summary
Cult Classic
by Sloane Crosley 2022 304 pages
3.28
21.7K ratings
Mystery
Contemporary
Romance
Possession Summary
Possession
by A.S. Byatt 1990 555 pages
3.90
83.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Romance
Classics
Rich and Pretty Summary
Rich and Pretty
by Rumaan Alam 2016 304 pages
2.77
11.0K ratings
Contemporary
Chick Lit
Literary Fiction
To the Moon and Back Summary
To the Moon and Back
by Eliana Ramage 2025 448 pages
4.04
169 ratings
Contemporary
Indigenous
Queer
Big Chief Summary
Big Chief
by Jon Hickey 2025 320 pages
3.64
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Crooked Hallelujah Summary
Crooked Hallelujah
by Kelli Jo Ford 2020 304 pages
3.47
3.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Literary Fiction
Amity Summary
Amity
by Nathan Harris 2025 320 pages
4.31
133 ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Elizabeth Finch Summary
Elizabeth Finch
by Julian Barnes 2022 192 pages
3.17
6.9K ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Philosophy
What Will People Think? Summary
What Will People Think?
by Sara Hamdan 2025 336 pages
3.72
1.4K ratings
Contemporary
Coming Of Age
Romance
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