Văn học hư cấu

Những tác phẩm văn học thách thức sự hiểu biết của chúng ta về trải nghiệm con người thông qua ngôn ngữ được chau chuốt tinh tế, các nhân vật phức tạp và những chủ đề sâu sắc. Những câu chuyện và suy tư được viết một cách tài hoa này khám phá những câu hỏi sâu thẳm nhất của cuộc sống, đồng thời mở rộng ranh giới của chính nghệ thuật kể chuyện.

Văn học hư cấu Tóm tắt sách

Nocturnes

của Kazuo Ishiguro • 2009

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

3.51

33.000+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline 🎭 Artistic Ambition 👀 Outsider Narrator

Nocturnes

Five stories of music at dusk: fading stars, borrowed dreams, and the quiet grace of letting go.

của Kazuo Ishiguro 2009 221 trang

3.51

33.000+ đánh giá

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🌟 Fading Celebrity 💔 Marriage In Decline 🎭 Artistic Ambition 👀 Outsider Narrator

Ánh sáng giữa hai đại dương

của M.L. Stedman • 2012

A lighthouse keeper and his wife claim a found baby, and a secret tests their bond.

4.04

400.000+

🕊️ Child Loss ⚖️ Moral Dilemma 🗼 Lighthouse Keeper 👶 Secret Child ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Story

Ánh sáng giữa hai đại dương

A lighthouse keeper and his wife claim a found baby, and a secret tests their bond.

của M.L. Stedman 2012 362 trang

4.04

400.000+ đánh giá

🕊️ Child Loss ⚖️ Moral Dilemma 🗼 Lighthouse Keeper 👶 Secret Child ❤️‍🩹 Redemption Story

Letter to a Child Never Born

của Oriana Fallaci • 1975

Alone and pregnant, a woman writes to the child inside her, weighing existence against nothingness.

4.03

24.000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood 🗳️ Reproductive Autonomy 🪞 Female Interiority 😔 Existential Anguish

Letter to a Child Never Born

Alone and pregnant, a woman writes to the child inside her, weighing existence against nothingness.

của Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 trang

4.03

24.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood 🗳️ Reproductive Autonomy 🪞 Female Interiority 😔 Existential Anguish

Sandwich

của Catherine Newman • 2024

A Cape Cod vacation catches a mother between her aging parents and her adult children.

3.54

200.000+

🏖️ Cape Cod 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Vacation 👵👩👧 Generational Divide 🧭 Midlife Reckoning 👴👵 Aging Parents

Sandwich

A Cape Cod vacation catches a mother between her aging parents and her adult children.

của Catherine Newman 2024 229 trang

3.54

200.000+ đánh giá

🏖️ Cape Cod 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Vacation 👵👩👧 Generational Divide 🧭 Midlife Reckoning 👴👵 Aging Parents

Moby-Dick hay Cá Voi Trắng

của Herman Melville • 1851

A sailor joins a whaling ship whose captain will destroy everything to kill one white whale.

3.57

600.000+

⚓ Maritime Adventure 🤔 Philosophical Novel 🔥 Obsessive Quest 🤝 Unlikely Friendship ☠️ Doomed Captain

Chuyên sâu

Moby-Dick hay Cá Voi Trắng

A sailor joins a whaling ship whose captain will destroy everything to kill one white whale.

của Herman Melville 1851 720 trang

3.57

600.000+ đánh giá

⚓ Maritime Adventure 🤔 Philosophical Novel 🔥 Obsessive Quest 🤝 Unlikely Friendship ☠️ Doomed Captain

Naked Lunch

của William S. Burroughs • 1959

A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.

3.46

99.000+

🚫 Transgressive Fiction 🥁 Beat Generation ✂️ Experimental Novel 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎛️ Control Systems

Naked Lunch

A junkie fleeing the law plunges into a surreal city where addiction drives every transaction.

của William S. Burroughs 1959 289 trang

3.46

99.000+ đánh giá

🚫 Transgressive Fiction 🥁 Beat Generation ✂️ Experimental Novel 💉 Heroin Addiction 🎛️ Control Systems

A Tale for the Time Being

của Ruth Ozeki • 2013

A novelist finds a teen's tsunami-tossed diary and becomes obsessed with saving its author.

4.06

100.000+

📖 Dual Timeline 📔 Found Diary 🧘 Buddhist Themes 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma 💔 Teen Bullying

A Tale for the Time Being

A novelist finds a teen's tsunami-tossed diary and becomes obsessed with saving its author.

của Ruth Ozeki 2013 432 trang

4.06

100.000+ đánh giá

📖 Dual Timeline 📔 Found Diary 🧘 Buddhist Themes 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma 💔 Teen Bullying

If I Had Your Face

của Frances Cha • 2020

In Seoul's brutal beauty economy, a mute stylist, a hostess, and two others fight for survival.

3.73

59.000+

🏙️ Seoul 💄 Beauty Ideals 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💋 Beauty As Currency 🎤 K-Pop Obsession

If I Had Your Face

In Seoul's brutal beauty economy, a mute stylist, a hostess, and two others fight for survival.

của Frances Cha 2020 288 trang

3.73

59.000+ đánh giá

🏙️ Seoul 💄 Beauty Ideals 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💋 Beauty As Currency 🎤 K-Pop Obsession

Writers & Lovers

của Lily King • 2020

A grieving waitress pours everything into her novel while two men offer her different futures.

3.99

100.000+

🖊️ Aspiring Novelist 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🕯️ Grieving A Parent 💕 Complicated Romance 🎨 Artistic Ambition

Writers & Lovers

A grieving waitress pours everything into her novel while two men offer her different futures.

của Lily King 2020 320 trang

3.99

100.000+ đánh giá

🖊️ Aspiring Novelist 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🕯️ Grieving A Parent 💕 Complicated Romance 🎨 Artistic Ambition

The Death of Virgil

của Hermann Broch • 1945

Dying and feverish, Virgil resolves to burn his epic; Augustus needs it to sanctify an empire.

4.15

1.000+

🖋️ Modernist Novel 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🕯️ Deathbed Reckoning 🌡️ Fever Dream 🎭 Artistic Crisis

The Death of Virgil

Dying and feverish, Virgil resolves to burn his epic; Augustus needs it to sanctify an empire.

của Hermann Broch 1945 493 trang

4.15

1.000+ đánh giá

🖋️ Modernist Novel 🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🕯️ Deathbed Reckoning 🌡️ Fever Dream 🎭 Artistic Crisis

Chữ cái đỏ thắm

của Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1850

Shamed for adultery, a Puritan woman shields her lover's name while her disguised husband hunts him.

3.44

900.000+

🏘️ Puritan New England 💔 Hidden Guilt 👁️ Public Shaming 🐍 Psychological Revenge 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

Chữ cái đỏ thắm

Shamed for adultery, a Puritan woman shields her lover's name while her disguised husband hunts him.

của Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 279 trang

3.44

900.000+ đánh giá

🏘️ Puritan New England 💔 Hidden Guilt 👁️ Public Shaming 🐍 Psychological Revenge 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

Thức tỉnh

của Kate Chopin • 1899

A New Orleans wife awakens to desire. Society has no room for the woman she becomes.

3.69

200.000+

🕊️ Female Autonomy 💔 Marital Discontent 🚫 Forbidden Love 🎭 Creole Society 🤫 Quiet Rebellion

Thức tỉnh

A New Orleans wife awakens to desire. Society has no room for the woman she becomes.

của Kate Chopin 1899 195 trang

3.69

200.000+ đánh giá

🕊️ Female Autonomy 💔 Marital Discontent 🚫 Forbidden Love 🎭 Creole Society 🤫 Quiet Rebellion

Tổ Ấm

của Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2016

Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.

3.41

100.000+

🏠 Family Saga ⏳ Midlife Reckoning ✍️ Creative Block 🖤 Darkly Comic 🗽 New York City

Tổ Ấm

Four siblings, one trust fund, and the crash that forces them to finally grow up.

của Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2016 432 trang

3.41

100.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Family Saga ⏳ Midlife Reckoning ✍️ Creative Block 🖤 Darkly Comic 🗽 New York City

Bernadette, Em Đã Đi Đâu?

của Maria Semple • 2012

Bernadette Fox was an architectural genius. Now she's a recluse who just vanished before Antarctica.

3.87

600.000+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🎯 Satirical Fiction 🎨 Creative Burnout 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔍 Disappearing Woman

Bernadette, Em Đã Đi Đâu?

Bernadette Fox was an architectural genius. Now she's a recluse who just vanished before Antarctica.

của Maria Semple 2012 330 trang

3.87

600.000+ đánh giá

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🎯 Satirical Fiction 🎨 Creative Burnout 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🔍 Disappearing Woman

The Anomaly

của Hervé Le Tellier • 2020

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

3.79

70.000+

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

The Anomaly

When a routine flight duplicates, every passenger faces the stranger who shares their face and past.

của Hervé Le Tellier 2020 391 trang

3.79

70.000+ đánh giá

🪞 Parallel Selves 💻 Simulated Reality 😱 Existential Dread 🎭 Identity Crisis 🧠 Philosophical Thriller

Trespasses

của Louise Kennedy • 2022

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

3.96

53.000+

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship ⚔️ Sectarian Divide 📚 Teacher Protagonist

Trespasses

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

của Louise Kennedy 2022 292 trang

3.96

53.000+ đánh giá

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship ⚔️ Sectarian Divide 📚 Teacher Protagonist

Bản đồ mây

của David Mitchell • 2004

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

4.01

200.000+

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🏠 Wwii Home Front 📚 Literary Thriller

Bản đồ mây

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

của David Mitchell 2004 509 trang

4.01

200.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🏠 Wwii Home Front 📚 Literary Thriller

Kim Ji Young, sinh năm 1982

của Cho Nam-Joo • 2016

Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.

4.16

100.000+

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Generational Trauma 🧹 Invisible Labor 💼 Everyday Sexism 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Identity

Kim Ji Young, sinh năm 1982

Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.

của Cho Nam-Joo 2016 163 trang

4.16

100.000+ đánh giá

🏙️ Social Realism 🖤 Generational Trauma 🧹 Invisible Labor 💼 Everyday Sexism 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Identity

The Persian Boy

của Mary Renault • 1972

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

4.18

11.000+

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite 🎭 Court Intrigue 🌍 Intimate Epic

The Persian Boy

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

của Mary Renault 1972 420 trang

4.18

11.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite 🎭 Court Intrigue 🌍 Intimate Epic

Căn phòng có cửa sổ nhìn ra ngoài

của E.M. Forster • 1908

A kiss in a violet field forces an Englishwoman to choose: a cold engagement or a risky truth.

3.89

200.000+

👒 Edwardian Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🌍 Awakening Abroad 🖤 Repressed Heroine ⚡ Opposites Attract

Căn phòng có cửa sổ nhìn ra ngoài

A kiss in a violet field forces an Englishwoman to choose: a cold engagement or a risky truth.

của E.M. Forster 1908 119 trang

3.89

200.000+ đánh giá

👒 Edwardian Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🌍 Awakening Abroad 🖤 Repressed Heroine ⚡ Opposites Attract

Life Ceremony

của Sayaka Murata • 2019

Hair becomes couture, funerals become potlucks, and a bride is thirty-four selves.

3.73

28.000+

📚 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Identity Performance 🗾 Near-Future Japan

Life Ceremony

Hair becomes couture, funerals become potlucks, and a bride is thirty-four selves.

của Sayaka Murata 2019 256 trang

3.73

28.000+ đánh giá

📚 Literary Horror 🦴 Body Horror 🍖 Cannibalism 🎭 Identity Performance 🗾 Near-Future Japan

Tuyết Hoa và chiếc quạt bí mật

của Lisa See • 2005

A Chinese widow rereads a lifetime of secret messages from the friend she loved and wronged.

4.09

300.000+

👯 Sworn Sisterhood 🖋️ Secret Women's Script 👣 Footbinding ⚖️ Friends Across Class 🕯️ Elegiac Reflection

Tuyết Hoa và chiếc quạt bí mật

A Chinese widow rereads a lifetime of secret messages from the friend she loved and wronged.

của Lisa See 2005 288 trang

4.09

300.000+ đánh giá

👯 Sworn Sisterhood 🖋️ Secret Women's Script 👣 Footbinding ⚖️ Friends Across Class 🕯️ Elegiac Reflection

Tom Lake

của Ann Patchett • 2023

An ex-actress tells her daughters the truth about her summer romance with a movie star.

3.93

500.000+

🎭 Summer Stock Theater 🍒 Cherry Orchard Life 🦠 Pandemic Family Saga 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Memories 💔 Summer Love Memory

Tom Lake

An ex-actress tells her daughters the truth about her summer romance with a movie star.

của Ann Patchett 2023 320 trang

3.93

500.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Summer Stock Theater 🍒 Cherry Orchard Life 🦠 Pandemic Family Saga 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Memories 💔 Summer Love Memory

Independence

của Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni • 2023

A doctor's three daughters in Bengal seek their own freedoms as India tears itself in two.

4.11

12.000+

📚 Partition Fiction 👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 💕 Interfaith Romance ⚖️ Ambition Vs Tradition 🌾 Bengal Setting

Independence

A doctor's three daughters in Bengal seek their own freedoms as India tears itself in two.

của Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2023 288 trang

4.11

12.000+ đánh giá

📚 Partition Fiction 👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 💕 Interfaith Romance ⚖️ Ambition Vs Tradition 🌾 Bengal Setting

Shark Heart

của Emily Habeck • 2023

Her husband turns into a great white shark. Their love story has an expiration date.

3.94

95.000+

🦋 Metamorphosis 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏳ Slow Goodbye 🕊️ Grief And Healing 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Shark Heart

Her husband turns into a great white shark. Their love story has an expiration date.

của Emily Habeck 2023 416 trang

3.94

95.000+ đánh giá

🦋 Metamorphosis 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏳ Slow Goodbye 🕊️ Grief And Healing 👩‍👧 Single Mother

The Plot Against America

của Philip Roth • 2004

Lindbergh wins the 1940 election, and a Newark Jewish family becomes the enemy.

3.82

70.000+

🕰️ Alternate History ✡️ Jewish Identity 🏚️ Family Under Siege 🧒 Wartime Childhood 😨 Creeping Dread

The Plot Against America

Lindbergh wins the 1940 election, and a Newark Jewish family becomes the enemy.

của Philip Roth 2004 391 trang

3.82

70.000+ đánh giá

🕰️ Alternate History ✡️ Jewish Identity 🏚️ Family Under Siege 🧒 Wartime Childhood 😨 Creeping Dread

Bệnh nhân người Anh

của Michael Ondaatje • 1992

A nurse, a burn patient, a ruined villa: morphine dreams of desert love and hidden identity.

3.86

100.000+

🖤 Forbidden Love 💔 Wartime Romance 🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🏜️ Desert Exploration 🏚️ Wwii Aftermath

Bệnh nhân người Anh

A nurse, a burn patient, a ruined villa: morphine dreams of desert love and hidden identity.

của Michael Ondaatje 1992 320 trang

3.86

100.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Forbidden Love 💔 Wartime Romance 🕵️ Wartime Espionage 🏜️ Desert Exploration 🏚️ Wwii Aftermath

Middlemarch

của George Eliot • 1872

In a provincial town, an idealistic heiress weds a dry scholar, mistaking his silence for wisdom.

4.04

100.000+

📜 Victorian Realism 🏘️ Provincial Life 💔 Disillusioned Marriage 💍 Age Gap Marriage 🏥 Ambitious Reformer

Middlemarch

In a provincial town, an idealistic heiress weds a dry scholar, mistaking his silence for wisdom.

của George Eliot 1872 912 trang

4.04

100.000+ đánh giá

📜 Victorian Realism 🏘️ Provincial Life 💔 Disillusioned Marriage 💍 Age Gap Marriage 🏥 Ambitious Reformer

Trò chuyện giữa bạn bè

của Sally Rooney • 2017

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

3.73

600.000+

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Trò chuyện giữa bạn bè

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

của Sally Rooney 2017 304 trang

3.73

600.000+ đánh giá

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Người Dublin

của James Joyce • 1914

Fifteen Dubliners reach for escape and find the limits of their world.

3.83

100.000+

📖 Modernist Fiction 🥀 Quiet Desperation 🪨 Emotional Stasis 🚪 Failed Escape 🇮🇪 Dublin Life

Người Dublin

Fifteen Dubliners reach for escape and find the limits of their world.

của James Joyce 1914 352 trang

3.83

100.000+ đánh giá

📖 Modernist Fiction 🥀 Quiet Desperation 🪨 Emotional Stasis 🚪 Failed Escape 🇮🇪 Dublin Life

Severance

của Ling Ma • 2018

The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.

3.88

100.000+

🏢 Office Apocalypse 🧧 Immigrant Daughter 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🔁 Routine As Trap 🦠 Pandemic Survival

Severance

The fever traps victims in habit loops. Candace Chen, office worker, was already there.

của Ling Ma 2018 291 trang

3.88

100.000+ đánh giá

🏢 Office Apocalypse 🧧 Immigrant Daughter 🌫️ Quiet Apocalypse 🔁 Routine As Trap 🦠 Pandemic Survival

City of Night Birds

của Juhea Kim • 2024

A ballerina returns to St. Petersburg, where dancing again forces her to confront buried secrets.

3.62

13.000+

🩰 Ballet 🌃 St. Petersburg 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Sacrifice For Art ✍️ Lyrical Prose

City of Night Birds

A ballerina returns to St. Petersburg, where dancing again forces her to confront buried secrets.

của Juhea Kim 2024 320 trang

3.62

13.000+ đánh giá

🩰 Ballet 🌃 St. Petersburg 💔 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Sacrifice For Art ✍️ Lyrical Prose

State of Wonder

của Ann Patchett • 2011

A pharmacologist hunts the jungle for a scientist whose fertility discovery cost a colleague's life.

3.91

200.000+

🌿 Jungle Expedition 🔬 Rogue Scientist ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Fertility Research 🌫️ Atmospheric Tension

State of Wonder

A pharmacologist hunts the jungle for a scientist whose fertility discovery cost a colleague's life.

của Ann Patchett 2011 353 trang

3.91

200.000+ đánh giá

🌿 Jungle Expedition 🔬 Rogue Scientist ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Fertility Research 🌫️ Atmospheric Tension

The Trespasser

của Tana French • 2016

A domestic murder case feels like a trap to a Dublin detective battling her own squad.

3.99

97.000+

🚔 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🤐 Police Cover-Up 💼 Toxic Workplace 🕵️‍♀️ Outsider Detective

The Trespasser

A domestic murder case feels like a trap to a Dublin detective battling her own squad.

của Tana French 2016 464 trang

3.99

97.000+ đánh giá

🚔 Police Procedural 📚 Literary Crime 🤐 Police Cover-Up 💼 Toxic Workplace 🕵️‍♀️ Outsider Detective

Women in Love

của D.H. Lawrence • 1920

In Edwardian England, two sisters seek love: one a spiritual union, the other a destructive passion.

3.66

33.000+

🖤 Philosophical Romance 👭 Sisters 💔 Parallel Love Stories 🔥 Toxic Passion 🎨 Artistic Ambition

Women in Love

In Edwardian England, two sisters seek love: one a spiritual union, the other a destructive passion.

của D.H. Lawrence 1920 416 trang

3.66

33.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Philosophical Romance 👭 Sisters 💔 Parallel Love Stories 🔥 Toxic Passion 🎨 Artistic Ambition

Lều Đỏ

của Anita Diamant • 1997

Jacob's only daughter grows up in the red tent, learning women's sacred stories from four mothers.

4.21

600.000+

🏕️ Biblical Retelling 🤱 Midwifery 👩‍👩‍👧 Sister Wives 🗣️ Female Storytelling 🏜️ Ancient Near East

Lều Đỏ

Jacob's only daughter grows up in the red tent, learning women's sacred stories from four mothers.

của Anita Diamant 1997 324 trang

4.21

600.000+ đánh giá

🏕️ Biblical Retelling 🤱 Midwifery 👩‍👩‍👧 Sister Wives 🗣️ Female Storytelling 🏜️ Ancient Near East

A Long Petal of the Sea

của Isabel Allende • 2019

A medic marries his brother's pregnant partner to escape Franco's Spain on a rescue ship.

4.06

100.000+

🇪🇸 Spanish Civil War 📜 Sweeping Family Saga 🧳 Exile Journey 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Forbidden Love Affair

A Long Petal of the Sea

A medic marries his brother's pregnant partner to escape Franco's Spain on a rescue ship.

của Isabel Allende 2019 325 trang

4.06

100.000+ đánh giá

🇪🇸 Spanish Civil War 📜 Sweeping Family Saga 🧳 Exile Journey 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Forbidden Love Affair

Biển Tĩnh Lặng

của Emily St. John Mandel • 2022

A violin echoes across centuries, linking an exiled nobleman, a moon author, and a time detective.

4.05

300.000+

💫 Literary Science Fiction 🔗 Interconnected Lives ⏳ Time Travel Anomaly 🔍 Temporal Investigation 🦠 Pandemic Backdrop

Biển Tĩnh Lặng

A violin echoes across centuries, linking an exiled nobleman, a moon author, and a time detective.

của Emily St. John Mandel 2022 259 trang

4.05

300.000+ đánh giá

💫 Literary Science Fiction 🔗 Interconnected Lives ⏳ Time Travel Anomaly 🔍 Temporal Investigation 🦠 Pandemic Backdrop

The Red and the Black

của Stendhal • 2002

In Restoration France, a carpenter's son uses seduction to climb a ladder built to break him.

3.86

85.000+

🧠 Psychological Realism 📜 Restoration France 📈 Social Climbing 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Thwarted Ambition

The Red and the Black

In Restoration France, a carpenter's son uses seduction to climb a ladder built to break him.

của Stendhal 2002 577 trang

3.86

85.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Psychological Realism 📜 Restoration France 📈 Social Climbing 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Thwarted Ambition

Allah Is Not Obliged

của Ahmadou Kourouma • 2000

A cursed Ivorian boy navigates Liberia's civil war as a child soldier, hunting for a lost aunt.

3.67

2.000+

⚔️ Child Soldier Fiction 📚 West African Fiction 👦 Child Narrator 🖤 Dark Humor 🔍 Search For Family

Allah Is Not Obliged

A cursed Ivorian boy navigates Liberia's civil war as a child soldier, hunting for a lost aunt.

của Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 trang

3.67

2.000+ đánh giá

⚔️ Child Soldier Fiction 📚 West African Fiction 👦 Child Narrator 🖤 Dark Humor 🔍 Search For Family

Commonwealth

của Ann Patchett • 2016

A stolen kiss shatters two families and forces six children to piece together a new one.

3.83

200.000+

🏡 Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 💔 Infidelity Fallout 📖 Novel Within A Novel 👫 Stepsibling Bonds

Commonwealth

A stolen kiss shatters two families and forces six children to piece together a new one.

của Ann Patchett 2016 322 trang

3.83

200.000+ đánh giá

🏡 Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 💔 Infidelity Fallout 📖 Novel Within A Novel 👫 Stepsibling Bonds

Ulysses

của James Joyce • 1922

A cuckold adman and a mother-haunted teacher spend one day in Dublin, their inner worlds colliding.

3.76

100.000+

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 📅 Single Day Narrative 🖋️ Experimental Writing 🇮🇪 Dublin Setting 🏛️ Mythological Framework

Ulysses

A cuckold adman and a mother-haunted teacher spend one day in Dublin, their inner worlds colliding.

của James Joyce 1922 783 trang

3.76

100.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Stream Of Consciousness 📅 Single Day Narrative 🖋️ Experimental Writing 🇮🇪 Dublin Setting 🏛️ Mythological Framework

Harlem Rhapsody

của Victoria Christopher Murray • 2025

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

4.06

10.000+

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Harlem Rhapsody

She built the Harlem Renaissance from the shadows. Her secret lover was its powerful married leader.

của Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 400 trang

4.06

10.000+ đánh giá

🎷 Harlem Renaissance 📖 Biographical Fiction 🎺 Jazz Age Harlem ⚖️ Mentor Affair 💼 Ambition And Sacrifice

Three Daughters of Eve

của Elif Shafak • 2016

She built a life on silence. A hostage crisis resurrects the Oxford professor she never defended.

3.82

33.000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ⚖️ Faith Vs Secularism 👩‍👩‍👩 Female Friendship Trio 🚫 Forbidden Mentor Crush 🌉 East West Identity

Three Daughters of Eve

She built a life on silence. A hostage crisis resurrects the Oxford professor she never defended.

của Elif Shafak 2016 384 trang

3.82

33.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ⚖️ Faith Vs Secularism 👩‍👩‍👩 Female Friendship Trio 🚫 Forbidden Mentor Crush 🌉 East West Identity

Trò Chơi Ước Nguyện

của Meg Shaffer • 2023

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

4.02

100.000+

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey ✍️ Reclusive Author 👯 Estranged Sisters

Trò Chơi Ước Nguyện

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

của Meg Shaffer 2023 278 trang

4.02

100.000+ đánh giá

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey ✍️ Reclusive Author 👯 Estranged Sisters

Silence

của Shūsaku Endō • 1966

A captured Jesuit in 17th-century Japan must renounce Christ or let believers die. God stays silent.

4.10

39.000+

🕯️ Jesuit Mission 🙏 Crisis Of Faith ✝️ Apostasy 🥀 Seeking Forgiveness 😔 Spiritual Anguish

Silence

A captured Jesuit in 17th-century Japan must renounce Christ or let believers die. God stays silent.

của Shūsaku Endō 1966 294 trang

4.10

39.000+ đánh giá

🕯️ Jesuit Mission 🙏 Crisis Of Faith ✝️ Apostasy 🥀 Seeking Forgiveness 😔 Spiritual Anguish

Thế giới tươi đẹp, nơi nào cho em

của Sally Rooney • 2021

A novelist swipes right on a warehouse worker. Her best friend falls for a lifelong friend.

3.52

500.000+

📱 Millennial Fiction 👭 Female Friendship 🔄 Cross-Class Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌊 Coastal Ireland

Thế giới tươi đẹp, nơi nào cho em

A novelist swipes right on a warehouse worker. Her best friend falls for a lifelong friend.

của Sally Rooney 2021 337 trang

3.52

500.000+ đánh giá

📱 Millennial Fiction 👭 Female Friendship 🔄 Cross-Class Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌊 Coastal Ireland

Những cô gái

của Emma Cline • 2016

A lonely teenager joins a cult in 1969 and becomes obsessed with its most captivating girl.

3.51

200.000+

🔮 Cult Fiction ☀️ 1960s California 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader 🌈 Queer Awakening

Những cô gái

A lonely teenager joins a cult in 1969 and becomes obsessed with its most captivating girl.

của Emma Cline 2016 355 trang

3.51

200.000+ đánh giá

🔮 Cult Fiction ☀️ 1960s California 🖤 Female Obsession 🎭 Charismatic Cult Leader 🌈 Queer Awakening

Thủ thư riêng

của Marie Benedict • 2021

A Black woman passing as white builds J.P. Morgan's legendary library, one secret away from ruin.

4.05

200.000+

📖 Biographical Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age 🎭 Passing As White 📚 Rare Books 💔 Forbidden Love

Thủ thư riêng

A Black woman passing as white builds J.P. Morgan's legendary library, one secret away from ruin.

của Marie Benedict 2021 341 trang

4.05

200.000+ đánh giá

📖 Biographical Fiction 🏛️ Gilded Age 🎭 Passing As White 📚 Rare Books 💔 Forbidden Love

Islands in the Stream

của Ernest Hemingway • 1970

An American painter on a Caribbean island faces his three sons and the past he fled.

3.88

17.000+

🖤 Grieving Father 🗿 Masculine Stoicism 👨‍👦‍👦 Father And Sons 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🏝️ Caribbean Setting

Islands in the Stream

An American painter on a Caribbean island faces his three sons and the past he fled.

của Ernest Hemingway 1970 448 trang

3.88

17.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Grieving Father 🗿 Masculine Stoicism 👨‍👦‍👦 Father And Sons 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🏝️ Caribbean Setting

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