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

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

của John Fowles • 1969

An engaged gentleman meets a fallen woman on the sea wall, and his Victorian world tilts.

3.88

55.000+

🕰️ Neo Victorian 📖 Metafiction 💔 Fallen Woman 🎭 Class Transgression 🌊 Seaside Gothic

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

An engaged gentleman meets a fallen woman on the sea wall, and his Victorian world tilts.

của John Fowles 1969 470 trang

3.88

55.000+ đánh giá

🕰️ Neo Victorian 📖 Metafiction 💔 Fallen Woman 🎭 Class Transgression 🌊 Seaside Gothic

Candles Burning

của Tabitha King • 2006

Her father's murder leaves a girl with an inheritance she cannot escape: she hears the dead.

3.22

2.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👻 Haunted Family 👁️ Psychic Child 🔪 Parent Murdered

Candles Burning

Her father's murder leaves a girl with an inheritance she cannot escape: she hears the dead.

của Tabitha King 2006 432 trang

3.22

2.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma 👻 Haunted Family 👁️ Psychic Child 🔪 Parent Murdered

The Old Curiosity Shop

của Charles Dickens • 2001

An orphan steals her gambler grandfather from London, seeking refuge in the English countryside.

3.79

24.000+

🧒 Child Caretaker 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 👹 Grotesque Villain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌃 London Underworld

The Old Curiosity Shop

An orphan steals her gambler grandfather from London, seeking refuge in the English countryside.

của Charles Dickens 2001 576 trang

3.79

24.000+ đánh giá

🧒 Child Caretaker 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 👹 Grotesque Villain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌃 London Underworld

Những Người Tin Tưởng Vĩ Đại

của Rebecca Makkai • 2018

Chicago, 1985: a gallery director works to preserve lost art as AIDS devastates his gay community.

4.30

100.000+

🩸 Aids Crisis Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 🫂 Chosen Family 🖼️ Art As Legacy 🕯️ Elegiac

Những Người Tin Tưởng Vĩ Đại

Chicago, 1985: a gallery director works to preserve lost art as AIDS devastates his gay community.

của Rebecca Makkai 2018 421 trang

4.30

100.000+ đánh giá

🩸 Aids Crisis Fiction ⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 🫂 Chosen Family 🖼️ Art As Legacy 🕯️ Elegiac

Cold Skin

của Albert Sánchez Piñol • 2007

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

3.66

9.000+

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

Cold Skin

On an Antarctic island, sea creatures rise nightly, and the lighthouse keeper hides a dark secret.

của Albert Sánchez Piñol 2007 240 trang

3.66

9.000+ đánh giá

🦑 Lovecraftian Horror 🏚️ Siege Survival 🔦 Isolated Lighthouse ❄️ Antarctic Isolation 🖤 Taboo Obsession

The Gifted School

của Bruce Holsinger • 2019

A gifted school opens in their Colorado town, and four mothers who shared everything become rivals.

3.71

42.000+

🏆 Competitive Parenting 💔 Friend Group Unraveling 📚 Academic Pressure 🏘️ Dark Suburban Drama 💬 Witty Social Commentary

The Gifted School

A gifted school opens in their Colorado town, and four mothers who shared everything become rivals.

của Bruce Holsinger 2019 560 trang

3.71

42.000+ đánh giá

🏆 Competitive Parenting 💔 Friend Group Unraveling 📚 Academic Pressure 🏘️ Dark Suburban Drama 💬 Witty Social Commentary

True Biz

của Sara Nović • 2022

A failed implant lands a teen in a Deaf school on the verge of revolt.

4.06

81.000+

🧏 Deaf Community 🔇 Language Deprivation 🏫 Residential School 🧡 Found Family 💔 Toxic Parent

True Biz

A failed implant lands a teen in a Deaf school on the verge of revolt.

của Sara Nović 2022 386 trang

4.06

81.000+ đánh giá

🧏 Deaf Community 🔇 Language Deprivation 🏫 Residential School 🧡 Found Family 💔 Toxic Parent

Crow Lake

của Mary Lawson • 2003

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

4.02

29.000+

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma 🤫 Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Family Obligation

Crow Lake

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

của Mary Lawson 2003 320 trang

4.02

29.000+ đánh giá

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma 🤫 Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Family Obligation

The Profession

của Steven Pressfield • 2011

A mercenary loyal to his legendary commander faces the brutal new world order they created.

3.73

1.000+

🪖 Private Military 🤝 Code Of Honor 👤 Charismatic Leader 📉 Fall From Grace 💰 Soldiers Of Fortune

The Profession

A mercenary loyal to his legendary commander faces the brutal new world order they created.

của Steven Pressfield 2011 336 trang

3.73

1.000+ đánh giá

🪖 Private Military 🤝 Code Of Honor 👤 Charismatic Leader 📉 Fall From Grace 💰 Soldiers Of Fortune

A Fórmula de Deus

của José Rodrigues dos Santos • 2006

A codebreaker deciphers Einstein's lost manuscript, a proof of God, trapped between Iran and CIA.

3.97

11.000+

🕵️‍♂️ Cryptographic Thriller 📜 Manuscript Mystery 🤔 Philosophical Suspense 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 💕 Cross-Cultural Romance

A Fórmula de Deus

A codebreaker deciphers Einstein's lost manuscript, a proof of God, trapped between Iran and CIA.

của José Rodrigues dos Santos 2006 574 trang

3.97

11.000+ đánh giá

🕵️‍♂️ Cryptographic Thriller 📜 Manuscript Mystery 🤔 Philosophical Suspense 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 💕 Cross-Cultural Romance

One Good Thing

của Georgia Hunter • 2025

A Jewish student flees fascist Italy with her best friend's son, forged papers her only shield.

4.26

15.000+

🏛️ Wartime Italy 🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🎭 False Identity

One Good Thing

A Jewish student flees fascist Italy with her best friend's son, forged papers her only shield.

của Georgia Hunter 2025 432 trang

4.26

15.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Wartime Italy 🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🎭 False Identity

Whidbey

của T Kira Madden • 2026

Fleeing to a remote island, a survivor meets a stranger who offers to kill her abuser.

3.36

9.000+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🔗 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎙️ True Crime Critique 🌫️ Atmospheric Isolation

Whidbey

Fleeing to a remote island, a survivor meets a stranger who offers to kill her abuser.

của T Kira Madden 2026 372 trang

3.36

9.000+ đánh giá

🖋️ Literary Thriller 🔗 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🎙️ True Crime Critique 🌫️ Atmospheric Isolation

Multiple Choice

của Alejandro Zambra • 2014

A multiple-choice test on love, family, and Chile's dictatorship. No correct answers.

3.90

6.000+

🧪 Experimental Fiction 🧩 Fragmentary Narrative 📏 Oulipian Constraints 👯 Twin Dynamics 👶 Parental Ambivalence

Multiple Choice

A multiple-choice test on love, family, and Chile's dictatorship. No correct answers.

của Alejandro Zambra 2014 128 trang

3.90

6.000+ đánh giá

🧪 Experimental Fiction 🧩 Fragmentary Narrative 📏 Oulipian Constraints 👯 Twin Dynamics 👶 Parental Ambivalence

The Forsyth Saga

của John Galsworthy • 1921

A possessive husband drives his wife away. A generation later, their children fall in love.

4.19

20.000+

🌳 Family Saga 🎭 Social Critique 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Obsessive Love ⛓️ Generational Conflict

The Forsyth Saga

A possessive husband drives his wife away. A generation later, their children fall in love.

của John Galsworthy 1921

4.19

20.000+ đánh giá

🌳 Family Saga 🎭 Social Critique 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Obsessive Love ⛓️ Generational Conflict

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

của Matthew Dicks • 2012

An imaginary friend must rescue his kidnapped creator, knowing the boy's freedom means his own end.

4.14

36.000+

🧸 Imaginary Friends 👁️ Unusual Narrator ♾️ Autism Representation 🚨 Child Abduction 🔗 Captor And Captive

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

An imaginary friend must rescue his kidnapped creator, knowing the boy's freedom means his own end.

của Matthew Dicks 2012 311 trang

4.14

36.000+ đánh giá

🧸 Imaginary Friends 👁️ Unusual Narrator ♾️ Autism Representation 🚨 Child Abduction 🔗 Captor And Captive

The Predicament

của William Boyd • 2025

A British travel writer serves two spy masters until one orders him to betray his former lover.

4.10

6.000+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agent 🤐 Reluctant Spy 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere ⚖️ Morally Gray Spy

The Predicament

A British travel writer serves two spy masters until one orders him to betray his former lover.

của William Boyd 2025 272 trang

4.10

6.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Double Agent 🤐 Reluctant Spy 👁️ Paranoid Atmosphere ⚖️ Morally Gray Spy

The Bookmaker

của Chris Fraser • 2011

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

3.74

500+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

The Bookmaker

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

của Chris Fraser 2011 248 trang

3.74

500+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔐 Family Secrets

The Devil of the Provinces

của Juan Cárdenas • 2017

Broke, a biologist returns home to murders, a monster, and a city that demands his silence.

3.36

1.000+

🕵️ Latin American Noir 🏚️ Provincial Gothic 🪦 Unsolved Murder 💔 Survivor's Guilt 👶 Monstrous Birth

The Devil of the Provinces

Broke, a biologist returns home to murders, a monster, and a city that demands his silence.

của Juan Cárdenas 2017 145 trang

3.36

1.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Latin American Noir 🏚️ Provincial Gothic 🪦 Unsolved Murder 💔 Survivor's Guilt 👶 Monstrous Birth

El ruletista

của Mircea Cărtărescu • 2011

A dying writer's last testimony: the man who made a living playing Russian roulette.

4.20

6.000+

💀 Existential Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🎪 Death As Spectacle 🔫 Self-Destructive Protagonist 👁️ Witness Narrator

El ruletista

A dying writer's last testimony: the man who made a living playing Russian roulette.

của Mircea Cărtărescu 2011 64 trang

4.20

6.000+ đánh giá

💀 Existential Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🎪 Death As Spectacle 🔫 Self-Destructive Protagonist 👁️ Witness Narrator

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

của Honorée Fanonne Jeffers • 2021

A Black woman excavates her Georgia family's past, unearthing centuries of secrets and survival.

4.50

42.000+

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎨 Colorism 🕯️ Ancestral Voices 📚 Academic Coming Of Age

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

A Black woman excavates her Georgia family's past, unearthing centuries of secrets and survival.

của Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2021 816 trang

4.50

42.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Multigenerational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎨 Colorism 🕯️ Ancestral Voices 📚 Academic Coming Of Age

Summer and Smoke

của Tennessee Williams • 1948

From her rectory window, she watches the doctor's son chase everything she cannot give him.

3.99

3.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Repressed Desire ⏳ Missed Connection 🪞 Divided Self

Summer and Smoke

From her rectory window, she watches the doctor's son chase everything she cannot give him.

của Tennessee Williams 1948 72 trang

3.99

3.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic 💔 Unrequited Love 🔥 Repressed Desire ⏳ Missed Connection 🪞 Divided Self

Phyl-Undhu

của Nick Land • 2014

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

3.56

284

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration

Phyl-Undhu

A daughter's game is a doorway to cosmic extinction. Her parents enter to bring her back.

của Nick Land 2014 71 trang

3.56

284 đánh giá

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🧠 Philosophical Horror 📖 Forbidden Knowledge 💻 Simulated Reality 💔 Family Disintegration

The Rent Collector

của Camron Wright • 2012

To heal her son, a Cambodian scavenger begs the dump's cruel rent collector for reading lessons.

4.27

59.000+

📚 Books About Books 📖 Learning To Read 👩‍🏫 Unlikely Teacher 🔎 Secret Past 🤒 Child Illness

The Rent Collector

To heal her son, a Cambodian scavenger begs the dump's cruel rent collector for reading lessons.

của Camron Wright 2012 304 trang

4.27

59.000+ đánh giá

📚 Books About Books 📖 Learning To Read 👩‍🏫 Unlikely Teacher 🔎 Secret Past 🤒 Child Illness

La Faiseuse d'étoiles

của Mélissa Da Costa • 2023

A young mother facing death spins a star-swept tale to spare her son the truth.

4.31

4.000+

🩺 Terminal Illness 💔 Parental Loss 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 💌 Letters From Beyond 🌳 French Countryside

La Faiseuse d'étoiles

A young mother facing death spins a star-swept tale to spare her son the truth.

của Mélissa Da Costa 2023 192 trang

4.31

4.000+ đánh giá

🩺 Terminal Illness 💔 Parental Loss 👩‍👦 Mother-Son Bond 💌 Letters From Beyond 🌳 French Countryside

Let Him In

của William Friend • 2022

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

3.25

8.000+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Let Him In

Twin girls describe a sinister friend after their mother dies. Their father begins to believe.

của William Friend 2022 231 trang

3.25

8.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏚️ Gothic Family Drama 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Grieving Widower 👯 Twin Dynamics

Our Last Wild Days

của Anna Bailey • 2025

She came home to a dying mother, a dead friend, and a bayou full of secrets.

3.72

2.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Bayou Noir 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👮 Corrupt Small-Town Cops 🩸 Generational Trauma

Our Last Wild Days

She came home to a dying mother, a dead friend, and a bayou full of secrets.

của Anna Bailey 2025 339 trang

3.72

2.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐊 Bayou Noir 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👮 Corrupt Small-Town Cops 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Binding

của Bridget Collins • 2019

Apprenticed to a binder of memories, a farm boy finds the book holding his lost love.

3.85

88.000+

🔮 Memory Magic 🕰️ Alternate Victorian 💭 Erased Memories 🖤 Gothic Romance ⚖️ Class Divide

The Binding

Apprenticed to a binder of memories, a farm boy finds the book holding his lost love.

của Bridget Collins 2019 437 trang

3.85

88.000+ đánh giá

🔮 Memory Magic 🕰️ Alternate Victorian 💭 Erased Memories 🖤 Gothic Romance ⚖️ Class Divide

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle

của Neil Blackmore • 2020

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

3.49

1.000+

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🎭 Concealed Heritage 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle

On the Grand Tour, Benjamin Bowen meets a dazzling rebel who becomes his lover and his undoing.

của Neil Blackmore 2020 320 trang

3.49

1.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Tragic Gay Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🎭 Concealed Heritage 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

Melocotones helados

của Espido Freire • 1999

Fleeing a stalker, Elsa hides in her crumbling family manor, haunted by a child's disappearance.

3.21

1.000+

🏡 Generational Saga 🕸️ Gothic Family Secrets 🔎 Missing Child Mystery ⛓️ Cult Manipulation 🥀 Doomed Family Legacy

Melocotones helados

Fleeing a stalker, Elsa hides in her crumbling family manor, haunted by a child's disappearance.

của Espido Freire 1999 328 trang

3.21

1.000+ đánh giá

🏡 Generational Saga 🕸️ Gothic Family Secrets 🔎 Missing Child Mystery ⛓️ Cult Manipulation 🥀 Doomed Family Legacy

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

của Kerryn Mayne • 2024

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

3.79

2.000+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

Joy Moody Is Out of Time

Raised as time travelers, twin sisters turn 21. The portal never opens. Their mother is dead.

của Kerryn Mayne 2024 352 trang

3.79

2.000+ đánh giá

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📚 Literary Mystery 🎭 Unreliable Parent 👯 Twin Sisters 🔒 Family Secrets

Seduction Theory

của Emily Adrian • 2025

A campus affair, a shattered marriage, and the graduate student who will write it all down.

3.11

12.000+

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Literary Infidelity 💍 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Academic Obsession ✍️ Writing Program

Seduction Theory

A campus affair, a shattered marriage, and the graduate student who will write it all down.

của Emily Adrian 2025 224 trang

3.11

12.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Campus Novel 💔 Literary Infidelity 💍 Marriage In Crisis 👁️ Academic Obsession ✍️ Writing Program

Corelli’s Mandolin

của Louis de Bernières • 1995

Pelagia's love for an Italian captain survives war, massacre, and decades of separation.

4.04

93.000+

❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎖️ Wartime Romance 🏝️ Greek Island Setting ⏳ Love Across Decades 🏡 Found Family

Corelli’s Mandolin

Pelagia's love for an Italian captain survives war, massacre, and decades of separation.

của Louis de Bernières 1995 437 trang

4.04

93.000+ đánh giá

❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎖️ Wartime Romance 🏝️ Greek Island Setting ⏳ Love Across Decades 🏡 Found Family

Las herederas de la Singer

của Ana Lena Rivera • 2022

A bloodstained Singer holds a murder secret binding four generations of women in Spain's mining town

4.25

4.000+

👪 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧩 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🤝 Female Solidarity

Las herederas de la Singer

A bloodstained Singer holds a murder secret binding four generations of women in Spain's mining town

của Ana Lena Rivera 2022 512 trang

4.25

4.000+ đánh giá

👪 Family Saga 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧩 Family Secrets 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🤝 Female Solidarity

The Ten Year Affair

của Erin Somers • 2025

A witty, restless mother splits her life: devoted wife, and mistress to a baby-group father.

3.24

18.000+

💔 Literary Infidelity 🤫 Secret Affair 🌀 Restless Mother 🏆 Competitive Parenting 🥂 Wry Domestic Satire

The Ten Year Affair

A witty, restless mother splits her life: devoted wife, and mistress to a baby-group father.

của Erin Somers 2025 304 trang

3.24

18.000+ đánh giá

💔 Literary Infidelity 🤫 Secret Affair 🌀 Restless Mother 🏆 Competitive Parenting 🥂 Wry Domestic Satire

The Book of Form and Emptiness

của Ruth Ozeki • 2021

After his father's death, a boy hears objects speak; his mother's hoarding threatens to bury them.

4.01

39.000+

🗣️ Voice Hearing 📦 Hoarding And Grief 👩‍👦 Mother And Son 📚 Library Sanctuary 🪷 Buddhist Wisdom

The Book of Form and Emptiness

After his father's death, a boy hears objects speak; his mother's hoarding threatens to bury them.

của Ruth Ozeki 2021 548 trang

4.01

39.000+ đánh giá

🗣️ Voice Hearing 📦 Hoarding And Grief 👩‍👦 Mother And Son 📚 Library Sanctuary 🪷 Buddhist Wisdom

The Morning Star

của Karl Ove Knausgård • 2020

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

3.96

18.000+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

The Morning Star

A strange new star rises over Norway, and the dead grow restless among the living.

của Karl Ove Knausgård 2020 666 trang

3.96

18.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Literary Horror 🌑 Cosmic Dread 💔 Fraying Marriage 🔮 Unreliable Reality ⛪ Priest In Crisis

Small Worlds

của Caleb Azumah Nelson • 2023

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

4.26

12.000+

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family

Small Worlds

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

của Caleb Azumah Nelson 2023 260 trang

4.26

12.000+ đánh giá

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family

So Happy Together

của Olivia Worley • 2025

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

3.45

10.000+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

So Happy Together

A playwright stalks her ex's new girlfriend, a guru who welcomes her too warmly.

của Olivia Worley 2025 304 trang

3.45

10.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Psychological Thriller 💔 Obsessive Love 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🔪 Female Rivalry 🩸 Murder Cover-Up

Typical American

của Gish Jen • 1991

An immigrant family stakes its future on a con man's fried chicken empire.

3.43

1.000+

🧧 Immigrant Family Saga 🥀 Broken American Dream 🃏 Charismatic Con Man 💔 Marital Infidelity 🎭 Ironic Tragicomedy

Typical American

An immigrant family stakes its future on a con man's fried chicken empire.

của Gish Jen 1991 304 trang

3.43

1.000+ đánh giá

🧧 Immigrant Family Saga 🥀 Broken American Dream 🃏 Charismatic Con Man 💔 Marital Infidelity 🎭 Ironic Tragicomedy

The Samurai's Garden[SAMURAIS GARDEN][Paperback]

của GailTsukiyama • 1996

A Chinese painter, exiled to a Japanese coast with TB, finds healing in a stranger's garden.

3.93

🏞️ Rural Japan 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Wartime Romance 🩺 Illness And Recovery 🏘️ Leprosy Community

The Samurai's Garden[SAMURAIS GARDEN][Paperback]

A Chinese painter, exiled to a Japanese coast with TB, finds healing in a stranger's garden.

của GailTsukiyama 1996

3.93

15 đánh giá

🏞️ Rural Japan 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💔 Wartime Romance 🩺 Illness And Recovery 🏘️ Leprosy Community

The Beginner's Goodbye

của Anne Tyler • 2012

When a tree kills his wife, she returns in grocery aisles to discuss their imperfect marriage.

3.63

20.000+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Imperfect Marriage 👫 Sibling Dynamics 🍂 Bittersweet

The Beginner's Goodbye

When a tree kills his wife, she returns in grocery aisles to discuss their imperfect marriage.

của Anne Tyler 2012 198 trang

3.63

20.000+ đánh giá

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👻 Ambiguous Haunting 💔 Imperfect Marriage 👫 Sibling Dynamics 🍂 Bittersweet

Horror Movie

của Paul Tremblay • 2024

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

3.25

52.000+

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

Horror Movie

The mask from a cursed horror film never came off. Three decades later, they're filming again.

của Paul Tremblay 2024 277 trang

3.25

52.000+ đánh giá

🎬 Metafictional Horror 🎥 Cursed Film 🎭 Cursed Object 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🦴 Body Horror

The Book of Speculation

của Erika Swyler • 2015

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

3.61

39.000+

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

The Book of Speculation

A waterlogged circus ledger maps a family's drowning curse, with his sister next in line.

của Erika Swyler 2015 339 trang

3.61

39.000+ đánh giá

🌊 Coastal Gothic 🎪 Circus Misfits 🔮 Tarot Lore 👥 Sibling Caretakers 💧 Drowning Motif

Humus

của Gaspard Kœnig • 2023

Two students bond over earthworms and pledge to save dying soil, but the world has other plans.

3.60

1.000+

🌿 Eco-Literary Fiction 👥 Dual Protagonists 🤝 Male Friendship 🔥 Radicalization Arc 🏚️ Failed Utopia

Humus

Two students bond over earthworms and pledge to save dying soil, but the world has other plans.

của Gaspard Kœnig 2023 384 trang

3.60

1.000+ đánh giá

🌿 Eco-Literary Fiction 👥 Dual Protagonists 🤝 Male Friendship 🔥 Radicalization Arc 🏚️ Failed Utopia

The Gifts

của Liz Hyder • 2022

Women grow wings in Victorian England. One surgeon will do anything to own them.

3.69

2.000+

🦋 Winged Women 🎩 Victorian Fantasy 🤝 Female Solidarity ⚔️ Rival Surgeons 🔬 Obsessive Scientist

The Gifts

Women grow wings in Victorian England. One surgeon will do anything to own them.

của Liz Hyder 2022 448 trang

3.69

2.000+ đánh giá

🦋 Winged Women 🎩 Victorian Fantasy 🤝 Female Solidarity ⚔️ Rival Surgeons 🔬 Obsessive Scientist

Broken Glass Park

của Alina Bronsky • 2010

Her stepfather killed her mother. In a crumbling German housing project, a teenager plots revenge.

3.53

2.000+

🧳 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗡️ Revenge Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👧 Sibling Caretaker

Broken Glass Park

Her stepfather killed her mother. In a crumbling German housing project, a teenager plots revenge.

của Alina Bronsky 2010 221 trang

3.53

2.000+ đánh giá

🧳 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗡️ Revenge Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 👧 Sibling Caretaker

The School of Night

của Karl Ove Knausgård • 2023

A Norwegian photographer in London trades everything for art, then must face what he sacrificed.

4.39

4.000+

🎨 KüNstlerroman 🔮 Occult Fiction 🧠 Eccentric Mentor 💀 Doomed Artist 🖼️ Art And Obsession

The School of Night

A Norwegian photographer in London trades everything for art, then must face what he sacrificed.

của Karl Ove Knausgård 2023 512 trang

4.39

4.000+ đánh giá

🎨 KüNstlerroman 🔮 Occult Fiction 🧠 Eccentric Mentor 💀 Doomed Artist 🖼️ Art And Obsession

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

của Emma Knight • 2025

In Scotland, a student searches for her father's past and finds a family she belongs to.

3.43

28.000+

🎓 Campus Novel 🔒 Family Secrets 🏰 Country Estate 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

In Scotland, a student searches for her father's past and finds a family she belongs to.

của Emma Knight 2025 384 trang

3.43

28.000+ đánh giá

🎓 Campus Novel 🔒 Family Secrets 🏰 Country Estate 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics

A Good House for Children

của Kate Collins • 2023

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

3.59

3.000+

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

A Good House for Children

An old cliff house collects children. A painter and her silent son move in.

của Kate Collins 2023 336 trang

3.59

3.000+ đánh giá

👻 Haunted House Novel 🏚️ Sentient House ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Maternal Sacrifice 👧 Children's Ghosts

La historia del loco

của John Katzenbach • 2004

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

4.01

15.000+

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

La historia del loco

A schizophrenic man returns to an asylum to solve a nurse's murder and his own splintered memories.

của John Katzenbach 2004 544 trang

4.01

15.000+ đánh giá

🩸 Psychological Thriller 🏥 Mental Asylum 🔪 Serial Killer ❓ Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Amateur Sleuths

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