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Literary fiction

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  1. 25
    Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Mystery & thriller Crime & detective Classics
  2. 26
    Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne · 1867
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (93 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Classics
  3. 27
    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll · 1865
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (235 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Classics Children's books
  4. 28
    The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1583
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
  5. 29
    A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (23 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Middle grade
  6. 30
    The Art of War 孙武 (Sun Tzu) · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (171 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Strategy Classics
  7. 31
    Little Women Louisa May Alcott · 1848
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (128 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Young adult Middle grade
  8. 32
    King Solomon’s Mines H. Rider Haggard · 1876
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  9. 33
    The Odyssey of Homer Ὅμηρος · 1488
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (168 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  10. 34
    Persuasion Jane Austen · 1789
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (57 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Romance Historical romance
  11. 35
    Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë · 1847
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (191 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Romance Gothic
  12. 36
    The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe · 1704
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (23 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic Short stories
  13. 37
    Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy · 1876
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (54 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  14. 38
    The Devil’s Dictionary Ambrose Bierce · 1840
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (15 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  15. 39
    Uncle Silas Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (11 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Horror Gothic
  16. 40
    Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence · 1913
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (10 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  17. 41
    The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie · 1920
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (91 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Mystery & thriller Crime & detective Classics
  18. 42
    Dracula Bram Stoker · 1897
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (255 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
  19. 43
    The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1893
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (39 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Children's books Middle grade
  20. 44
    The Time Machine H. G. Wells · 1895
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (134 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Dystopian Classics
  21. 45
    Middlemarch George Eliot · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (28 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  22. 46
    Hamlet William Shakespeare · 1603
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (178 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  23. 47
    The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame · 1908
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (58 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Children's books Middle grade
  24. 48
    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce · 1980
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Short stories
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