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Literary fiction

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  1. 73
    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
  2. 74
    Howards End E. M. Forster · 1910
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (10 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  3. 75
    Candide Voltaire · 1746
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (91 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  4. 76
    The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Edgar Allan Poe · 1838
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (8 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  5. 77
    Orlando Virginia Woolf · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (22 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  6. 78
    Emma Jane Austen · 1815
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (66 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Romance Historical romance
  7. 79
    Three Men in a Boat Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1889
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (35 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  8. 80
    Moby Dick Herman Melville · 1851
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (199 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  9. 81
    Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne · 1872
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (92 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  10. 82
    Can You Forgive Her? Anthony Trollope · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  11. 83
    The Tempest William Shakespeare · 1611
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (61 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  12. 84
    The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (46 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Classics
  13. 85
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum · 1899
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (129 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Classics Children's books
  14. 86
    A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens · 1843
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (126 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  15. 87
    The House of Mirth Edith Wharton · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  16. 88
    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson · 1875
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (152 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Horror Gothic
  17. 89
    Ethan Frome Edith Wharton · 1910
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (42 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  18. 90
    Father Goriot Honoré de Balzac · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (13 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  19. 91
    The secret garden Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (105 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Middle grade
  20. 92
    McTeague Frank Norris · 1899
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (10 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  21. 93
    Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1850
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (21 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Historical fiction
  22. 94
    The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe · 1686
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (30 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  23. 95
    The Absolute at Large Karel Čapek · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (6 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Classics Humorous fiction
  24. 96
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare · 1600
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (109 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
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