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Literary fiction

The best books on literary fiction, ranked by quality.

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    El Principito / The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (269 ratings)
    EN Classics Children's books
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    Crime and Punishment Fiódor Dostoievski · 1866
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (164 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
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    Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1908
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (112 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Children's books Middle grade
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    Le Comte de Monte-Cristo Alexandre Dumas · 1830
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (206 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
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    Momo Michael Ende · 1973
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (37 ratings)
    EN Fantasy Classics Middle grade
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    Roadside Picnic Аркадий Стругацкий, Борис Стругацкий, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky · 1978
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (73 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics
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    Stone butch blues Leslie Feinberg · 1993
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (24 ratings)
    EN Contemporary fiction Historical fiction
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    Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (418 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Romance Historical romance
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    The Jungle Upton Sinclair · 1791
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (99 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
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    Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell, G Orwell, George Orwel, George Orwell · 1949
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (32 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
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    We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson, Bernadette Dunne · 1962
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (62 ratings)
    EN Classics Gothic
  12. 12
    Animal Farm George Orwell · 1945
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (616 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
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    The Princess Bride William Goldman · 1973
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (105 ratings)
    EN Fantasy Classics Humorous fiction
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    The Brothers Karamazov Fiódor Dostoievski · 1880
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (68 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
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    Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five (Monarch Notes) A Critical Commentary Kurt Vonnegut · 1956
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (261 ratings)
    EN Classics War fiction
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    The Prophet Kahlil Gibran · 1923
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (61 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
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    The Sign of the Four Arthur Conan Doyle · 1889
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (94 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Mystery & thriller Crime & detective Classics
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    2001 Arthur C. Clarke · 1968
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (124 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics
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    Metamorphosis Franz Kafka · 1915
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (196 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
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    Les Misérables Victor Hugo · 1862
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (60 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Historical fiction
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    All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (94 ratings)
    EN Classics War fiction
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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (174 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde · 1890
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (141 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
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    The Master and Margarita Михаил Булгаков · 1966
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (101 ratings)
    EN Classics
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