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Literary fiction

The best books on literary fiction, ranked by quality.

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Contemporary fiction Classics Dutch literature
  1. 25
    The Castle Franz Kafka · 1926
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (29 ratings)
    EN Classics
  2. 26
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2017
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (191 ratings)
    EN Contemporary fiction
  3. 27
    Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne · 1925
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (77 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Children's books
  4. 28
    The Foundation Trilogy Isaac Asimov · 1950
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (67 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics
  5. 29
    The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (103 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
  6. 30
    Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë · 1846
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (311 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic
  7. 31
    Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2006
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (36 ratings)
    EN Literary fiction War fiction
  8. 32
    War and peace Лев Толстой · 1845
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (43 ratings)
    EN Classics War fiction
  9. 33
    The Red House Mystery A. A. Milne · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
  10. 34
    Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (99 ratings)
    EN Classics Middle grade
  11. 35
    Catch-22 Joseph Heller · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (210 ratings)
    EN Classics War fiction Humorous fiction
  12. 36
    The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1908
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (17 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
  13. 37
    The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath · 1948
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (77 ratings)
    EN Literary fiction Classics
  14. 38
    The Stranger Albert Camus · 1942
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (155 ratings)
    EN Classics
  15. 39
    The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde · 1893
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (68 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  16. 40
    Foundation Isaac Asimov · 1951
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (316 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics
  17. 41
    Station Eleven (Television Tie-In) Emily St. John Mandel · 2014
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (91 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Literary fiction
  18. 42
    Blindness José Saramago · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (43 ratings)
    EN Dystopian Classics
  19. 43
    The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury · 1950
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (114 ratings)
    EN Science fiction Classics Short stories
  20. 44
    The Idiot Fiódor Dostoievski · 1874
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (46 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  21. 45
    Resurrection Лев Толстой · 1899
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (14 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  22. 46
    David Copperfield Charles Dickens · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (15 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  23. 47
    The Alchemist Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook · 1612
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (36 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  24. 48
    Rebecca Daphne du Maurier · 1938
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (57 ratings)
    EN Classics Gothic
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