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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. 49
    Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh · 1960
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (17 ratings)
    EN Classics Middle grade
  2. 50
    The Origin of Species Charles Darwin · 1859
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (25 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Evolution Classics
  3. 51
    Five on Treasure Island Enid Blyton · 1942
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (26 ratings)
    EN Classics Middle grade
  4. 52
    The Scarlet Pimpernel Emma Orczy · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (28 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Historical fiction
  5. 53
    Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers · 1923
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Mystery & thriller Crime & detective Classics
  6. 54
    Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne · 1867
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (93 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Classics
  7. 55
    The Plague Albert Camus · 1942
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (38 ratings)
    EN Classics
  8. 56
    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume · 1970
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (39 ratings)
    EN Classics YA contemporary Middle grade
  9. 57
    The velveteen rabbit Margery Williams Bianco · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (44 ratings)
    EN Classics Children's books
  10. 58
    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll · 1865
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (235 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Classics Children's books
  11. 59
    What we talk about when we talk aboutlove Raymond Carver · 1981
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (19 ratings)
    EN Literary fiction Short stories
  12. 60
    The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1583
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
  13. 61
    A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (23 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Middle grade
  14. 62
    The Art of War 孙武 (Sun Tzu) · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (171 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Strategy Classics
  15. 63
    Little Women Louisa May Alcott · 1848
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (128 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Young adult Middle grade
  16. 64
    King Solomon’s Mines H. Rider Haggard · 1876
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (31 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  17. 65
    Mother Night (Panther Books UK Edition) Kurt Vonnegut, Victor Bevine, Avirama Golan · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (36 ratings)
    EN Spy thriller Classics War fiction
  18. 66
    The Odyssey of Homer Ὅμηρος · 1488
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (168 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  19. 67
    Persuasion Jane Austen · 1789
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (57 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Romance Historical romance
  20. 68
    Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë · 1847
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (191 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Romance Gothic
  21. 69
    The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe · 1704
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (23 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic Short stories
  22. 70
    Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy · 1876
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (54 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  23. 71
    The Devil’s Dictionary Ambrose Bierce · 1840
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (15 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  24. 72
    Uncle Silas Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (11 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Horror Gothic
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