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Literary fiction

The best books on literary fiction, ranked by quality.

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  1. 97
    Brave New World Aldous Huxley · 1932
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (488 ratings)
  2. 98
    The Midnight Library Matt Haig · 2020
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (88 ratings)
  3. 99
    Normal People Sally Rooney, Katia Benovich · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (86 ratings)
  4. 100
    The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas · 1844
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (30 ratings)
  5. 101
    For Esme With Love and Squalor J. D. Salinger · 1948
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (29 ratings)
  6. 102
    The Valley of Fear Arthur Conan Doyle · 1914
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (29 ratings)
  7. 103
    A Study in Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle · 1887
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (126 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics
  8. 104
    The mote in God's eye Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, L.J. Ganser · 1974
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (48 ratings)
  9. 105
    The Woman in White Wilkie Collins, John McLenan, Summit Press Staff · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (22 ratings)
  10. 106
    White Fang Jack London · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (67 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Middle grade
  11. 107
    The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (63 ratings)
  12. 108
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain · 1876
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (257 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Middle grade
  13. 109
    Phantastes George MacDonald · 1850
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (18 ratings)
  14. 110
    The Mystery of the Blue Train Agatha Christie · 1928
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (34 ratings)
  15. 111
    Frankenstein Mary Shelley · 1818
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (229 ratings)
  16. 112
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain · 1817
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (166 ratings)
  17. 113
    The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien · 1977
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (124 ratings)
  18. 114
    Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper · 1961
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Classics
  19. 115
    Right Ho, Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse · 1934
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  20. 116
    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)
  21. 117
    Howards End E. M. Forster · 1910
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (10 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  22. 118
    Candide Voltaire · 1746
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (91 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  23. 119
    The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Edgar Allan Poe · 1838
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (8 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  24. 120
    A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara · 2008
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (137 ratings)
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