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Literary fiction

The best books on literary fiction, ranked by quality.

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  1. 193
    At the Back of the North Wind George MacDonald · 1871
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  2. 194
    He Knew He Was Right Anthony Trollope · 1869
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  3. 195
    Niels Lyhne Jens Peter Jacobsen · 1880
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  4. 196
    Parnassus on Wheels Christopher Morley · 1917
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  5. 197
    The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  6. 198
    The Luck of Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray · 1853
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  7. 199
    The Sea-Wolf Jack London · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (10 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  8. 200
    Dangerous Liaisons Pierre Choderlos de Laclos · 1782
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (17 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  9. 201
    Coriolanus William Shakespeare · 1721
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (9 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  10. 202
    Melmoth the Wanderer Charles Robert Maturin · 1820
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Horror Gothic
  11. 203
    Monsieur Lecoq Émile Gaboriau · 1880
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  12. 204
    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Stephen Leacock · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  13. 205
    Sybil Benjamin Disraeli · 1830
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  14. 206
    The Mystery of Orcival Émile Gaboriau, William Ainsworth, Rostand, Ivan Cuervo, Eva Maria Gonzalez Pardo · 1867
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  15. 207
    Vikram and the Vampire Richard Francis Burton, Ernest Henry Griset, Isabel Lady Burton · 1870
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
  16. 208
    Machiavelli Niccolò Machiavelli · 1515
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (121 ratings)
  17. 209
    A Tangled Tale Lewis Carroll · 1881
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  18. 210
    Gil Blas Alain-René Lesage, Etiemble · 1688
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction
  19. 211
    Household Tales Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 2022
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  20. 212
    Phineas Redux Anthony Trollope · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics
  21. 213
    Short Fiction Ernest Hemingway · 2022
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  22. 214
    The Child of the Cavern Jules Verne · 1877
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics
  23. 215
    The Four Just Men Edgar Wallace · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
  24. 216
    The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia Samuel Johnson · 1759
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Philosophy Classics
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