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Literary Fiction

Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage in the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction. The name literature is sometimes used for this genre, although it can also refer to a broader category of writing. ...more

  • Astronaut! by Oana Aristide
    Astronaut!
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    Release date: Jul 14, 2026
    A tense, darkly funny, and politically resonant novel of life under authoritarian rule.


    Romania, 1989, the twilight of Ceausescu’s A time when every ne
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  • It Might Have Been by A.K. Frailey
    It Might Have Been: And Other Stories
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    Release date: Nov 27, 2019
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  • Inside the House of Glass by Cameron  Lane
    Inside the House of Glass
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    Release date: Mar 10, 2026
    A quiet, character-driven literary novel about presence, restraint, and the meaning of staying long enough to choose when—and how—to leave.
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  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
    Best Literary Mysteries
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    Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
    Best Russian Literature
    514 books — 2,284 voters

    Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
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    63 books — 1,994 voters
    Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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