Essential Literary Fiction

Novels that define modern literary taste.

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A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway · 1929

Challenging · 579 pp.

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A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman · 2012

Accessible · 433 pp.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 2007

Challenging · 288 pp.

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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr · 2014

Moderate · 644 pp.

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And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini · 2013

Moderate · 533 pp.

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Beloved

Toni Morrison · 1987

Moderate · 686 pp.

Literary Fiction3.8

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah · 2016

Moderate · 638 pp.

Literary Fiction3.8

Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer · 2013

Challenging · 519 pp.

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Cannery Row

John Steinbeck · 1945

Challenging · 507 pp.

Literary Fiction3.8

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell · 2004

Accessible · 694 pp.

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East of Eden

John Steinbeck · 1952

Accessible · 625 pp.

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Educated

Tara Westover · 2018

Accessible · 622 pp.