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literary fiction

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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty

3.0
10/28/2021

Nine people arrive at a boutique wellness retreat hoping for transformation, but the mysterious director has plans they never could have imagined.

fictionthriller
10 hours
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

5.0
10/27/2021

A blind French girl and a German boy's paths converge in occupied France during World War II in this luminous, devastating novel.

fictionliterary-fiction
11 hours
Billy Summers by Stephen King

Billy Summers

by Stephen King

5.0
10/10/2021

A hitman with a moral code takes one last job, but when he's double-crossed, his plans for a quiet retirement turn into a quest for vengeance and redemption.

fictionthriller
11 hours
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

4.0
10/8/2021

A graduate student discovers a mysterious book that leads him to an ancient underground library where stories come alive and fate hangs in the balance.

fictionfantasy
11 hours
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

3.0
9/29/2021

A letter from a son to his Vietnamese mother who cannot read, exploring their family's history of violence, addiction, and the search for beauty.

fictionliterary-fiction
5 hours
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

by Akwaeke Emezi

3.0
9/28/2021

In Nigeria, a mother must uncover the truth behind her son's death—a truth that reveals who Vivek truly was and the people who loved him.

fictionliterary-fiction
5 hours
History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

History Is All You Left Me

by Adam Silvera

4.0
9/25/2021

When Griffin's first love dies, he must confront his grief alongside Theo's last boyfriend - the person who replaced him.

fictionyoung-adult
6 hours
Write My Name Across the Sky by Barbara O'Neal

Write My Name Across the Sky

by Barbara O'Neal

4.0
9/22/2021

When an old scandal threatens to destroy their family, three generations of women must confront secrets, betrayals, and the fierce bonds that hold them together.

fictionwomens-fiction
8 hours
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

by Sally Rooney

3.0
9/14/2021

Connell and Marianne weave in and out of each other's lives from small-town Ireland to Trinity College Dublin in this intense exploration of love and class.

fictionliterary-fiction
6 hours
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

by Neil Gaiman

4.0
9/13/2021

A man returns to his childhood home and remembers a terrifying, magical adventure with the mysterious girl who lived at the end of his lane.

fictionfantasy
4 hours
Lisey's Story by Stephen King

Lisey's Story

by Stephen King

3.0
9/3/2021

Two years after her husband's death, Lisey Landon begins to confront the dark secrets of their marriage and the fantastical world he kept hidden.

fictionhorror
11 hours
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

Valentine

by Elizabeth Wetmore

3.0
9/2/2021

In 1970s West Texas, the aftermath of a violent crime exposes the fault lines in a small oil town and tests the bonds between its women.

fictionliterary-fiction
7 hours
The Golden Ass by Apuleius

The Golden Ass

by Apuleius

3.0
8/19/2021

The only Latin novel to survive in its entirety, following a young man transformed into a donkey who witnesses the follies and vices of Roman society.

fictionclassics
7 hours
The Water Margin by Shi Nai'an

The Water Margin

by Shi Nai'an

4.0
7/8/2021

One of China's Four Great Classical Novels, following 108 outlaws who gather at Mount Liang to form a righteous army against corrupt officials.

fictionclassics
50 hours
Elevation by Stephen King

Elevation

by Stephen King

4.5
6/15/2021

A short, heartwarming tale about a man who is losing weight without changing size, and how his condition brings a divided community together.

fictionliterary-fiction
2 hours
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid

4.0
4/30/2021

A sharp social commentary wrapped in a page-turning story about a young Black woman caught between her white employer and her white boyfriend, both with their own ideas about what she should be.

fictionliterary-fiction
7 hours
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

Saint X

by Alexis Schaitkin

4.0
4/20/2021

A haunting novel about the mysterious death of a young woman on a Caribbean island vacation and her sister's obsessive quest for truth years later.

fictionmystery
8 hours
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

by Rumaan Alam

3.0
4/15/2021

A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone wrong.

fictionliterary-fiction
6 hours
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng

4.0
4/9/2021

A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.

fictionliterary-fiction
8 hours
True Story by Kate Reed Petty

True Story

by Kate Reed Petty

4.0
3/27/2021

A genre-defying novel exploring the aftermath of a rumor about a high school party, told through multiple perspectives and forms, questioning the nature of truth and storytelling itself.

literary-fictionthriller
7 hours
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Go Set a Watchman

by Harper Lee

3.0
3/26/2021

An adult Scout returns to Maycomb, Alabama, and must grapple with her father Atticus's views on race in this controversial novel, written before To Kill a Mockingbird.

literary-fictionclassics
6 hours
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

3.0
2/21/2021

The great American novel follows Huck Finn and escaped slave Jim as they travel down the Mississippi River, exploring themes of race, freedom, and morality in antebellum America.

classicsliterary-fiction
6 hours
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

3.0
2/11/2021

A lyrical masterpiece following Macon "Milkman" Dead III as he journeys from Michigan to the South to uncover his family history, discovering the power of heritage and the meaning of flight.

literary-fictionclassics
10 hours
Shine, Pamela! Shine! by Kate Atkinson

Shine, Pamela! Shine!

by Kate Atkinson

2.5
9/16/2020

A newly retired teacher in Edinburgh navigates disappointing online dates and her underachieving adult son - until an impossible secret threatens to upend everything: Pamela is pregnant, and she has no idea how.

fictionshort-stories
1.5 hours
Bear Witness by Mary Gaitskill

Bear Witness

by Mary Gaitskill

2.5
9/16/2020

A woman on a grand jury hears the case of a retired teacher brutally raped by her former student. As three perspectives interweave - victim, accused, and juror - the story becomes an unflinching examination of moral uncertainty.

fictionshort-stories
1 hour
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

by Donna Tartt

4.0
9/11/2020

A boy survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum that kills his mother, and in the chaos, steals a priceless painting that becomes both his solace and his burden. Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic about loss, art, and the search for meaning.

fictionliterary-fiction
16 hours
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

The Revisioners

by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

3.0
8/26/2020

A dual-timeline story connecting two women - one in 1924 Louisiana fighting to keep her land, and one in modern times struggling to save her family home - explores themes of race, land ownership, and generational trauma. An ambitious literary novel about heritage and resistance.

fictionliterary-fiction
6 hours
Cain by José Saramago

Cain

by José Saramago

3.5
8/18/2020

Nobel Prize winner José Saramago reimagines the biblical story of Cain, using his journey through time to question religious doctrine and explore themes of justice, morality, and the nature of God. A provocative philosophical novel that challenges traditional narratives.

fictionliterary-fiction
4 hours
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan

2.5
8/5/2020

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that weaves together interconnected stories about a group of characters connected to the music industry, exploring themes of time, memory, and aging through an innovative narrative structure.

fictionliterary-fiction
7 hours
Nemesis by Philip Roth

Nemesis

by Philip Roth

3.5
7/27/2020

In the summer of 1944, a polio epidemic sweeps through Newark's Jewish community. Playground director Bucky Cantor watches helplessly as children in his care fall ill - then flees to a mountain camp where he believes he brings the disease with him, destroying his life with guilt.

fictionliterary-fiction
5 hours
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel

4.5
7/25/2020

On the night a famous actor dies performing King Lear in Toronto, a deadly flu pandemic begins. Twenty years later, a traveling theater troupe performs Shakespeare for scattered survivors - and one of them carries a mysterious comic book given to her by the actor the night he died.

fictionpost-apocalyptic
6 hours
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

4.5
6/6/2020

A stunning portrait of a geisha's life in pre-war and wartime Japan. Through the eyes of Sayuri, we witness the beauty, artistry, and complex world of geisha culture.

fictionhistorical-fiction
10 hours
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

A Gate at the Stairs

by Lorrie Moore

3.0
5/20/2020

A coming-of-age story set in the Midwest after 9/11. Tassie Keltjin takes a job as a nanny and finds herself drawn into a complex family dynamic that challenges her understanding of race, identity, and belonging.

fictionliterary-fiction
7 hours
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