Literary Fiction

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Against the Day

4.1

Thomas Pynchon's sprawling, mind-bending epic weaves together a tapestry of bizarre characters, obscure languages, and alternate realities i…

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A Separate Peace

4.3

Experience the poignant tale of friendship and betrayal at an elite boarding school during World War II, where a tragic accident forever cha…

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The Lost Daughter

3.9

A middle-aged woman's seaside holiday turns into a confrontation with her past as a mother, exploring the complexities of motherhood and wom…

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The House of Mirth

4.5

Lily Bart navigates the treacherous waters of New York high society in this sharp, tragic tale of love, money, and societal expectations.

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A Spool of Blue Thread

3.8

Discover the intricate tapestry of the Whitshank family as they navigate love, secrets, and the inevitable changes that come with aging, all…

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Silas Marner

4.0

A wrongly accused weaver finds redemption in his love for an abandoned child in this timeless tale of community and belonging.

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Middlemarch

4.2

George Eliot's masterpiece explores life and society in a small provincial town, challenging past dogma and modern skepticism.

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Ulysses

3.8

James Joyce's groundbreaking modernist novel follows Leopold Bloom through a day in Dublin, blending stream-of-consciousness narrative with …

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Song of Solomon

4.4

Follow the journey of Macon Dead, Jr., a man in search of his identity and freedom, as he uncovers the secrets of his family's past.

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Hangover Square

4.2

Set in pre-WWII London, Hangover Square is a dark, compelling portrait of George Harvey Bone, a troubled man obsessed with a manipulative wo…

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The Ukraine

4.4

A striking debut blending fiction and nonfiction to capture the complex essence of Ukraine, written by a Ukrainian author fighting on the fr…

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Murphy

4.1

Samuel Beckett's debut novel follows the aimless Murphy as he navigates London's absurdities, seeking escape from desire and life's complexi…

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The Premonition

4.1

A haunting tale of a young woman, Yayoi, grappling with forgotten childhood memories and a mysterious aunt whose unusual lifestyle conceals …

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Mild Vertigo

4.1

Mieko Kanai's 'Mild Vertigo' is a stream-of-consciousness novel exploring the existential challenges of motherhood and domestic life in mode…

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Territory of Light

4.1

A young mother, newly separated, navigates the luminous yet shadowed terrain of single parenthood in a Tokyo apartment, confronting loss, de…

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No Longer Human

4.2

A haunting exploration of postwar Japanese identity, told through the tormented confessions of Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior masks a deeply …

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Dandelions

3.8

In Yasunari Kawabata's final novel, a woman loses her sight in a mysterious way, blurring the lines between madness and love in a poetic exp…

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Breasts and Eggs

4.2

A profound and empathetic novel exploring contemporary womanhood in Japan through the intimate journeys of three women confronting their bod…