Literary fiction Books
‘You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.’ -John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The World ...
'A testament to John Boyne's strong storytelling talent'Irish Examiner 'Boyne's main characters are masterfully realised ordinary people trying to move ...
A landmark of postmodern American fiction, Letters is (as the subtitle genially informs us) "an old time epistolary novel by seven fictitious drolls & ...
In this haunting novel, John Ball returns to the setting he evoked so beautifully in his earlier success, Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms. Set against the ...
She Broke an Ancient Tradition by Falling in Love Kanno Masayo, Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms, is the loveliest and most glamorous geisha in all of ...
Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, delivers another darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with Wonder Bread ...
If even a small part of a child still lives within your heart, you can't help but be captivated by this deeply moving novella based on bestselling author ...
My short story, PONY RIDES, came to me all at once. The story wrote itself. The drive on Interstate 10 across New Mexico has always seemed magical to me; a ...
If Gordon Burn had simply risked this much and failed, you'd have to love this dream memoir for its daring alone. But to have succeeded so brilliantly makes ...
**A 2023 NEW YORK TIMES and WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK** From the Ernest J. Gaines Award-winning author of Everywhere You Don't Belong, a touching, timely ...
“A comically dark coming-of-age story about growing up on the South Side of Chicago, but it’s also social commentary at its finest, woven seamlessly into the ...
A heartbreaking and hilarious novel from the internationally bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People Everyone remembers the smell of their ...
One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister’s No Two Persons is ‘a gloriously original celebration of ...
A warm, intimate novel that reminds us of the richness that can be found all throughout our lives-by the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of ...
This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how ...
"Trophy Son brings Conroy's The Great Santini and Malamud's The Natural into the present day...A terrific book." -Harlan Coben Private lessons. Professional ...
Description
The term 'literary fiction' came into common use in the early 1960s. It is primarily used to distinguish 'serious fiction'—works that are considered to have literary value—from genre fiction and popular fiction. The word 'literature' is sometimes used to refer to this category, though it can also describe a broader range of written works.