Literary fiction Books

The stunning novel from the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller. Secrets from the past, unravelling in the present... Uncovering secrets that span ...

Literary fiction

From the sensational writer of the young adult classics Tilt, Crank, and Perfect - and the New York Times bestselling author of the adult novel Triangles - ...

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Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success - he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical ...

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As millions are slaughtered on the Western Front, a ridiculous and little-reported campaign is being waged in East Africa - a war they continued after the ...

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All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in. But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, down-home Bible-basher and sharp-suited hood, of ...

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The outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and ...

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In the 1930s, Kay Fischer is a modernist architect. When she is approached by a stranger claiming to be her father, she is uncertain how to react. But as he ...

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Any Human Heart is an ambitious, all-encompassing novel. Through the intimate journals of Logan Mounstuart we travel from Uruguay to Oxford, on to Paris, the ...

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Born into Edwardian England, Amory's first memory is of her father standing on his head. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World ...

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It's summer 1968, and the world is reeling from war and assassinations, protests and riots. In a sunny British seaside town, a producer, a novelist, and an ...

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From the award-winning, internationally bestselling author, a beguiling romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and ...

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In his most exhilarating novel yet, William Boyd transports you to the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of ...

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A dazzling and darkly comic novel of love, violence, and friendship in the California suburbs Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore⁠--beautiful, ...

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In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. In the spring ...

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A debut short story collection in the tradition of writers like K[AUTHOR-NAME]elly Link[/AUTHOR-NAME], [AUTHOR-NAME]Aimee Bender[/AUTHOR-NAME], ...

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The eagerly-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Family Fang - a warm-hearted and moving story about a young woman making a family on ...

Literary fiction

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.