Literary Fiction
Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage in the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction. The name literature is sometimes used for this genre, although it can also refer to a broader category of writing -Goodreads.com
Below is a list of authors and series to get readers started.
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd