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Items tagged as Literary Fiction

Book cover for "My Struggle: Book 1" by Karl Ove Knausgaard, featuring a close-up black-and-white photo of the author's face.
Book, added August 14, 2026
My Struggle: Book 1 (2009)
by Karl Ove Knausgård • translated by Don Bartlett
Autobiographical Fiction Literary Fiction Translation
Woodcut-style illustration of a young man in a jacket walking with a bindle, blue-to-orange sky, "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac.
Book, added February 21, 2026
On the Road (1957)
by Jack Kerouac
American Literature Autobiographical Fiction Literary Fiction
Penguin Modern Classics cover of "The Town and the City" by Jack Kerouac, showing a black-and-white photo of a lone figure walking down a city street's centerline.
Book, added July 18, 2026
The Town and the City (1950)
by Jack Kerouac
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover image has the title and author's name in black lettering appearing as broad paint brush strokes.
Book, added June 17, 2026
The Savage Detectives (1998)
by Roberto Bolaño • translated by Natasha Wimmer
Literary Fiction
Book cover of "The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western" by Richard Brautigan, featuring a bright green revolver and purple background with a bullet breaking through the right edge.
Book, added June 16, 2026
The Hawkline Monster
by Richard Brautigan
Literary Fiction Western
Blue book cover for "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett, featuring white musical staff lines and elegant text. Subtext highlights the PEN/Faulkner Award.
Book, added June 15, 2026
Bel Canto (2005)
by Anne Patchett
Literary Fiction
Book cover for "Angel Down" by Daniel Kraus features bold white text over a background of swirling smoke and clouds in red and beige tones.
Book, added June 14, 2026
Angel Down (2026)
by Daniel Kraus
Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize World War I
Book cover of "Pedro Páramo" by Juan Rulfo, featuring a black and white photo of a cactus fence, with text crediting Susan Sontag, Gabriel García Márquez, and Douglas J. Weatherford.
Book, added June 2, 2026
Pedro Páramo (1955)
by Juan Rulfo • translated by Douglas J. Weatherford
Literary Fiction Translation
Image depicts a giant eyeball hovering over a cityscape, staring downward.
Book, added May 26, 2026
We (1920)
by Yevgeny Zamyatin • translated by Bela Shayevich
Dystopian Literature Literary Fiction Translation
Vintage book cover of "The Road to Wellville" by T. Coraghessan Boyle. Features a sunlit mansion with a lush green path, bordered by ornate designs.
Book, added May 29, 2026
The Road to Wellville (1993)
by T.C. Boyle
Literary Fiction
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Author
Yevgeny Zamyatin
February 1, 1884 - March 10, 1937
Literary Fiction Satirist
Front cover of "The Passion According to G.H." by Clarice Lispector, featuring a close-up of a woman's face in a grainy, orange-colored texture.
Book, added November 2, 2025
The Passion According to G.H. (1964)
by Clarice Lispector • translated by Idra Novey
Literary Fiction
Black and white book cover of "McCullers: Complete Novels" featuring a thoughtful woman, hand on head. Titles listed below, elegant font. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, The Member of the Wedding, Clo
Book, added May 3, 2026
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940)
by Carson McCullers
American Literature Debut Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of The Subterraneans
Book, added February 21, 2026
The Subterraneans (1958)
by Jack Kerouac
Literary Fiction
Cover of North Woods
Book, added January 17, 2026
North Woods (2023)
by Daniel Mason
Literary Fiction Nature Writing Pulitzer Prize Finalist Top Pick
The cover depicts a single blue feather on a darker blue background.
Book, added November 10, 2025
Ceremony (1977)
by Leslie Marmon Silko
American Literature Literary Fiction
Cover of The Dying Grass
Book, added August 20, 2025
The Dying Grass: A Novel of the Nez Perce War (2016)
by William T. Vollmann
American Literature Literary Fiction
Cover of No Longer Human
Book, added November 6, 2025
No Longer Human (1958)
by Osamu Dazai , Donald Keene
Literary Fiction Translation
Osamu Dazai
Author
Osamu Dazai
June 19, 1909 - June 13, 1948
Literary Fiction
László Krasznahorkai
Author
László Krasznahorkai
Hungarian • b. January 5, 1954
Literary Fiction Nobel Winner
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