Essential Literary Fiction

Cornerstone literary novels indexed for serious readers.

Classics4.3

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy · 1877

Challenging · 331 pp.

Literary Fiction4.3

Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer · 2013

Challenging · 495 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury · 1953

Challenging · 676 pp.

Classics4.3

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens · 1861

Challenging · 356 pp.

Thriller4.3

Hannibal

Thomas Harris · 1999

Challenging · 509 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Hyperion

Dan Simmons · 1989

Challenging · 301 pp.

Fantasy4.3

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke · 2004

Challenging · 637 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Douglas Adams · 1984

Challenging · 589 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974

Challenging · 309 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman · 1974

Challenging · 550 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1985

Challenging · 589 pp.

Fantasy4.3

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien · 1937

Challenging · 337 pp.