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Goodreads "Best Literary Fiction" (Sort Of) - Page 8

"But a few aren't even fiction!", I can hear some of you scream, even though I'm all the way down here in Sydney.
Any way, according to Goodreads, "Literary fiction is serious fiction with claims to literary merit, and focuses more on style, psychological depth, and character. (As opposed to genre or popular fiction). What are your favourites of literary fiction?"
You can decide if a book on this list actually 'deserves' to be classified as literary fiction, regardless of what Goodreads' voters decided. I suspect for some readers it would be the 'kiss of death' for a book to be tagged as literary fiction.
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avg. score: 89 of 528 (17%)
required scores: 1, 43, 68, 94, 132 

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Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
282
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
283
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
284
Started Early, Took My Dog (Kate Atkinson)
Started Early, Took My Dog (Kate Atkinson)
285
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
286
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
287
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
288
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
289
Five Quarters of the Orange (Joanne Harris)
Five Quarters of the Orange (Joanne Harris)
290
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
291
Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
292
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
293
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs (Janet Peery)
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs (Janet Peery)
294
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
295
Poison Study (Maria V. Snyder)
Poison Study (Maria V. Snyder)
296
Doctor Dolittle (Ellen Miles)
Doctor Dolittle (Ellen Miles)
297
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
298
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
299
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
300
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden
301
Remarkable Creatures (Tracy Chevalier)
Remarkable Creatures (Tracy Chevalier)
302
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
303
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
304
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
305
The Lost Man (Jane Harper)
The Lost Man (Jane Harper)
306
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
307
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
308
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
309
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
310
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
311
Legs (William Kennedy)
Legs (William Kennedy)
312
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
313
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
314
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
315
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
316
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
317
The Gold Bug, the Sphinx, William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Gold Bug, the Sphinx, William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe)
318
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
319
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
320
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
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