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20 Great Works of Philosophical Fiction

"All the novels below ask you to think. They cover many of the major philosophical fields: epistemology (what we can know), metaphysics (the nature of reality), ethics (how we should live), aesthetics (art and what is beautiful), political philosophy (how we organize society), and the philosophy of religion (faith, the existence of God, the problem of evil). The wonderful thing about philosophical fiction is that it covers all these fields, but does so through the trappings of fiction: character, plot, setting, etc. These novels make philosophy approachable and fun."
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The Factory (Hiroko Oyamada)
The Factory
1
Hiroko Oyamada
Flights (Olga Tokarczuk)
Flights
2
Olga Tokarczuk
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
3
Helen Dewitt
My Heart Hemmed in (Marie N'diaye)
My Heart Hemmed In
4
Marie N'diaye
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder
5
Tom McCarthy
They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears (Johannes Anyuru)
They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears
6
Johannes Anyuru
Trans(Re)Lating House 1 (Poupeh Missaghi)
Trans(Re)Lating House 1
7
Poupeh Missaghi
Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
Transcendent Kingdom
8
Yaa Gyasi
What Are You Going Through (Sigrid Nunez)
What Are You Going Through
9
Sigrid Nunez
The Wind That Lays Waste (Selva Almada)
The Wind That Lays Waste
10
Selva Almada
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
11
Mary Shelley
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
12
Ralph Ellison
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
13
Ursula K Le Guin
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
14
Umberto Eco
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
15
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea  - Yukio Mishima
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea - Yukio Mishima
16
A Severed Head (Iris Murdoch)
A Severed Head
17
Iris Murdoch
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
18
Jostein Gaarder
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
19
Franz Kafka
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
20
David Markson
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