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88 Literary Fiction Books to Read This Fall

88 Literary Fiction Books to read this fall and winter. Mostly on the newish side. Happy Reading everyone!
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Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead)
Harlem Shuffle
1
Colson Whitehead
John Henry Days
John Henry Days
2
The Great Reclamation (Rachel Heng)
The Great Reclamation
3
Rachel Heng
Zone One (Colson Whitehead)
Zone One
4
Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
5
Colson Whitehead
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
6
Esi Edugyan
Booth (Karen Joy Fowler)
Booth
7
Karen Joy Fowler
The Jane Austen Book Club (Karen Joy Fowler)
The Jane Austen Book Club
8
Karen Joy Fowler
The Bandit Queens (Parini Shroff)
The Bandit Queens
9
Parini Shroff
The Colony (Audrey Magee)
The Colony
10
Audrey Magee
Trespasses (Louise Kennedy)
Trespasses
11
Louise Kennedy
The Sun Walks Down (Fiona McFarlane)
The Sun Walks Down
12
Fiona McFarlane
Swing Time (Zadie Smith)
Swing Time
13
Zadie Smith
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
14
Zadie Smith
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
15
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
16
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
17
David Mitchell
Slade House (David Mitchell)
Slade House
18
David Mitchell
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
19
David Mitchell
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
20
David Mitchell
Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)
Freedom
21
Jonathan Franzen
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads
22
Jonathan Franzen
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
23
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
24
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
25
Kiran Desai
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
26
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
27
Margaret Atwood
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
28
Margaret Atwood
Unless (Carol Shields)
Unless
29
Carol Shields
Larry's Party (Carol Shields)
Larry's Party
30
Carol Shields
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
31
Ben Fountain
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
32
Adam Johnson
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
33
Richard Powers
The Echo Maker (Richard Powers)
The Echo Maker
34
Richard Powers
Bewilderment (Richard Powers)
Bewilderment
35
Richard Powers
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
36
Louise Erdrich
Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
Demon Copperhead
37
Barbara Kingsolver
Shadow Country
Shadow Country
38
The River (Peter Heller)
The River
39
Peter Heller
Hello Beautiful (Ann Napolitano)
Hello Beautiful
40
Ann Napolitano
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