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Goodreads "Best Literary Fiction" (Sort Of) - Page 4

"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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Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars
121
David Guterson
Where the Heart Is (Billie Letts)
Where the Heart Is
122
Billie Letts
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
123
Charles Dickens
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
124
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
125
Jhumpa Lahiri
White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
White Oleander
126
Janet Fitch
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
127
Richard Wright
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
128
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
129
Haruki Murakami
The Trumpet of the Swan (E.B. White)
The Trumpet of the Swan
130
E.B. White
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
131
John Irving
Year of Wonders (Geraldine Brooks)
Year of Wonders
132
Geraldine Brooks
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
133
Hermann Hesse
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
134
Milan Kundera
Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones's Diary
135
Helen Fielding
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
136
C.S. Lewis
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
137
Ernest Hemingway
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
138
Susanna Clarke
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
139
Richard Yates
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
140
James Joyce
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
141
Ralph Ellison
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
142
Muriel Barbery
The Book of Lost Things (John Connolly)
The Book of Lost Things
143
John Connolly
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
144
C.S. Lewis
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
145
Kate Atkinson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
146
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
147
Fannie Flagg
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
148
Shirley Jackson
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
149
Jonathan Safran Foer
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
150
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
151
S.E. Hinton
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
152
William Shakespeare
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
153
Isabel Allende
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
154
Anthony Burgess
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
155
Bram Stoker
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
156
John Steinbeck
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
157
Henry James
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
158
Anne Rice
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
159
Amy Tan
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News
160
Annie Proux
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