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Goodreads "Best Literary Fiction" (Sort Of) - Page 5

"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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The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
161
Oscar Wilde
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
162
Thomas Hardy
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
163
Thomas Mann
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
164
Boris Pasternak
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
165
William Shakespeare
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
166
Jonathan Safran Foer
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
167
J.P. Donleavy
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
168
H.G. Wells
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
169
Dodie Smith
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
170
William Faulkner
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
171
Rohinton Mistry
Garden Spells (Sarah Addison Allen)
Garden Spells
172
Sarah Addison Allen
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
173
Evelyn Waugh
The Swiss Family Robinson (Johann Wyss)
The Swiss Family Robinson
174
Johann Wyss
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
175
Mark Haddon
The Complete Short Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Short Stories
176
Flannery O'Connor
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
177
A.S. Byatt
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
178
Erin Morgenstern
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
179
Tim O'Brien
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
180
James Baldwin
Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
Kane and Abel
181
Jeffrey Archer
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
182
Edith Wharton
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
183
Jonathan Franzen
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
184
Haruki Murakami
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
185
Bernhard Schlink
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Helen Simonson)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
186
Helen Simonson
A Ring of Endless Light (Madeleine L'engle)
A Ring of Endless Light
187
Madeleine L'engle
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
188
Richard Russo
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
189
Joseph Conrad
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
190
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
191
Mario Puzo
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
192
C.S. Lewis
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
193
Alan Paton
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
194
Bernard Malamud
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
195
Nathanael West
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
196
Arthur Conan Doyle
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
197
E.B. White
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
198
Ernest Hemingway
My Name Is Red (Orhan Pamuk)
My Name Is Red
199
Orhan Pamuk
The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch)
The Last Lecture
200
Randy Pausch
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