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Goodreads "Best Literary Fiction" (Sort Of) - Page 7

"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 Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
241
Stephen King
The Club Dumas (Arturo Pérez-Reverte)
The Club Dumas
242
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
243
C.S. Lewis
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
244
Jostein Gaarder
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
245
William S. Burroughs
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
246
Henry Roth
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wall-Paper
247
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
248
Elizabeth Kostova
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia
249
Willa Cather
Little Children (Tom Perrotta)
Little Children
250
Tom Perrotta
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
251
Stephen Chbosky
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
252
Albert Camus
Case Histories (Kate Atkinson)
Case Histories
253
Kate Atkinson
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
254
C.S. Lewis
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
255
Jesmyn Ward
The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)
The Lightning Thief
256
Rick Riordan
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
257
David Mitchell
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
258
Charles Dickens
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
259
C.S. Lewis
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Gregory Maguire)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
260
Gregory Maguire
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War
261
Michael Shaara
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
262
Ernest Hemingway
Notre-Dame De Paris (Victor Hugo)
Notre-Dame De Paris
263
Victor Hugo
Gods of Howl Mountain (Taylor Brown)
Gods of Howl Mountain
264
Taylor Brown
Castle of Water (Dane Huckelbridge)
Castle of Water
265
Dane Huckelbridge
Cyrano De Bergerac (Edmond Rostand)
Cyrano De Bergerac
266
Edmond Rostand
The Casual Vacancy (J.K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
267
J.K. Rowling
Migrations (Charlotte McConaghy)
Migrations
268
Charlotte McConaghy
The Zombie Room (R.D. Ronald)
The Zombie Room
269
R.D. Ronald
The Elephant Tree (R.D. Ronald)
The Elephant Tree
270
R.D. Ronald
Sorrow (Tiffanie Debartolo)
Sorrow
271
Tiffanie Debartolo
Our Souls at Night (Kent Haruf)
Our Souls at Night
272
Kent Haruf
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
273
William Shakespeare
Straight Man (Richard Russo)
Straight Man
274
Richard Russo
Until I Find You (John Irving)
Until I Find You
275
John Irving
Dolores Claiborne (Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
276
Stephen King
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
277
Tom Wolfe
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
278
Octavia E. Butler
Surfacing (Atwood)
Surfacing
279
Atwood
Follow the River (James Alexander Thom)
Follow the River
280
James Alexander Thom
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