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Goodreads "Best Literary Fiction" (Sort Of) - Page 8

"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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Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
281
Ken Kesey
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
282
Karen Joy Fowler
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
283
Michael Crichton
Started Early, Took My Dog (Kate Atkinson)
Started Early, Took My Dog
284
Kate Atkinson
Among the Hidden (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
Among the Hidden
285
Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magician's Nephew
286
C.S. Lewis
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
287
David Mitchell
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
288
Peter Benchley
Five Quarters of the Orange (Joanne Harris)
Five Quarters of the Orange
289
Joanne Harris
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
290
Marguerite Yourcenar
Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking-Glass
291
Lewis Carroll
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
292
Edgar Allan Poe
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs (Janet Peery)
The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs
293
Janet Peery
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
294
Chinua Achebe
Poison Study (Maria V. Snyder)
Poison Study
295
Maria V. Snyder
Doctor Dolittle (Ellen Miles)
Doctor Dolittle
296
Ellen Miles
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
297
C.S. Lewis
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
298
Leo Tolstoy
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Unknown)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
299
Unknown
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden
300
Remarkable Creatures (Tracy Chevalier)
Remarkable Creatures
301
Tracy Chevalier
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
302
Flann O'Brien
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
303
Graham Greene
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
304
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Lost Man (Jane Harper)
The Lost Man
305
Jane Harper
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
306
Tom Robbins
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
307
Stephen King
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
The Round House
308
Louise Erdrich
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
309
Dalton Trumbo
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
310
John Milton
Legs (William Kennedy)
Legs
311
William Kennedy
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
312
Daniel Defoe
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
313
John Steinbeck
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
314
Ivan Turgenev
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
315
Anne Tyler
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
316
Colson Whitehead
The Gold Bug, the Sphinx, William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Gold Bug, the Sphinx, William Wilson
317
Edgar Allan Poe
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally)
Kristin Lavransdatter
318
Sigrid Undset, Trans. Tiina Nunnally
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
319
Lionel Shriver
The Talented Mr Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr Ripley
320
Patricia Highsmith
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