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Goodreads "Best Literary Fiction" (Sort Of) - Page 9

"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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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
321
Elena Ferrante
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
322
Han Kang
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
323
Haruki Murakami
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
324
Wally Lamb
Plainsong (Kent Haruf)
Plainsong
325
Kent Haruf
The Tortilla Curtain (T.C. Boyle)
The Tortilla Curtain
326
T.C. Boyle
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
327
James Baldwin
The Captain's Daughter: Essential Stories (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter: Essential Stories
328
Alexander Pushkin
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
329
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Ballet Shoes (Noel Streatfeild)
Ballet Shoes
330
Noel Streatfeild
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
331
C.S. Lewis
Children of the Arbat (Anatoli Rybakov)
Children of the Arbat
332
Anatoli Rybakov
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
333
Wallace Stegner
The Heart's Invisible Furies (John Boyne)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
334
John Boyne
The Feast of All Saints (Anne Rice)
The Feast of All Saints
335
Anne Rice
Rabbit Tetralogy (John Updike)
Rabbit Tetralogy
336
John Updike
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
337
Anonymous
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
338
Cormac McCarthy
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
339
John Green
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
340
Andrew Sean Greer
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
341
W. Somerset Maugham
Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog (Boris Akunin)
Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog
342
Boris Akunin
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
343
Philip Roth
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
344
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
345
Colum McCann
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
346
Ali Smith
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
347
V.C. Andrews
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
348
Tim Winton
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
349
Flann O'Brien
This Tender Land (William Kent Krueger)
This Tender Land
350
William Kent Krueger
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
351
Philip Roth
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
352
Jean Rhys
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
353
Margery Williams
Drop City (T.C. Boyle)
Drop City
354
T.C. Boyle
By Fire, by Water (Mitchell James Kaplan)
By Fire, by Water
355
Mitchell James Kaplan
Season of Mists (Neil Gaiman)
Season of Mists
356
Neil Gaiman
Rainbirds (Clarissa Goenawan)
Rainbirds
357
Clarissa Goenawan
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
358
Laura Ingalls Wilder
It (Stephen King)
It
359
Stephen King
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
360
Kurt Vonnegut
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