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Guy's Literary Fiction 400: Literary Fiction Classic and Contemporary

A list of 418 Literary Fiction titles from my library. Some are classics, others contemporary, from multiple countries originally written in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and more
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Day (A.L. Kennedy)
Day
1
A.L. Kennedy
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
2
A.S. Byatt
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels
3
Ágota Kristóf
The Line of Beauty (Alan Hollinghurst)
The Line of Beauty
4
Alan Hollinghurst
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
5
Albert Camus
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Lazarus Project
6
Aleksandar Hemon
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
7
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (Allan Gurganis)
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
8
Allan Gurganis
A New World (Amit Chaudhuri)
A New World
9
Amit Chaudhuri
Sea of Poppies (Amitav Ghosh)
Sea of Poppies
10
Amitav Ghosh
The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace
11
Amitav Ghosh
Garden of Last Days (Andre Dubus)
Garden of Last Days
12
Andre Dubus
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist
13
Andre Gide
The White Earth (Andrew McGahan)
The White Earth
14
Andrew McGahan
Hotel Du Lac (Anita Brookner)
Hotel Du Lac
15
Anita Brookner
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
16
Anna Burns
Nothing Like the Sun (Anthony Burgess)
Nothing Like the Sun
17
Anthony Burgess
The Kingdom of the Wicked (Anthony Burgess)
The Kingdom of the Wicked
18
Anthony Burgess
The Pianoplayers (Anthony Burgess)
The Pianoplayers
19
Anthony Burgess
Selection Day (Aravind Adiga)
Selection Day
20
Aravind Adiga
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
21
Aravind Adiga
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
22
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
23
Arthur Rimbaud
Never Mind (Aubyn)
Never Mind
24
Aubyn
Land of Marvels (Barry Unsworth)
Land of Marvels
25
Barry Unsworth
Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
Sacred Hunger
26
Barry Unsworth
10:04 (Ben Lerner)
10:04
27
Ben Lerner
Leaving the Atocha Station (Ben Lerner)
Leaving the Atocha Station
28
Ben Lerner
Songs of Enchantment (Ben Okri)
Songs of Enchantment
29
Ben Okri
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road
30
Ben Okri
On the Black Hill (Bruce Chatwin)
On the Black Hill
31
Bruce Chatwin
The Songlines (Bruce Chatwin)
The Songlines
32
Bruce Chatwin
The Viceroy of Ouidah (Bruce Chatwin)
The Viceroy of Ouidah
33
Bruce Chatwin
Utz (Bruce Chatwin)
Utz
34
Bruce Chatwin
The Sport of Kings (C.E. Morgan)
The Sport of Kings
35
C.E. Morgan
A Case of Knives (Candia McWilliam)
A Case of Knives
36
Candia McWilliam
A State of Independence (Caryl Phillips)
A State of Independence
37
Caryl Phillips
Higher Ground (Caryl Phillips)
Higher Ground
38
Caryl Phillips
A Gesture Life (Chang-Rae Lee)
A Gesture Life
39
Chang-Rae Lee
Aloft (Chang-Rae Lee)
Aloft
40
Chang-Rae Lee
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