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Guy's Literary Fiction 400: Literary Fiction Classic and Contemporary - Page 2

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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Little Hut of Leaping Fishes (Chiew-Siah Tei)
Little Hut of Leaping Fishes
41
Chiew-Siah Tei
An Orchestra of Minorities (Chigozie Obioma)
An Orchestra of Minorities
42
Chigozie Obioma
The Fisherman (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fisherman
43
Chigozie Obioma
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People
44
Chinua Achebe
Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
Anthills of the Savannah
45
Chinua Achebe
A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood)
A Single Man
46
Christopher Isherwood
Mr. Norris Changes Trains (Christopher Isherwood)
Mr. Norris Changes Trains
47
Christopher Isherwood
The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas)
The Slap
48
Christos Tsiolkas
The Hunters (Claire Messud)
The Hunters
49
Claire Messud
The Last Life (Claire Messud)
The Last Life
50
Claire Messud
When the World Was Steady (Claire Messud)
When the World Was Steady
51
Claire Messud
Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
52
Colin Macinnes
City of Spades (Colin Macinnes)
City of Spades
53
Colin Macinnes
Mr Love and Justice (Colin Macinnes)
Mr Love and Justice
54
Colin Macinnes
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
55
Cormac McCarthy
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
56
Cormac McCarthy
The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy)
The Crossing
57
Cormac McCarthy
Swallow (D. M. Thomas)
Swallow
58
D. M. Thomas
Derby Day (D.J. Taylor)
Derby Day
59
D.J. Taylor
The White Hotel (D.M. Thomas)
The White Hotel
60
D.M. Thomas
Lost City Radio (Daniel Alarcón)
Lost City Radio
61
Daniel Alarcón
A Horse Walks Into a Bar (David Grossman)
A Horse Walks Into a Bar
62
David Grossman
Black Swan Green (David Mitchell)
Black Swan Green
63
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
64
David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
65
David Mitchell
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet (David Mitchell)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
66
David Mitchell
The Truth Commissioner (David Park)
The Truth Commissioner
67
David Park
All That Man Is (David Szalay)
All That Man Is
68
David Szalay
Reasons She Goes to the Woods (Deborah Kay Davies)
Reasons She Goes to the Woods
69
Deborah Kay Davies
The Accident (Dexter Masters)
The Accident
70
Dexter Masters
Falling Man (Don Delillo)
Falling Man
71
Don Delillo
Great Jones Street (Don Delillo)
Great Jones Street
72
Don Delillo
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
73
Don Delillo
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
74
Don Delillo
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
75
Don Delillo
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell (Doris Lessing)
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
76
Doris Lessing
The Orchard (Drusilla Modjeska)
The Orchard
77
Drusilla Modjeska
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
78
E.L. Doctorow
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
79
E.M. Forster
Bad News (Edward St Aubyn)
Bad News
80
Edward St Aubyn
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