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Novels With the Most Beautiful Prose

These are 42 novels with hauntingly beautiful prose. I have excluded non-fiction and poetry from this list.
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This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
1
Junot Díaz
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2
Junot Diaz
Find Me (Andre Aciman)
Find Me
3
Andre Aciman
Enigma Variations (Andre Aciman)
Enigma Variations
4
Andre Aciman
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
5
Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
6
Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
7
Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
8
Elena Ferrante
Beartown (Fredrik Backman)
Beartown
9
Fredrik Backman
Us Against You (Fredrik Backman)
Us Against You
10
Fredrik Backman
Less (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less
11
Andrew Sean Greer
Less Is Lost (Andrew Sean Greer)
Less Is Lost
12
Andrew Sean Greer
Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta)
Looking for Alibrandi
13
Melina Marchetta
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
14
Cormac McCarthy
Who Killed My Father (Édouard Louis)
Who Killed My Father
15
Édouard Louis
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
16
Karen Joy Fowler
Animal (Lisa Taddeo)
Animal
17
Lisa Taddeo
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Sally Rooney)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
18
Sally Rooney
Exciting Times (Naoise Dolan)
Exciting Times
19
Naoise Dolan
Prep (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Prep
20
Curtis Sittenfeld
Places I Stopped on the Way Home (Meg Fee)
Places I Stopped on the Way Home
21
Meg Fee
This Happy (Niamh Campbell)
This Happy
22
Niamh Campbell
We Were Young (Niamh Campbell)
We Were Young
23
Niamh Campbell
Topics of Conversation (Miranda Popkey)
Topics of Conversation
24
Miranda Popkey
Acts of Desperation (Megan Nolan)
Acts of Desperation
25
Megan Nolan
Trust (Domenico Starnone)
Trust
26
Domenico Starnone
Ties (Domenico Starnone)
Ties
27
Domenico Starnone
The Details (Ia Genberg)
The Details
28
Ia Genberg
Lot (Bryan Washington)
Lot
29
Bryan Washington
Nude (Nuala Ní Chonchúir)
Nude
30
Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Sweetbitter (Stephanie Danler)
Sweetbitter
31
Stephanie Danler
Swimming in the Dark (Tomasz Jedrowski)
Swimming in the Dark
32
Tomasz Jedrowski
The End of the Story
The End of the Story
33
The Trio (Johanna Hedman)
The Trio
34
Johanna Hedman
Women (Chloe Caldwell)
Women
35
Chloe Caldwell
Common Decency (Susannah Dickey)
Common Decency
36
Susannah Dickey
Strangers I Know (Claudia Durastanti)
Strangers I Know
37
Claudia Durastanti
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
38
Italo Calvino
Lie With Me (Philippe Besson)
Lie With Me
39
Philippe Besson
Love Me Tender (Constance Debré)
Love Me Tender
40
Constance Debré
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