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Poetic Literature

This list is culled from many on the Internet. I picked some of my favorite novels, a few children's books and a memoir thrown in. These books are written with gorgeous prose that is evocative of the best in poetry.
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Let the Great World Spin (Colum McCann)
Let the Great World Spin
1
Colum McCann
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
2
Thomas Wolfe
Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky)
Suite Francaise
3
Irene Nemirovsky
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
4
Gabriel García Márquez
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
5
Rohinton Mistry
Family Matters
Family Matters
6
Angle of Repose (Wallace Stegner)
Angle of Repose
7
Wallace Stegner
Lila (Marilynne Robinson)
Lila
8
Marilynne Robinson
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
9
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
10
Anthony Doerr
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
11
Hilary Mantel
Binocular Vision (Edith Pearlman)
Binocular Vision
12
Edith Pearlman
Great House
Great House
13
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
14
Abraham Verghese
A Child's Christmas in Wales
A Child's Christmas in Wales
15
Swann's Way (France)
Swann's Way (France)
16
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
17
James Agee
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
18
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
19
Virginia Woolf
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
20
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
21
Markus Zusak
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
22
Carson McCullers
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
23
Daphne Du Maurier
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
25
Sylvia Plath
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
26
Alice Walker
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
27
Milan Kundera
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
28
Marilynne Robinson
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
29
Willa Cather
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
30
Willa Cather
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again
31
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
32
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
33
Miguel De Cervantes
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
34
Emily Brontë
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
35
D.H. Lawrence
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
36
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
37
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
38
John Steinbeck
Kate Vaiden
Kate Vaiden
39
He Sheltering Sky
He Sheltering Sky
40
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