Best Literary Fiction

101.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating β€” 716,502 ratings
102.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,108 ratings
103.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating β€” 363,643 ratings
104.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,551 ratings
105.
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle 4.15 avg rating β€” 428,375 ratings
106.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,152 ratings
107.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 281,937 ratings
107.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 505,032 ratings
109.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,131,984 ratings
110.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating β€” 710,348 ratings
111.
The Blue Castle
The Blue Castle 4.31 avg rating β€” 52,523 ratings
112.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,848 ratings
113.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating β€” 98,658 ratings
114.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
115.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating β€” 306,575 ratings
116.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating β€” 174,970 ratings
117.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating β€” 253,091 ratings
118.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating β€” 344,473 ratings
119.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating β€” 162,715 ratings
120.
Young Hearts Crying
Young Hearts Crying 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,345 ratings
121.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating β€” 192,455 ratings
122.
Disturbing the Peace
Disturbing the Peace 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,955 ratings
123.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating β€” 103,287 ratings
124.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating β€” 249,833 ratings
124.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 363,342 ratings
126.
Veronika Decides to Die
Veronika Decides to Die 3.73 avg rating β€” 237,032 ratings
127.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating β€” 192,666 ratings
128.
Setting the Family Free
Setting the Family Free 4.19 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
129.
The Light of Eternal Spring
The Light of Eternal Spring 3.92 avg rating β€” 510 ratings
130.
The Valley of Unknowing
The Valley of Unknowing 3.85 avg rating β€” 370 ratings
130.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,130 ratings
132.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating β€” 160,994 ratings
133.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating β€” 213,982 ratings
134.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating β€” 524,823 ratings
135.
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,012,873 ratings
136.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating β€” 179,582 ratings
137.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating β€” 365,301 ratings
138.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating β€” 171,877 ratings
139.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating β€” 304,602 ratings
140.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating β€” 694,109 ratings
141.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,152 ratings
142.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating β€” 239,362 ratings
143.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating β€” 138,338 ratings
144.
The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters 4.27 avg rating β€” 499,662 ratings
145.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating β€” 321,372 ratings
146.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,538,273 ratings
147.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating β€” 198,728 ratings
148.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,415,051 ratings
149.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 149,639 ratings
150.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating β€” 195,795 ratings
151.
Slide, a Modern Satire on the Excess of Greed
Slide, a Modern Satire on the Excess of Greed 4.32 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
151.
Dublin in the Rain
Dublin in the Rain 4.04 avg rating β€” 152 ratings
153.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,908 ratings
154.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating β€” 641,322 ratings
155.
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1)
The Book of Lost Things (The Book of Lost Things, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 84,464 ratings
156.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 237,984 ratings
157.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating β€” 182,762 ratings
158.
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night 3.96 avg rating β€” 191,693 ratings
159.
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1)
Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 106,108 ratings
160.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating β€” 101,107 ratings
161.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating β€” 172,357 ratings
161.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating β€” 45,606 ratings
163.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,068,408 ratings
164.
A Warm Place to Call Home
A Warm Place to Call Home 4.03 avg rating β€” 591 ratings
165.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating β€” 431,588 ratings
166.
The Color of Jadeite
The Color of Jadeite 4.26 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
167.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating β€” 552,918 ratings
167.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,406 ratings
169.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating β€” 56,593 ratings
170.
Courage of the Heart
Courage of the Heart really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
170.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating β€” 528,215 ratings
172.
Bartlett's Rule
Bartlett's Rule 3.90 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
173.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating β€” 452,887 ratings
174.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating β€” 113,034 ratings
175.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating β€” 182,465 ratings
176.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,727 ratings
177.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating β€” 150,735 ratings
178.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,568,779 ratings
179.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating β€” 78,204 ratings
180.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating β€” 397,693 ratings
181.
Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1)
Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1) 4.34 avg rating β€” 128,777 ratings
182.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,010,503 ratings
183.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,458 ratings
184.
Clotho's Loom
Clotho's Loom 4.10 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
184.
The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man 3.61 avg rating β€” 11,100 ratings
184.
Restless Heart
Restless Heart 3.41 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
187.
The Wolf and the Shepherd
The Wolf and the Shepherd 4.37 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
188.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating β€” 297,802 ratings
189.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating β€” 194,243 ratings
190.
Catapult Soul
Catapult Soul 3.98 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
191.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating β€” 482,020 ratings
192.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,850 ratings
193.
Loving Her
Loving Her 4.25 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
194.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating β€” 361,066 ratings
195.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 123,555 ratings
196.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson 4.01 avg rating β€” 3,189 ratings
197.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating β€” 23,730 ratings
198.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating β€” 40,389 ratings
199.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating β€” 83,121 ratings
200.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating β€” 232,682 ratings