Best Literary Fiction

201.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,945 ratings
202.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,257 ratings
203.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,406 ratings
204.
A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family Chronicles, #4)
A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family Chronicles, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 19,634 ratings
204.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 3.90 avg rating — 144,390 ratings
206.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,341 ratings
207.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,549 ratings
208.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating — 124,816 ratings
209.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,449 ratings
210.
Meditation on Space-Time
Meditation on Space-Time 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
211.
The Blue Monsoon (Blue Mumbai, #2)
The Blue Monsoon (Blue Mumbai, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 731 ratings
212.
The Crimson Petal and the White
The Crimson Petal and the White 3.89 avg rating — 44,670 ratings
213.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,314 ratings
214.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,542 ratings
214.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,829 ratings
216.
The Fixer
The Fixer 3.98 avg rating — 11,822 ratings
217.
The Sun Singer (Mountain Journeys, #1)
The Sun Singer (Mountain Journeys, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 37 ratings
218.
The House on the Shore
The House on the Shore 3.61 avg rating — 308 ratings
219.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,044 ratings
220.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating — 20,498 ratings
220.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 259,665 ratings
222.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,274 ratings
223.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,941 ratings
224.
The History of Love
The History of Love 3.92 avg rating — 139,283 ratings
224.
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating — 104,989 ratings
226.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,855 ratings
227.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,901 ratings
228.
The Ladies of Missalonghi
The Ladies of Missalonghi 3.66 avg rating — 5,255 ratings
229.
Ironweed
Ironweed 3.87 avg rating — 17,432 ratings
230.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,492 ratings
231.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,459 ratings
231.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,759 ratings
233.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,617 ratings
233.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,359 ratings
235.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,434 ratings
235.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,334 ratings
237.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 123,991 ratings
238.
Phantom
Phantom
by: Susan Kay
4.33 avg rating — 12,942 ratings
239.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 497,952 ratings
240.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,318 ratings
241.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,941 ratings
242.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,089 ratings
243.
Prodigal Summer
Prodigal Summer 4.05 avg rating — 123,787 ratings
243.
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
by: O. Henry
4.11 avg rating — 99,709 ratings
245.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,393 ratings
246.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,215 ratings
247.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 552,034 ratings
248.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,434 ratings
249.
A Widow for One Year
A Widow for One Year 3.77 avg rating — 64,059 ratings
250.
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1)
Case Histories (Jackson Brodie, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 119,793 ratings
251.
My Name is Joe
My Name is Joe 3.67 avg rating — 333 ratings
251.
Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories
Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories 3.79 avg rating — 104 ratings
251.
The Escapist
The Escapist 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings
254.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,553 ratings
255.
Gone to Soldiers
Gone to Soldiers 4.27 avg rating — 5,096 ratings
256.
The First Death
The First Death 4.60 avg rating — 161 ratings
257.
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 1,031,748 ratings
258.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,465 ratings
259.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating — 37,714 ratings
260.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,274 ratings
261.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,390 ratings
262.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,633 ratings
263.
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 129,834 ratings
264.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,752 ratings
265.
Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 472,895 ratings
266.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,249 ratings
267.
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 96,153 ratings
268.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,391 ratings
269.
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 3.45 avg rating — 36,201 ratings
269.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,585 ratings
271.
The Trees
The Trees 4.02 avg rating — 4,269 ratings
272.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 63,448 ratings
273.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,663 ratings
274.
Sophie’s World
Sophie’s World 3.97 avg rating — 275,152 ratings
274.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating — 96,903 ratings
276.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating — 8,879 ratings
277.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,389 ratings
278.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,234 ratings
279.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,596 ratings
280.
Little Children
Little Children 3.64 avg rating — 32,808 ratings
280.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,875 ratings
282.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,490 ratings
283.
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (My Brilliant Friend, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,761 ratings
284.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,999 ratings
285.
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,337,160 ratings
285.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,782 ratings
287.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,394 ratings
288.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 669,532 ratings
289.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,414 ratings
290.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,144 ratings
291.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,543 ratings
292.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 325,015 ratings
293.
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit 4.31 avg rating — 269,136 ratings
294.
Jitterbug Perfume
Jitterbug Perfume 4.23 avg rating — 79,707 ratings
295.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,378 ratings
296.
The Jump Artist
The Jump Artist 3.53 avg rating — 213 ratings
296.
The Art of Devotion
The Art of Devotion 3.53 avg rating — 238 ratings
296.
Mid Ocean
Mid Ocean 3.87 avg rating — 902 ratings
296.
To Desire
To Desire 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
296.
Castle of Water
Castle of Water 4.17 avg rating — 6,486 ratings
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