Literature

Literature is the art of written works. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non-fiction, although "literature" in popular use can also mean a sub-genre of fiction called literary fiction. ...more

A Violent Masterpiece
Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King
Underlake
Tailbone
The Left and the Lucky
The Palm House
The Oyster Diaries
Everything That Is Beautiful
Son of Nobody
The Adjunct
Python's Kiss
Paradiso 17
The Body Builders
Galahad and the Grail (Merlin's Isle, #1)
Romaanihenkilön elämä
Demon Copperhead
Flesh
Transcription
Klara and the Sun
The Rest of Our Lives
The Emperor of Gladness
Trust
La muy catastrófica visita al zoo
Where the Wildflowers Grow
‎22 Bahnen (Tilda und Ida, #1)
Slags
Un animal salvaje
On the Calculation of Volume IV
Dream Count
Lázár
Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTwo Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Literary Historical Fiction
1,166 books — 1,119 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books Every Human Being Should Read
3,059 books — 2,108 voters

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
4,380 books — 2,238 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
535 books — 1,889 voters

The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena  ArmasThe Heart Principle by Helen  HoangThe Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
2021 Contemporary Romance Releases
341 books — 1,781 voters

The Great Gatsby
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
Pride and Prejudice
The Catcher in the Rye
Crime and Punishment
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
The Stranger
Brave New World
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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