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

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Will There Ever Be Another You
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Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane
The Book of I
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Klara and the Sun
The Emperor of Gladness
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El descontento
Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
Perfection
So Far Gone
Trust
What We Can Know
Flesh
So Late in the Day
Seduction Theory
Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
The Homemade God
Un animal salvaje
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Rooting for the Bad Guy
684 books — 1,468 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
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Beginning
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHatchet by Gary PaulsenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Survival Stories
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The Great Gatsby
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
Pride and Prejudice
The Catcher in the Rye
Crime and Punishment
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
The Stranger
Brave New World
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Wuthering Heights

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