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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Returns and Exchanges
Palaces of the Crow
Offseason
Underlake
Fat Swim: Fiction
The Palm House
Tailbone
More Like Enemigas
Whistler
The Things We Never Say
Demon Copperhead
Flesh
Klara and the Sun
June Baby
The Emperor of Gladness
The Rest of Our Lives
Trust
Look What You Made Me Do
Lázár
La muy catastrófica visita al zoo
‎22 Bahnen (Tilda und Ida, #1)
The Elements (The Elements, #1-4)
Slags
Love Least Expected by Meredith BondForever Friends by Shelagh WatkinsEnd of the Road by Jacques  AntoineGetting Lucky by J.L. BeckThe Adventure of Creation by Holly Lisle
Best Anthologies
1,142 books — 792 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelWater for Elephants by Sara GruenA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Canadian Literature
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The Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored by Robert PavchickWolf 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 Doerr
Literary Historical Fiction
1,194 books — 1,342 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSaint Richard Parker by Merlin FrancoCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored by Robert Pavchick
Best Humor Writing
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Three Witches and The Master by Max NowazBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe
Favourite young adult books
1,770 books — 1,767 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
Jane Eyre
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Stranger
Brave New World
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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