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Literary Books: Stories That Stay With You

Experience language at its most beautiful and storytelling at its most profound. These award‑winning and critically acclaimed novels offer deep character studies, exquisite prose, and themes that linger long after the final page. Perfect for readers who crave nuance, emotional resonance, and the pure joy of literary craftsmanship.

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The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Harley Quin, #1)
19min17,734 ratings

The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Harley Quin, #1)

by Agatha Christie

The Crown (The Selection, #5)
34min318,703 ratings

The Crown (The Selection, #5)

by Kiera Cass

The One Memory of Flora Banks
28min19,684 ratings

The One Memory of Flora Banks

by Emily Barr

The Woman in White
24min167,102 ratings

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins, Matthew Sweet

Master of the Game
26min60,536 ratings

Master of the Game

by Sidney Sheldon

I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
24min30,400 ratings

I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

by Nora Ephron

The Known World
36min45,431 ratings

The Known World

by Edward P. Jones

The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3)
28min33,937 ratings

The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman, #3)

by Paullina Simons

The Goblin Emperor
29min12,081 ratings

The Goblin Emperor

by Katherine Addison

Absent In The Spring
30min16,218 ratings

Absent In The Spring

by Mary Westmacott , Agatha Christie

Of Mice and Men
29min2,862,333 ratings

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

The Namesake
32min186,498 ratings

The Namesake

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Picture Perfect (Geek Girl, #3)
15min8,829 ratings

Picture Perfect (Geek Girl, #3)

by Holly Smale

Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
28min235,007 ratings

Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

by Hilary Mantel

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)
36min7,130 ratings

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas

Lord of the Flies
46min3,226,115 ratings

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
27min16,101 ratings

Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)

by George MacDonald Fraser

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan
37min11,183 ratings

I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

by Alan Partridge, Rob Gibbons, Neil Gibbons, Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan

American Psycho
38min169,782 ratings

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
35min1,766,895 ratings

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre

For Whom the Bell Tolls
30min198,022 ratings

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

Absolute Midnight (Abarat, #3)
26min6,173 ratings

Absolute Midnight (Abarat, #3)

by Clive Barker

Water for Elephants
33min1,082,952 ratings

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen

White Teeth
34min176,268 ratings

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith

The Accident Season
31min6,733 ratings

The Accident Season

by Moira Fowley-Doyle

Forever Geek (Geek Girl, #6)
26min3,501 ratings

Forever Geek (Geek Girl, #6)

by Holly Smale

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale - And Here My Troubles Began
32min93,669 ratings

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale - And Here My Troubles Began

by Art Spiegelman

The Great Christmas Knit Off
25min3,370 ratings

The Great Christmas Knit Off

by Alex Brown

Happily Ever After
25min81,200 ratings

Happily Ever After

by Kiera Cass

The Art of Racing in the Rain
34min333,109 ratings

The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Winter Romances
40min42,668 ratings

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Winter Romances

by Stephanie Perkins, Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Pena, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White

Always the Bridesmaid
26min5,212 ratings

Always the Bridesmaid

by Lindsey Kelk

The Handmaid's Tale
38min648,783 ratings

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

I Am the Messenger
28min94,968 ratings

I Am the Messenger

by Markus Zusak

The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
29min2,483 ratings

The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)

by Jack Vance

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)
25min24,496 ratings

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)

by Julia Quinn

The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3)
38min1,366 ratings

The Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, #1-3)

by Pat Barker

The Bonfire of the Vanities
25min666 ratings

The Bonfire of the Vanities

by Tom Wolfe

Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones [Paperback compilation]
29min80 ratings

Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones [Paperback compilation]

by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell

Red River (Tent City #2)
31min146 ratings

Red River (Tent City #2)

by Kelly Van Hull

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
25min3,622 ratings

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by Ken Kesey

Bridge to Terabithia
22min343,901 ratings

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
36min294,556 ratings

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
37min106,721 ratings

The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)

by Barbara Kingsolver

Love Over Scotland (44 Scotland Street, #3)
31min341 ratings

Love Over Scotland (44 Scotland Street, #3)

by Alexander McCall Smith, Iain Mcintosh

The Panopticon
27min2,831 ratings

The Panopticon

by Jenni Fagan

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop (Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop, #2)
28min2,169 ratings

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop (Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop, #2)

by Jenny Colgan

Before the Poison
28min3,878 ratings

Before the Poison

by Peter Robinson

Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)
23min21,045 ratings

Tatiana and Alexander (The Bronze Horseman, #2)

by Paullina Simons

Here Lies Arthur
30min1,693 ratings

Here Lies Arthur

by Philip Reeve

Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)
26min91,556 ratings

Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)

by S.C. Stephens

The Crow
32min414 ratings

The Crow

by James O'Barr, John Bergin, A.A. Attanasio

War Songs: Metaphors In Clay And Poetry From The Vietnam Experience
33min28 ratings

War Songs: Metaphors In Clay And Poetry From The Vietnam Experience

by Grady Harp

I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails.
23min1,322 ratings

I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails.

by David Thorne

The Cows
32min31,833 ratings

The Cows

by Dawn O'Porter

The Time of My Life
19min22,619 ratings

The Time of My Life

by Cecelia Ahern

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
28min1,485 ratings

All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories

by Edward P. Jones

Ride Steady (Chaos, #3)
35min15,746 ratings

Ride Steady (Chaos, #3)

by Kristen Ashley

When You Are Engulfed in Flames
29min152,788 ratings

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

Charlotte's Web
34min1,096,929 ratings

Charlotte's Web

by E.B. White, Garth Williams, Rosemary Wells

Flawed
40min38,333 ratings

Flawed

by Cecelia Ahern

The Robber Bride
35min30,353 ratings

The Robber Bride

by Margaret Atwood

Revolutionary Road
30min57,469 ratings

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
34min21,052 ratings

Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation

by Tim Hamilton, Ray Bradbury

Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
30min71,196 ratings

Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)

by Agatha Christie

Solitaire
30min144,018 ratings

Solitaire

by Alice Oseman

A Density of Souls
31min9,357 ratings

A Density of Souls

by Christopher Rice

The Book Thief
33min1,193,697 ratings

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
34min11,845 ratings

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Mitch Albom

Uncle Tom's Cabin
30min633 ratings

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4)
24min42,197 ratings

Sparkling Cyanide (Colonel Race, #4)

by Agatha Christie

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
39min83,765 ratings

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

by David Sedaris

Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1)
36min29,984 ratings

Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles, #1)

by Melina Marchetta

The Siren
30min99,037 ratings

The Siren

by Kiera Cass

The Undomestic Goddess
33min204,609 ratings

The Undomestic Goddess

by Sophie Kinsella

On the Island (On the Island, #1)
33min29,074 ratings

On the Island (On the Island, #1)

by Tracey Garvis-Graves

House of Leaves
30min77,508 ratings

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

No Man's Land
26min1,308 ratings

No Man's Land

by Simon Tolkien

I Heart Hollywood (I Heart, #2)
31min11,675 ratings

I Heart Hollywood (I Heart, #2)

by Lindsey Kelk

River of Destiny
38min2,628 ratings

River of Destiny

by Barbara Erskine

Invisible Man
41min125,232 ratings

Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

Gangsta Granny
30min31,012 ratings

Gangsta Granny

by David Walliams, Tony Ross

The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
30min86,867 ratings

The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

by Jasper Fforde

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Maus, #1-2)
25min79,457 ratings

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Maus, #1-2)

by Art Spiegelman

Beloved
30min238,038 ratings

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

The Shock of the Fall
20min49,555 ratings

The Shock of the Fall

by Nathan Filer

Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
29min254,041 ratings

Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)

by C.S. Lewis

I Let You Go
29min43,770 ratings

I Let You Go

by Clare Mackintosh

Ulysses
34min78,309 ratings

Ulysses

by James Joyce

American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1)
26min39,004 ratings

American Pastoral (The American Trilogy, #1)

by Philip Roth

Their Eyes Were Watching God
36min184,282 ratings

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

The Grapes of Wrath
33min322,757 ratings

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

How to Fall in Love
26min28,163 ratings

How to Fall in Love

by Cecelia Ahern

Special Topics in Calamity Physics
33min2,609 ratings

Special Topics in Calamity Physics

by Marisha Pessl

Empire Falls
32min91,773 ratings

Empire Falls

by Richard Russo

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
32min3,221 ratings

Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)

by Sarah J. Maas

The Notebook
24min1,064,723 ratings

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

The Forgotten Seamstress
31min8,256 ratings

The Forgotten Seamstress

by Liz Trenow

As I Lay Dying
34min105,220 ratings

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

Rock Chick (Rock Chick, #1)
31min41,916 ratings

Rock Chick (Rock Chick, #1)

by Kristen Ashley

The Old Man and the Sea
33min535,621 ratings

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1)
33min67,912 ratings

Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1)

by Patricia Briggs

Thirteen Reasons Why
28min465,848 ratings

Thirteen Reasons Why

by Jay Asher

Folly (Folly Island, #1)
24min4,141 ratings

Folly (Folly Island, #1)

by Laurie R. King

My Sister's Keeper
32min876,319 ratings

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

On the Island (On the Island, #1)
29min24,869 ratings

On the Island (On the Island, #1)

by Tracey Garvis-Graves

Cat's Cradle
33min16,697 ratings

Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Screwtape Letters
34min116,487 ratings

The Screwtape Letters

by C.S. Lewis

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
31min878,808 ratings

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
32min1,784,684 ratings

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)

by J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre

Of Things Gone Astray
37min1,232 ratings

Of Things Gone Astray

by Janina Matthewson

An Almond for a Parrot
27min2,502 ratings

An Almond for a Parrot

by Wray Delaney

The Remains of the Day
27min110,370 ratings

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
27min95,449 ratings

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

by Jonas Jonasson, Rod Bradbury

Me Talk Pretty One Day
41min502,992 ratings

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

A Monster Calls
30min110,050 ratings

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness, Jim Kay, Siobhan Dowd

A Healing Heart (Riverview Series #1)
30min85 ratings

A Healing Heart (Riverview Series #1)

by Melissa A. Hanson

Forbidden
34min37,918 ratings

Forbidden

by Tabitha Suzuma

Nineteen Eighty-Four
36min7,300 ratings

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon

Blindness
32min100,752 ratings

Blindness

by Jose Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero

If Beale Street Could Talk
29min83,810 ratings

If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

Mudbound
36min44,222 ratings

Mudbound

by Hillary Jordan

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
30min175,173 ratings

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)

by Libba Bray

Atlas Shrugged
35min287,835 ratings

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

Rant
35min49,817 ratings

Rant

by Chuck Palahniuk

The Kitchen House
23min172,233 ratings

The Kitchen House

by Kathleen Grissom

The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds, #1)
34min5,669 ratings

The Mockingbirds (The Mockingbirds, #1)

by Daisy Whitney

Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8)
32min15,752 ratings

Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, #8)

by Derek Landy

Tully
14min11,826 ratings

Tully

by Paullina Simons

Paper Towns
31min472,853 ratings

Paper Towns

by John Green

Lord of the Flies
32min1,638,289 ratings

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

The God of Small Things
32min328,662 ratings

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)
29min2,383 ratings

And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1)

by Kiersten White

Snow Falling on Cedars
37min134,689 ratings

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

My Sister's Secret
26min8,605 ratings

My Sister's Secret

by Tracy Buchanan

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
27min906,322 ratings

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

The Corrections
38min119,548 ratings

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

In Cold Blood
30min388,922 ratings

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

One for the Books
30min1,450 ratings

One for the Books

by Joe Queenan

Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere
29min1,067 ratings

Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere

by Lauren Leto

Bad Feminist
30min119,317 ratings

Bad Feminist

by Roxane Gay

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
36min54,933 ratings

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

by David Foster Wallace

Sophie's World
32min284,622 ratings

Sophie's World

by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Moller