1009 Results in the "Literary Fiction" category


    • Lord of the Flies Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin ord of the Flies is a clas­sic alle­gor­i­cal nov­el that explores the dark side of human nature. When a group of British school­boys become strand­ed on a desert­ed island, they attempt to gov­ern themselves—only for their efforts to spi­ral into chaos and sav­agery. Through this grip­ping tale, Gold­ing exam­ines the fragili­ty of civ­i­liza­tion, the lure of pow­er, and the pri­mal instincts that lie beneath…
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      by testsuphomeAdmin The Ministry of Time by Javier Cercas follows a secret Spanish agency that protects history by preventing time travelers from changing the past. As agents navigate different eras, the novel explores themes of memory, identity, and the consequences of altering history.
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      by testsuphomeAdmin The Wed­ding Peo­ple is a heart­felt and wit­ty nov­el about unex­pect­ed con­nec­tion, grief, and sec­ond chances. The sto­ry fol­lows Phoebe, a woman reel­ing from per­son­al tragedy, who impul­sive­ly checks into a Con­necti­cut sea­side hotel where a wed­ding is tak­ing place. She soon finds her­self entan­gled with a group of wed­ding guests and strangers, lead­ing to a week­end filled with emo­tion­al rev­e­la­tions, sur­pris­ing friend­ships, and…
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      by testsuphomeAdmin Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston follows Janie Crawford’s journey of self-discovery through three marriages, exploring themes of love, independence, and identity.
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      Long Island

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Long Island is a 2024 nov­el by Colm Tóibín, which serves as a con­tin­u­a­tion of his crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed nov­el Brook­lyn. The sto­ry fol­lows the life of Eilis Lacey, now in her 40s, liv­ing on Long Island with her hus­band Tony Fiorel­lo and their two teenage chil­dren. Despite her years in Amer­i­ca, Eilis has remained deeply con­nect­ed to her Irish roots and has nev­er returned…
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      Parade

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Rachel Cusk's Parade is a sharp meditation on performance, identity, and art. Following a renowned theater director, the novel explores the blurred lines between reality and illusion as she navigates creative ambition and personal disillusionment. With Cusk’s signature precision, Parade questions the roles we play in life.
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      Animal Farm

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Ani­mal Farm (1945) is a satir­i­cal ​alle­gor­i­cal novel­la​ by George Orwell that cri­tiques total­i­tar­i­an­ism, par­tic­u­lar­ly Stal­in­ism, through the lens of a farm where ani­mals over­throw their human oppres­sors. The sto­ry begins with the ani­mals of Manor Farm rebelling against their exploita­tive own­er, Mr. Jones, inspired by the ideals of Old Major (a pig rep­re­sent­ing Karl Marx/Lenin). They estab­lish a new soci­ety based on equal­i­ty, sum­ma­rized…
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      by testsuphomeAdmin “James: A Nov­el” by Per­ci­val Everett is a reimag­in­ing of Mark Twain’s “Adven­tures of Huck­le­ber­ry Finn,” told from the per­spec­tive of Jim, the enslaved man who accom­pa­nies Huck down the Mis­sis­sip­pi Riv­er. Everett sub­verts the orig­i­nal nar­ra­tive by cen­ter­ing James’s voice, intel­lect, and agency, expos­ing the bru­tal real­i­ties of slav­ery and racial hypocrisy in 19th-cen­tu­ry Amer­i­ca. The nov­el explores themes of iden­ti­ty, free­dom, and…
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      by testsuphomeAdmin All the Light We Can­not See is a beau­ti­ful­ly writ­ten his­tor­i­cal nov­el that tells the par­al­lel sto­ries of Marie-Lau­re, a blind French girl, and Wern­er, a Ger­man orphan and gift­ed radio tech­ni­cian, whose paths con­verge dur­ing World War II in the occu­pied French town of Saint-Malo. Marie-Lau­re flees Paris with her father as the Nazis invade, car­ry­ing a mys­te­ri­ous and poten­tial­ly cursed dia­mond from…
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      All Fours

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      by testsuphomeAdmin Miran­da July’s 2024 nov­el All Fours fol­lows a 45-year-old semi-famous artist who dis­rupts her sta­ble Los Ange­les life with her hus­band and child by impul­sive­ly announc­ing a cross-coun­try road trip. The jour­ney becomes a cat­a­lyst for self-dis­cov­ery as she grap­ples with midlife crises, sex­u­al awak­en­ing, and per­i­menopause, cul­mi­nat­ing in an unex­pect­ed affair. Blend­ing humor and poignan­cy, the nov­el explores themes of desire, iden­ti­ty, and…
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