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Literary Fiction
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Where to Start with Joyce Carol Oates: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Joyce Carol Oates — whether to begin with We Were the Mulvaneys, them, or Blonde. A complete reading guide to the American literary novelist.
Where to Start with Junot Díaz: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Junot Díaz — whether to begin with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Drown, or This Is How You Lose Her. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Ken Kesey: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ken Kesey — how to approach One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, his countercultural masterpiece about institutional power and the definition of sanity. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Kenzaburō Ōe: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Kenzaburō Ōe — whether to begin with A Personal Matter, Nip the Buds Shoot the Kids, or The Silent Cry. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Larry McMurtry: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Larry McMurtry — how to approach Lonesome Dove, his Pulitzer-winning masterpiece about a cattle drive, friendship, and the end of the American frontier. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Lauren Oliver: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Lauren Oliver — whether to begin with Before I Fall, Delirium, or Pandemonium. A complete reading guide to the YA novelist.
Where to Start with Leo Tolstoy: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Leo Tolstoy — whether to begin with Anna Karenina, War and Peace, or The Death of Ivan Ilyich. A complete reading guide for the essential Russian novelist.
Where to Start with Lev Grossman: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Lev Grossman — whether to begin with The Magicians or The Magician King. A complete reading guide to the fantasy novelist and literary critic.
Where to Start with Marcel Proust: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Marcel Proust — whether to begin with Swann's Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, or The Guermantes Way. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Marlon James: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Marlon James — whether to begin with A Brief History of Seven Killings, Black Leopard Red Wolf, or Moon Witch Spider King. A complete guide.
Where to Start with Miguel de Cervantes: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Miguel de Cervantes — how to approach Don Quixote, the first modern novel and the founding text of the Western literary tradition. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Min Jin Lee: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Min Jin Lee — whether to begin with Pachinko or Free Food for Millionaires. A complete reading guide to the Korean-American novelist.
Where to Start with Mo Yan: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Mo Yan — whether to begin with Red Sorghum, Big Breasts and Wide Hips, or The Republic of Wine. A complete guide to the Chinese Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Nadine Gordimer: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Nadine Gordimer — whether to begin with Burger's Daughter, July's People, or The Conservationist. A complete guide to the Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Ocean Vuong: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ocean Vuong — how to approach On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, his debut novel written as a letter from a Vietnamese-American son to his illiterate mother. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Ovid: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ovid — how to approach the Metamorphoses, the Roman poem that unified 250 myths around the theme of transformation and became the single most influential text on Western art and literature. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Percival Everett: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Percival Everett — whether to begin with James, Erasure, or The Trees. A complete reading guide to the Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist.
Where to Start with Peter Handke: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Peter Handke — whether to begin with A Sorrow Beyond Dreams or The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Richard Yates: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Richard Yates — whether to begin with Revolutionary Road or The Easter Parade. A complete reading guide to the American novelist.
Where to Start with Samantha Harvey: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Samantha Harvey — whether to begin with Orbital, The Western Wind, or Dear Thief. A complete reading guide to the Booker Prize-winning novelist.
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