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Literary Fiction
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Where to Start with Tayari Jones: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Tayari Jones — how to approach An American Marriage, her devastating literary novel about what wrongful conviction does to a young Black couple's marriage and the people who love them. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Tim O'Brien: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Tim O'Brien — how to approach The Things They Carried, his essential masterwork on Vietnam, memory, and storytelling. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Tobias Wolff: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Tobias Wolff — whether to begin with This Boy's Life, In Pharaoh's Army, or his short stories. A complete reading guide to the American memoirist.
Where to Start with Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Viet Thanh Nguyen — whether to begin with The Sympathizer, The Refugees, or The Committed. A complete reading guide to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Where to Start with Virgil: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Virgil — how to approach The Aeneid, the epic that founded Rome's mythology and shaped Western literature for two thousand years. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Voltaire: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Voltaire — how to approach Candide, the perfect satirical novella that demolishes philosophical optimism. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with William Shakespeare: A Reading Guide
Where to start with William Shakespeare — how to approach Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and the rest of the canon. A complete reading guide for new and returning readers.
Where to Start with Yann Martel: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Yann Martel — whether to begin with Life of Pi or Beatrice and Virgil. A complete reading guide to the Canadian Booker Prize-winning author.
Alan Hollinghurst Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Alan Hollinghurst's complete bibliography in order — from The Swimming-Pool Library and The Line of Beauty to The Stranger's Child. Best starting points.
Alice Munro Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Alice Munro's complete bibliography in order — from Lives of Girls and Women and Dear Life to Too Much Happiness. Best starting points for the Nobel Prize winner.
Alice Walker Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Alice Walker's complete bibliography in order — from The Color Purple and Meridian to Possessing the Secret of Joy. Best starting points for new readers.
Amor Towles Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Amor Towles's complete bibliography in order — from A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility to The Lincoln Highway. Best starting points for new readers.
Anne Tyler Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Anne Tyler's complete bibliography in order — from The Accidental Tourist and Breathing Lessons to Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Best starting points for new readers.
Barbara Kingsolver Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Barbara Kingsolver's complete bibliography in order — from The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead to Prodigal Summer. Best starting points for new readers.
Best African American Literature: Essential Reading List
The best African American literature — from Beloved and Invisible Man to The Color Purple and Song of Solomon. The most essential works in the Black literary tradition.
Best African Literature: Essential Novels from the Continent
The best African literature — from Things Fall Apart and Half of a Yellow Sun to Americanah and Homegoing. Essential novels from Nigeria, Ghana, and across Africa.
Best American Novels: The Great American Novel Reading List
The best American novels — from Moby-Dick and The Great Gatsby to Beloved and Blood Meridian. The essential canon of American fiction from the 19th century to today.
Best Australian Literature: Essential Novels from Australia
The best Australian literature — from Patrick White's Voss to Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang and Oscar and Lucinda. Essential novels from Australia.
Best Booker Prize Novels: The Essential Reading List
The best Man Booker Prize-winning novels — from Wolf Hall and The Remains of the Day to Shuggie Bain and The God of Small Things. Winners chosen for literary excellence, not just prize prestige.
Best Books About Addiction: Memoirs, Fiction, and Science
The best books about addiction — from Beautiful Boy and Shuggie Bain to Dopamine Nation. Memoirs, fiction, and science books about substance use and recovery.
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