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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Literary Fiction

This is the next list in my series of lists of the best books of each genre. This list contains the best literary fiction, so the best novels, or works of literature, based on their writing techniques, ability to develop protagonists and rich characters, and the skill of captivating readers with absorbing narratives. I can't realistically say these are the best 40 works of literature ever, but I can say that they were the ones that came to my mind first. Enjoy...
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All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
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American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
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A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
9
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
10
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
12
The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Heat of the Day (Elizabeth Bowen)
13
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
14
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
15
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
17
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
18
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
19
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
20
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
21
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods)
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods)
22
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
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Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
25
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
26
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
27
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
28
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
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Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
30
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
31
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
32
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
33
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
34
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
35
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner (John Williams)
36
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
37
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
38
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
39
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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