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Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg
in stockFind Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg from publishers Daunt Books at Books2Door! ; 224 pages; Published: 20/09/2018
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Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
in stockSelected for the 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlist. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a body in the swimmi...
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Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
in stockFind Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park from publishers Tilted Axis Press at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 28/10/2021
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Strange Beasts of China by Ge Yan
in stockFind Strange Beasts of China by Ge Yan from publishers Tilted Axis Press at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 26/11/2020
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Where The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
in stockFind Where The Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda from publishers Tilted Axis Press at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 13/02/2020
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Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
in stockFind Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri from publishers Tilted Axis Press at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 04/03/2019
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I'm Thinking Of Ending Things by Iain Reid
in stockFind I'm Thinking Of Ending Things by Iain Reid from publishers Text Publishing at Books2Door! ; 208 pages; Published: 27/08/2020
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China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
in stockThe author of the multi-prize-winning The Year of the Runaways returns with a novel of forbidden love that echoes across the generations'China Room...
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Little by Edward Carey
in stockLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HIST...
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An Island by Karen Jennings
in stockLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE'An Island concerns itself with lives lived on the margins, through the story of a man who has exiledhimself fr...
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Panenka by Ronan Hession
in stockHis name was Joseph, but for years they had called him Panenka, a name that was his sadness and his story. Panenka has spent 25 years living with t...
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SHOULD WE FALL BEHIND -The BBC Two Between The Covers Book Club Choice by Sharon Duggal
Only 2 left!Jimmy Noone walks from one side of a sprawling city to the other, looking for Betwa, a friend he found and lost on the bustling city streets. Jimmy...
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Variations by Juliet Jacques
Only 6 left!Variations is the debut short story collection from one of Britain's most compelling voices, Juliet Jacques. Using fiction inspired by found materi...
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
in stockWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil warColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war phot...
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The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
in stockBookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains...
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The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain
Only 20 left!Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down t...
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Only 11 left!Find Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson from publishers Persephone Books Ltd at Books2Door! ; 256 pages, Black & white illust...
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
in stockRene is the concierge of a grand Parisian apartment building. She maintains a carefully constructed persona as someone uncultivated but reliable, i...
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Amy & Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
in stockFrom the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of My Name is Lucy Barton Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy ...
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Only 13 left!WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford ...
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Snowed In For Christmas by Sarah Morgan
Only 8 left!'I love Sarah's novels because they are a burst of pure happiness' Cathy Kelly 'A gorgeous Christmas gift of a book - big-hearted, cosy an...
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Beach House Summer by Sarah Morgan
Only 7 left!'Gloriously romantic, the perfect summer escape!' Cathy Bramley 'Beach House Summer is a perfect slice of joyful summer escapism from Sara...
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The Summer Seekers by Sarah Morgan
Only 7 left!The feel-good Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller! 'The road trip of a lifetime - terrific fun, and will have you reaching for your car keys' Ve...
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Family For Beginners by Sarah Morgan
Only 3 left!Don't miss the new feel-good novel from Sarah Morgan, The Summer Seekers - out May 2021! 'Joyful, uplifting and overflowing with love. Sar...
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The Hungry Road by Marita Conlon-McKenna
Only 6 left!The No.1 bestselling novel of the Great Irish Famine from one of Ireland's most beloved writersIreland's hopes for freedom are dashed with the arri...
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The Luminaries by Eleanor (Y) Catton
in stockWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, h...
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Love in the Time of Bertie: A 44 Scotland Street Novel by Alexander McCall Smith
Only 2 left!Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place gardens it seems that Olive has their future toge...
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For Any Other Truth: A D.C.I. Daley Thriller by Denzil Meyrick
Only 9 left!A SUNDAY POST TOP PICK FOR SUMMER READING'This latest DCI Daley thriller is deftly plotted and peopled with sympathetically drawn local characters ...
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Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
in stockSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020FINALIST FOR THE CA...
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People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi (Y) Kawakami
in stockTake a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you wh...
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The Last Children of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada
in stockYoshiro thinks he might never die. A hundred years old and counting, he is one of Japan's many 'old-elderly'; men and women who remember a time bef...
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Human Acts by Han (Y) Kang
in stockGwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searche...
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How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
in stockPublishing in English for the very first time, Japan's beloved coming-of-age classic on what really matters in life The streets of Tokyo swarm belo...
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In this House of Brede: A Virago Modern Classic by Rumer Godden
Only 8 left!By the author of Black Narcissus and The River'Her craftsmanship is always sure; her understanding of character is compassionate and profound; her ...
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Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden
Only 5 left!NOW A HAUNTING BBC DRAMA, STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON AND DIANA RIGG'Godden's wonderful book sets out a complex vision of the variety, necessity and da...
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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
in stockWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDAN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKIn 1956, towards the end of Reverend Jo...
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My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
in stock'Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile. And in My Cousin Rachel she does both, with Rebecca looking fondly over her ...
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Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
in stockNow a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, and Written by James IvoryWINNER BEST ADAPTE...
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His Dark Materials: Gift Edition including all three novels Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
in stockNow a major critically acclaimed BBC series This special collection features all three titles in the award-winning trilogy: Northern Lights, The Su...
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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
in stockWinner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant - and at times very funny - nove...
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Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
in stockWith the verve and bite of Ottessa Moshfegh and the barbed charm of Nancy Mitford, Marlowe Granados's stunning debut brilliantly captures a summer ...
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
in stock'Funny about death, real about anxiety, witty about the things that worry us the most' Emma Gannon, author of Olive 'So fundamentally kind that you...
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Memorial by Bryan Washington
Only 14 left!A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Brie...
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Memorial by Bryan Washington
Only 10 left!A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Brie...
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How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
in stockIf you loved The Midnight Library, read How to Stop Time next!HOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE?Tom Hazard has a dangerous secre...
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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
in stockIn the wake of the 2011 tsunami, Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home in British Columbia. Within it lies...
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Paper Cup by Karen Campbell
Only 9 left!What if going back means you could begin again?Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the city streets of Glasgow. Maybe she...
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories by Leonard Cohen
Only 12 left!An unprecedented glimpse into the formation of the legendary talent of Leonard Cohen. Before the celebrated late-career world tours, before the G...
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Creative, formula-bending, genre-defying, character-focused, and most importantly, a literary exploration of the human condition—contemporary & modern literary fiction is arguably the most experimental genre within literature.
The landscape of literary fiction is constantly being revolutionised by literary fiction authors; that are known to constantly push the boundaries of genre fiction and blur the lines of distinction between literary fiction and other genres of literature.
Given the creative ambiguity of contemporary literary fiction; the genre witnesses a dazzling lineup of highly acclaimed debuts and fresh progressive voices each year. From trailblazing memoirs to the cultural history of humanity—no other genre captures the exactness of our collective life experience more creatively than literary fiction.
The list of bestselling literary fiction is an exciting mix of very distinct literary techniques and contrasting voices. Precisely why, we at Books2Door bring you and a carefully curated collection of the best literary fiction books of all time whilst also helping you gain an acute understanding of what qualifies as modern & literary fiction.
Formula-bending, genre-defying, and experimental
Modern and Contemporary Literary Fiction or experimental fiction is possibly the literature’s most rebellious genre. It doesn’t follow any literary formulas, nor does it adhere to any rules. In that, literary fiction authors are free to build an unpredictable narrative. Anything can transpire; exciting or unnerving. In literary fiction, any established literary theme can be turned on its head. For instance, literary fiction authors have challenged the good-triumphs-over-evil theme; so common otherwise in genre fiction books.
George Orwell’s social satire Nineteen Eighty-Four is one example. A book best categorised as dystopian literature; (remember the recently trending hashtag #makeorwellfictionagain ?) Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four not only challenged the good vs evil theme but also blurred the lines of distinction between genre fiction and classic literary fiction.
Employees creative storytelling
Considering literary fiction doesn’t adhere to any rules of genre or sub-genre; every literary fiction author is free to be creative and create his own rules. This makes the storyline an adventure, that can take its readers by surprise.
Devoid of any rules, the literary fiction writer is free to break convention and employ his creativity. This practice has birthed some extraordinary literary works. For example, Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife where Niffenegger’s uses dual narrators from the first person point of view, in the present tense.
Thought-provoking and introspective
Like we said earlier, no other genre captures the exactness of the human condition and our collective life experience more creatively than literary fiction. Whilst most genres are designed to entertain the readers, literary fiction is meant to do more than that. Literary fiction seeks to make sense of the world. It is meant to be thought-provoking, and introspective and is meant to push the reader to think critically of the human condition.
Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, for instance, explores the mind of a depressed, anxious, and neurotic young woman. Whilst the book has a coming-of-age plot line; it is the inner dialogue of this character that truly makes it a memorable book. This strong character study is what makes literary fiction a character-focused and introspective genre.
Explores the human condition
Stories in literary fiction do not shy away from dealing with difficult subjects and the realities of the human condition with artistic honesty. Literary fiction, therefore, is not always designed to help the reader escape. It can make the reader uncomfortable and push them to think about issues.
Literary fiction however is not non-fiction; so it doesn’t just report the truth. Instead, it relies on creative techniques and artsy symbolism to convey a deeper meaning. Literary fiction relies on metaphors and creative storytelling to convey meaningful messages. As a result, the takeaway from these stories is more than just the story, the takeaway is the experience, the message, and at times the characters.
Literary fiction is character-driven
Whilst genre fiction is focused on the story, plotlines, and on being an engaging read; literary fiction is more stressed on the characters or on conveying a meaningful message or idea. At times, it is focused on both. The characters in literary fiction can have layers, the depth of a character's actions and psyche are explored to forward the plot. Literary fiction doesn’t just show a character’s story, it shows how their actions and circumstances change the character.
Literary fiction can be as absurd and ambiguous as life itself
Literary fiction is experimental in nature much like absurd art, which means it doesn’t have to have a happy ending or an ending at all. Art movements like absurdism, dadaism and surrealism, are all, artsy cousins of experimental prose.
Literary fiction gives writers the liberty to let a story end abruptly or for the entire plot to be absurd. Stories in this genre don’t necessarily have to resolve but they have to have meaning. The meaning however is left to the reader’s interpretation.
Literary fiction is good for the reader
Because literary fiction pushes boundaries, employs a unique perspective, searches for meaning, and is designed for intellectual and emotional stimulus--it is much like the art you see hanging in galleries and the movies that bring meaningful conversations alive. Just like artsy movies and art itself, the creative genius of literary fiction is largely open to criticism. Some of the best contemporary literary fiction books have won critical acclaim and awards but missed out on winning the masses.
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