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The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas

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A darkly sumptuous tale of wicked spectacle, wild injustice and the insuppressible strength of women' EMMA STONEX, author of THE LAMPLIGHTERS'An es...

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKSShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2015Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction 2016Winner of Ficti...

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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane? Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, char...

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If I Can't Have You by Charlotte Levin

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One of the best books I've ever read' - Ruth Jones'This is superb . . . and compulsive and disturbing and very well done indeed' - Harriet Tyce, au...

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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What would you change if you could go back in time?In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee f...

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Galatea by Madeline Miller

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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines t...

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Dead Simple by Peter James

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Meet Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on his unforgettable first major case in Dead Simple, by award winning crime author Peter James. It was mea...

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A Keeper: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Graham Norton

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Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down.' the TIMES'A compelling and moving story, expertly told, that will draw you in and keep you in its ...

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Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us comes the beginning of Sky and Dean's passionate love story - where well-kept secr...

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Still Me by Jojo Moyes

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THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from the author of THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER, now a major motion picture'Immensely readable and enjoyable' ...

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Captivating Journey through Love, Secrets, and Glamour Immerse yourself in the mesmerising world of Hollywood'...

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The Island by Victoria Hislop

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***A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.***'A ...

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The Power by Naomi Alderman

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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017'Electrifying' Margaret Atwood'A big, page-turning, thought-provokin...

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Milkman by Anna Burns

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Blazing.' Daily Telegraph'Outstanding.' New Statesman'A triumph.' Guardian'Utterly compelling.' Irish Times'The best Booker winner in years.' Metro...

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

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A cult figure.' Guardian'A dark and brilliant achievement.' Ian McEwan'Shamelessly clever ... Exhilaratingly subversive and funny.' Independent'A m...

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Beach Read! by Emily Henry

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The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER'A great love story' JODI PICOULT'The perfect escapist romp' LAURA JANE WILLIAMSBOOKTOK SENSATION AND N...

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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 'Expect vibrant, vivid and eye-opening descriptions of Middle Eastern life propelled by a tender storyline, a...

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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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A BBC Top 100 Novels that Shaped Our WorldEffia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's...

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The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

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*The international bestseller from the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World** One of the BBC's '100 ...

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE_______________________________'Many years later, as he faced the ...

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The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

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If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how...

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Berlin Game by Len Deighton

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Masterly ... dazzlingly intelligent and subtle' Sunday Times'Deighton's best novel to date - sharp, witty and sour, like Raymond Chandler adapted t...

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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

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I do not know of any other writer who has done as much with language ... a very funny book' William S. Burroughs Fifteen-year-old Alex doesn't just...

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

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Lolita is comedy, subversive yet divine ... You read Lolita sprawling limply in your chair, ravished, overcome, nodding scandalized assent' Martin ...

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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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  Unveiling The Secret History by Donna Tartt – a captivating, masterfully woven narrative that will draw you into a world shrouded in secrecy, int...

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Slaughterhouse 5: The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut

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Read Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. 'An extraordinary success. A book to read and rer...

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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

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** Available for pre-order, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, the dazzling new novel from Amor Towles **Chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's online book club Th...

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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his c...

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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious fat...

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay by J. K. Rowling

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The Wizarding World journey continues . . . The powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald was captured in New York with the help of Newt Scamander. ...

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Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible, Vol. 5 by Nene Yukimori

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A social butterfly makes friends with a wallflower-whether he's ready or not!Junta Shiraishi blends into the background so much that even his class...

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Dr. STONE, Vol. 8 by Riichiro Inagaki

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One fateful day, all of humanity turned to stone. Many millennia later, Taiju frees himself from the petrification and finds himself surrounded by ...

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Seek The Singing Fish by Roma Wells

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Growing up in the lagoon town of Batticaloa, a young girl with an unquenchable curiosity and love of the natural world, is entangled in the trauma ...

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This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

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For fans of Before We Were Yours and Where the Crawdads Sing, "a gripping, poignant tale swathed in both mythical and mystical overtones" (Bob Drur...

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The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante

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Find The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante from publishers Europa Editions at Books2Door! ; 160 pages; Published: 20/03/2008

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Severance by Ling Ma

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Find Severance by Ling Ma from publishers Text Publishing at Books2Door! ; 304 pages; Published: 26/11/2020

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100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

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Transgressive, foulmouthed, and wildly funny, Brontez Purnell's 100 Boyfriends is a filthy, unforgettable, and brutally profound ode to queer love ...

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The Lockdown Diary of Tom Cooper by Spencer Brown

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Find The Lockdown Diary of Tom Cooper by Spencer Brown from publishers Marotte Books at Books2Door! ; ; Published: 12/11/2020

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All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg

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Find All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg from publishers Daunt Books at Books2Door! ; 304 pages; Published: 30/06/2022

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The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin

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Find The Pachinko Parlour by Elisa Shua Dusapin from publishers Daunt Books at Books2Door! ; 124 pages; Published: 18/08/2022

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Weird Fucks by Lynne Tillman

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A young woman drifts through a series of one night stands and truncated love affairs. Finding herself in a series of increasingly bizarre situation...

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Sterling Karat Gold by Isabel Waidner

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Aspiring writer Sterling is arrested one morning, without having done anything wrong. Plunged into a terrifying and nonsensical world, Sterling - w...

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Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi

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A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would...

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Keeping the House by Tice Cin

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Cabbages . . . The Turkish variety are prized for their enlarged leaf bud, that's where we put the heroin . . . There's a stash of heroin waiting ...

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Strangers I Know by Claudia Durastanti

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Every family has its own mythology, but in this family none of the myths match up. Claudia's mother says she met her husband when she stopped him f...

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A New Name: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse

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Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. In nearby Bjorgvin another Asle, also a painter, is lying i...

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Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi

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In her brilliantly inventive debut collection, Vanessa Onwuemezi takes readers on a surreal and haunting journey through a landscape on the edge of...

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Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

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MINOR DETAIL begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba - the catastrophe that led to the di...

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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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