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Literary fiction books

If you’re looking for smart fiction that is provocative and eye-opening, here are some choices for you. For the English major at heart, these are books that will move you and make you think.

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  • Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  • Dominicana by Angie Cruz
  • What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
  • Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
  • Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
  • The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr
  • Normal People by Sally Rooney
  • True Biz by Sara Nović
  • The Verifiers by Jane Pek
  • Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
  • Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
  • Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
  • Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
  • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
  • The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Secret History by Donna Tartt
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • Memorial by Bryan Washington
  • The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
  • The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
  • Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
  • The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe
  • Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
  • Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
  • A Burning by Megha Majumdar
  • Writers & Lovers by Lily King
  • The Mothers by Brit Bennett
  • The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
  • Small Country by Gaël Faye
  • The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  • Lot by Bryan Washington
  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
  • The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
  • The Leavers by Lisa Ko
  • Swing Time by Zadie Smith
  • The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
  • Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
  • The Windfall by Diksha Basu
  • White Fur by Jardine Libaire
  • Chemistry by Weike Wang
  • Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
  • The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
  • Eat Only When You're Hungry by Lindsay Hunter
  • Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
  • Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
  • A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
  • Golden Child by Claire Adam
  • Lost and Wanted by Nell Freudenberger
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P by Adelle Waldman
  • & Sons by David Gilbert
  • The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan
  • Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
  • All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
  • Marlena by Julie Buntin
  • The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
  • Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
  • Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
  • The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
  • Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
  • Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close