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389 of 460 works| Title | Author | Year | Lists | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All the King's Men — Robert Penn Warren | Robert Penn Warren | 1947 | 3 | literary fiction |
| Invisible Man — Ralph Ellison | Ralph Ellison | 1953 | 3 | literary fiction |
| Midnight's Children — Salman Rushdie | Salman Rushdie | 1981 | 3 | literary fiction |
| The Adventures of Augie March — Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow | 1954 | 3 | literary fiction |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Thornton Wilder | Thornton Wilder | 1928 | 3 | literary fiction |
| The Corrections — Jonathan Franzen | Jonathan Franzen | 2001 | 3 | literary fiction |
| The Grapes of Wrath — John Steinbeck | John Steinbeck | 1940 | 3 | literary fiction |
| The Moviegoer — Walker Percy | Walker Percy | 1962 | 3 | literary fiction |
| The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead | Colson Whitehead | 2016 | 3 | literary fiction |
| A Brief History of Seven Killings — Marlon James | Marlon James | 2015 | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Clockwork Orange — Anthony Burgess | Anthony Burgess | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Dance to the Music of Time — Anthony Powell | Anthony Powell | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Death in the Family — James Agee | James Agee | 1958 | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Fable — William Faulkner | William Faulkner | 1955 | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Handful of Dust — Evelyn Waugh | Evelyn Waugh | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| A House for Mr Biswas — V.S. Naipaul | V.S. Naipaul | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Passage to India — E.M. Forster | E.M. Forster | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| A Visit from the Goon Squad — Jennifer Egan | Jennifer Egan | 2011 | 2 | literary fiction |
| All the Light We Cannot See — Anthony Doerr | Anthony Doerr | 2015 | 2 | literary fiction |
| American Pastoral — Philip Roth | Philip Roth | 1998 | 2 | literary fiction |
| An American Tragedy — Theodore Dreiser | Theodore Dreiser | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Angle of Repose — Wallace Stegner | Wallace Stegner | 1972 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Animal Farm — George Orwell | George Orwell | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Appointment in Samarra — John O'Hara | John O'Hara | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| At Swim-Two-Birds — Flann O'Brien | Flann O'Brien | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Atonement — Ian McEwan | Ian McEwan | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Beloved — Toni Morrison | Toni Morrison | 1988 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Brideshead Revisited — Evelyn Waugh | Evelyn Waugh | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Bring Up the Bodies — Hilary Mantel | Hilary Mantel | 2012 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Call It Sleep — Henry Roth | Henry Roth | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Catch-22 — Joseph Heller | Joseph Heller | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Death Comes for the Archbishop — Willa Cather | Willa Cather | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Deliverance — James Dickey | James Dickey | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Demon Copperhead — Barbara Kingsolver | Barbara Kingsolver | 2023 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Dog Soldiers — Robert Stone | Robert Stone | 1975 | 2 | literary fiction |
| From Here to Eternity — James Jones | James Jones | 1952 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Gilead — Marilynne Robinson | Marilynne Robinson | 2005 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain — James Baldwin | James Baldwin | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Gone with the Wind — Margaret Mitchell | Margaret Mitchell | 1937 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Herzog — Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow | 1965 | 2 | literary fiction |
| I Claudius — Robert Graves | Robert Graves | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Ironweed — William Kennedy | William Kennedy | 1984 | 2 | literary fiction |
| James — Percival Everett | Percival Everett | 2024 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Light in August — William Faulkner | William Faulkner | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Lincoln in the Bardo — George Saunders | George Saunders | 2017 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Lolita — Vladimir Nabokov | Vladimir Nabokov | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Lord of the Flies — William Golding | William Golding | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Loving — Henry Green | Henry Green | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Middlesex — Jeffrey Eugenides | Jeffrey Eugenides | 2003 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Native Son — Richard Wright | Richard Wright | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Olive Kitteridge — Elizabeth Strout | Elizabeth Strout | 2009 | 2 | literary fiction |
| On the Road — Jack Kerouac | Jack Kerouac | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Pale Fire — Vladimir Nabokov | Vladimir Nabokov | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Portnoy's Complaint — Philip Roth | Philip Roth | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Possession — A.S. Byatt | A.S. Byatt | 1990 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Rabbit Is Rich — John Updike | John Updike | 1982 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Ragtime — E.L. Doctorow | E.L. Doctorow | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Salvage the Bones — Jesmyn Ward | Jesmyn Ward | 2011 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Sing Unburied Sing — Jesmyn Ward | Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Sophie's Choice — William Styron | William Styron | 1980 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Age of Innocence — Edith Wharton | Edith Wharton | 1921 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay — Michael Chabon | Michael Chabon | 2001 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Berlin Stories — Christopher Isherwood | Christopher Isherwood | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Blind Assassin — Margaret Atwood | Margaret Atwood | 2000 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao — Junot Diaz | Junot Diaz | 2008 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter — Katherine Anne Porter | Katherine Anne Porter | 1966 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Color Purple — Alice Walker | Alice Walker | 1983 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Confessions of Nat Turner — William Styron | William Styron | 1968 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Day of the Locust — Nathanael West | Nathanael West | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Death of the Heart — Elizabeth Bowen | Elizabeth Bowen | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Fixer — Bernard Malamud | Bernard Malamud | 1967 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Friend — Sigrid Nunez | Sigrid Nunez | 2018 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Goldfinch — Donna Tartt | Donna Tartt | 2014 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald | F. Scott Fitzgerald | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter — Carson McCullers | Carson McCullers | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Heart of the Matter — Graham Greene | Graham Greene | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Known World — Edward P. Jones | Edward P. Jones | 2004 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Line of Beauty — Alan Hollinghurst | Alan Hollinghurst | 2004 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Magnificent Ambersons — Booth Tarkington | Booth Tarkington | 1919 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Nickel Boys — Colson Whitehead | Colson Whitehead | 2020 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Overstory — Richard Powers | Richard Powers | 2019 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie — Muriel Spark | Muriel Spark | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Road — Cormac McCarthy | Cormac McCarthy | 2007 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Sellout — Paul Beatty | Paul Beatty | 2016 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Shipping News — E. Annie Proulx | E. Annie Proulx | 1993 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Sot-Weed Factor — John Barth | John Barth | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Sound and the Fury — William Faulkner | William Faulkner | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Sun Also Rises — Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Sympathizer — Viet Thanh Nguyen | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 2016 | 2 | literary fiction |
| The Wapshot Chronicle — John Cheever | John Cheever | 1958 | 2 | literary fiction |
| To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee | Harper Lee | 1961 | 2 | literary fiction |
| To the Lighthouse — Virginia Woolf | Virginia Woolf | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Tree of Smoke — Denis Johnson | Denis Johnson | 2007 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Tropic of Cancer — Henry Miller | Henry Miller | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Trust — Hernan Diaz | Hernan Diaz | 2023 | 2 | literary fiction |
| Under the Net — Iris Murdoch | Iris Murdoch | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Under the Volcano — Malcolm Lowry | Malcolm Lowry | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| White Noise — Don DeLillo | Don DeLillo | 1985 | 2 | literary fiction |
| White Teeth — Zadie Smith | Zadie Smith | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Wide Sargasso Sea — Jean Rhys | Jean Rhys | — | 2 | literary fiction |
| Wolf Hall — Hilary Mantel | Hilary Mantel | 2009 | 2 | literary fiction |
| 10:04 — Ben Lerner | Ben Lerner | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| 2666 — Roberto Bolano | Roberto Bolano | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Bell for Adano — John Hersey | John Hersey | 1945 | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Bend in the River — V.S. Naipaul | V.S. Naipaul | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Confederacy of Dunces — John Kennedy Toole | John Kennedy Toole | 1981 | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Crown of Feathers — Isaac Bashevis Singer | Isaac Bashevis Singer | 1974 | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Farewell to Arms — Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Frolic of His Own — William Gaddis | William Gaddis | 1994 | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain — Robert Olen Butler | Robert Olen Butler | 1993 | 1 | literary fiction |
| A High Wind in Jamaica — Richard Hughes | Richard Hughes | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Manual for Cleaning Women — Lucia Berlin | Lucia Berlin | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Mercy — Toni Morrison | Toni Morrison | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man — James Joyce | James Joyce | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Room with a View — E.M. Forster | E.M. Forster | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Summons to Memphis — Peter Taylor | Peter Taylor | 1987 | 1 | literary fiction |
| A Thousand Acres — Jane Smiley | Jane Smiley | 1992 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Advise and Consent — Allen Drury | Allen Drury | 1960 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Alice Adams — Booth Tarkington | Booth Tarkington | 1922 | 1 | literary fiction |
| All Aunt Hagar's Children — Edward P. Jones | Edward P. Jones | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| All the Pretty Horses — Cormac McCarthy | Cormac McCarthy | 1992 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Amsterdam — Ian McEwan | Ian McEwan | 1998 | 1 | literary fiction |
| An American Marriage — Tayari Jones | Tayari Jones | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Andersonville — MacKinlay Kantor | MacKinlay Kantor | 1956 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Arrowsmith — Sinclair Lewis | Sinclair Lewis | 1926 | 1 | literary fiction |
| As I Lay Dying — William Faulkner | William Faulkner | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Austerlitz — W.G. Sebald | W.G. Sebald | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Bel Canto — Ann Patchett | Ann Patchett | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Blackouts — Justin Torres | Justin Torres | 2023 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Blood Meridian — Cormac McCarthy | Cormac McCarthy | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Blood Tie — Mary Lee Settle | Mary Lee Settle | 1978 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Brave New World — Aldous Huxley | Aldous Huxley | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Breathing Lessons — Anne Tyler | Anne Tyler | 1989 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Charming Billy — Alice McDermott | Alice McDermott | 1998 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Chimera — John Barth | John Barth | 1973 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Cloud Atlas — David Mitchell | David Mitchell | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Cold Mountain — Charles Frazier | Charles Frazier | 1997 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Darkness at Noon — Arthur Koestler | Arthur Koestler | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Detransition Baby — Torrey Peters | Torrey Peters | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Disgrace — J.M. Coetzee | J.M. Coetzee | 1999 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Dragon's Teeth — Upton Sinclair | Upton Sinclair | 1943 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Early Autumn — Louis Bromfield | Louis Bromfield | 1927 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Elbow Room — James Alan McPherson | James Alan McPherson | 1978 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Empire Falls — Richard Russo | Richard Russo | 2002 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Erasure — Percival Everett | Percival Everett | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Europe Central — William T. Vollmann | William T. Vollmann | 2005 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Exit West — Mohsin Hamid | Mohsin Hamid | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Falconer — John Cheever | John Cheever | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Foreign Affairs — Alison Lurie | Alison Lurie | 1985 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Fortune Smiles — Adam Johnson | Adam Johnson | 2015 | 1 | literary fiction |
| G. — John Berger | John Berger | 1972 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Girl Woman Other — Bernardine Evaristo | Bernardine Evaristo | 2019 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Going After Cacciato — Tim O'Brien | Tim O'Brien | 1979 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Goodbye Columbus — Philip Roth | Philip Roth | 1960 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Gravity's Rainbow — Thomas Pynchon | Thomas Pynchon | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Guard of Honor — James Gould Cozzens | James Gould Cozzens | 1949 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad | Joseph Conrad | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Heat and Dust — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | 1975 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Hell of a Book — Jason Mott | Jason Mott | 2021 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Henderson the Rain King — Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| His Family — Ernest Poole | Ernest Poole | 1918 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Holiday — Stanley Middleton | Stanley Middleton | 1974 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Honey in the Horn — H.L. Davis | H.L. Davis | 1936 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Hotel du Lac — Anita Brookner | Anita Brookner | 1984 | 1 | literary fiction |
| House Made of Dawn — N. Scott Momaday | N. Scott Momaday | 1969 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Housekeeping — Marilynne Robinson | Marilynne Robinson | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| How Late It Was How Late — James Kelman | James Kelman | 1994 | 1 | literary fiction |
| How to Be Both — Ali Smith | Ali Smith | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Howards End — E.M. Forster | E.M. Forster | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Humboldt's Gift — Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow | 1976 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Hurricane Season — Fernanda Melchor | Fernanda Melchor | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| In a Free State — V.S. Naipaul | V.S. Naipaul | 1971 | 1 | literary fiction |
| In America — Susan Sontag | Susan Sontag | 2000 | 1 | literary fiction |
| In This Our Life — Ellen Glasgow | Ellen Glasgow | 1942 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Independence Day — Richard Ford | Richard Ford | 1996 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Infinite Jest — David Foster Wallace | David Foster Wallace | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Interior Chinatown — Charles Yu | Charles Yu | 2020 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Interpreter of Maladies — Jhumpa Lahiri | Jhumpa Lahiri | 2000 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Journey in the Dark — Martin Flavin | Martin Flavin | 1944 | 1 | literary fiction |
| JR — William Gaddis | William Gaddis | 1976 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Kim — Rudyard Kipling | Rudyard Kipling | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Lamb in His Bosom — Caroline Miller | Caroline Miller | 1934 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Last Orders — Graham Swift | Graham Swift | 1996 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Laughing Boy — Oliver La Farge | Oliver La Farge | 1930 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Less — Andrew Sean Greer | Andrew Sean Greer | 2018 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Let the Great World Spin — Colum McCann | Colum McCann | 2009 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Life After Life — Kate Atkinson | Kate Atkinson | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Life and Times of Michael K — J.M. Coetzee | J.M. Coetzee | 1983 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Life of Pi — Yann Martel | Yann Martel | 2002 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Lonesome Dove — Larry McMurtry | Larry McMurtry | 1986 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Lord Jim — Joseph Conrad | Joseph Conrad | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Lord of Misrule — Jaimy Gordon | Jaimy Gordon | 2010 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Lucky Jim — Kingsley Amis | Kingsley Amis | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Main Street — Sinclair Lewis | Sinclair Lewis | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| March — Geraldine Brooks | Geraldine Brooks | 2006 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Martin Dressler — Steven Millhauser | Steven Millhauser | 1997 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Mating — Norman Rush | Norman Rush | 1991 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Middle Passage — Charles Johnson | Charles Johnson | 1990 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Milkman — Anna Burns | Anna Burns | 2018 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Money — Martin Amis | Martin Amis | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Moon Tiger — Penelope Lively | Penelope Lively | 1987 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Morte d'Urban — J.F. Powers | J.F. Powers | 1963 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Mr. Sammler's Planet — Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow | 1971 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Mrs. Dalloway — Virginia Woolf | Virginia Woolf | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| My Brilliant Friend — Elena Ferrante | Elena Ferrante | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Naked Lunch — William S. Burroughs | William S. Burroughs | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Night Watch — Jayne Anne Phillips | Jayne Anne Phillips | 2024 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Nostromo — Joseph Conrad | Joseph Conrad | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Now in November — Josephine Winslow Johnson | Josephine Winslow Johnson | 1935 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Of Human Bondage — W. Somerset Maugham | W. Somerset Maugham | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Offshore — Penelope Fitzgerald | Penelope Fitzgerald | 1979 | 1 | literary fiction |
| On Beauty — Zadie Smith | Zadie Smith | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Ken Kesey | Ken Kesey | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| One of Ours — Willa Cather | Willa Cather | 1923 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Orbital — Samantha Harvey | Samantha Harvey | 2024 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Oscar and Lucinda — Peter Carey | Peter Carey | 1988 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Outline — Rachel Cusk | Rachel Cusk | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Pachinko — Min Jin Lee | Min Jin Lee | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Paco's Story — Larry Heinemann | Larry Heinemann | 1987 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha — Roddy Doyle | Roddy Doyle | 1993 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Parade's End — Ford Madox Ford | Ford Madox Ford | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Paris Trout — Pete Dexter | Pete Dexter | 1988 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Pastoralia — George Saunders | George Saunders | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Plains Song — Wright Morris | Wright Morris | 1981 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Play It As It Lays — Joan Didion | Joan Didion | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Prophet Song — Paul Lynch | Paul Lynch | 2023 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Rabbit at Rest — John Updike | John Updike | 1991 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Rabbit Run — John Updike | John Updike | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Red Harvest — Dashiell Hammett | Dashiell Hammett | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Redeployment — Phil Klay | Phil Klay | 2014 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Revolutionary Road — Richard Yates | Richard Yates | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Rites of Passage — William Golding | William Golding | 1980 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Runaway — Alice Munro | Alice Munro | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Sabbath's Theater — Philip Roth | Philip Roth | 1995 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Sacred Hunger — Barry Unsworth | Barry Unsworth | 1992 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Saville — David Storey | David Storey | 1976 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Scarlet Sister Mary — Julia Peterkin | Julia Peterkin | 1929 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Schindler's Ark — Thomas Keneally | Thomas Keneally | 1982 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Scoop — Evelyn Waugh | Evelyn Waugh | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Secondhand Time — Svetlana Alexievich | Svetlana Alexievich | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Septology — Jon Fosse | Jon Fosse | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Shadow Country — Peter Matthiessen | Peter Matthiessen | 2008 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Ship Fever — Andrea Barrett | Andrea Barrett | 1996 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Shuggie Bain — Douglas Stuart | Douglas Stuart | 2020 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Sister Carrie — Theodore Dreiser | Theodore Dreiser | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut | Kurt Vonnegut | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Small Things Like These — Claire Keegan | Claire Keegan | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| So Big — Edna Ferber | Edna Ferber | 1925 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Something to Answer For — P.H. Newby | P.H. Newby | 1969 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Sons and Lovers — D.H. Lawrence | D.H. Lawrence | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Spartina — John Casey | John Casey | 1989 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel | Emily St. John Mandel | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Staying On — Paul Scott | Paul Scott | 1977 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Steps — Jerzy Kosinski | Jerzy Kosinski | 1969 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Tales of the South Pacific — James Michener | James Michener | 1948 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Ten North Frederick — John O'Hara | John O'Hara | 1956 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Tender Is the Night — F. Scott Fitzgerald | F. Scott Fitzgerald | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Tenth of December — George Saunders | George Saunders | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Able McLaughlins — Margaret Wilson | Margaret Wilson | 1924 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Alexandria Quartet — Lawrence Durrell | Lawrence Durrell | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Ambassadors — Henry James | Henry James | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Assistant — Bernard Malamud | Bernard Malamud | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Big Money — John Dos Passos | John Dos Passos | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Big Sleep — Raymond Chandler | Raymond Chandler | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Bone People — Keri Hulme | Keri Hulme | 1985 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Caine Mutiny — Herman Wouk | Herman Wouk | 1952 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Call of the Wild — Jack London | Jack London | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Catcher in the Rye — J.D. Salinger | J.D. Salinger | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Centaur — John Updike | John Updike | 1964 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford — Jean Stafford | Jean Stafford | 1970 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis — Lydia Davis | Lydia Davis | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Collected Stories of William Faulkner — William Faulkner | William Faulkner | 1951 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Complete Stories — Flannery O'Connor | Flannery O'Connor | 1972 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Conservationist — Nadine Gordimer | Nadine Gordimer | 1974 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Copenhagen Trilogy — Tove Ditlevsen | Tove Ditlevsen | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Crying of Lot 49 — Thomas Pynchon | Thomas Pynchon | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Days of Abandonment — Elena Ferrante | Elena Ferrante | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Echo Maker — Richard Powers | Richard Powers | 2006 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Edge of Sadness — Edwin O'Connor | Edwin O'Connor | 1962 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Eighth Day — Thornton Wilder | Thornton Wilder | 1968 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Elected Member — Bernice Rubens | Bernice Rubens | 1970 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The English Patient — Michael Ondaatje | Michael Ondaatje | 1992 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Executioner's Song — Norman Mailer | Norman Mailer | 1980 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Famished Road — Ben Okri | Ben Okri | 1991 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Field of Vision — Wright Morris | Wright Morris | 1957 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Finkler Question — Howard Jacobson | Howard Jacobson | 2010 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Flamethrowers — Rachel Kushner | Rachel Kushner | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman — John Fowles | John Fowles | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Gathering — Anne Enright | Anne Enright | 2007 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Ghost Road — Pat Barker | Pat Barker | 1995 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Ginger Man — J.P. Donleavy | J.P. Donleavy | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy | Arundhati Roy | 1997 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Golden Notebook — Doris Lessing | Doris Lessing | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Good Earth — Pearl S. Buck | Pearl S. Buck | 1932 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Good Lord Bird — James McBride | James McBride | 2013 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Good Soldier — Ford Madox Ford | Ford Madox Ford | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Great Believers — Rebecca Makkai | Rebecca Makkai | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Great Fire — Shirley Hazzard | Shirley Hazzard | 2003 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Hours — Michael Cunningham | Michael Cunningham | 1999 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The House of Mirth — Edith Wharton | Edith Wharton | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Human Stain — Philip Roth | Philip Roth | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Inheritance of Loss — Kiran Desai | Kiran Desai | 2006 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Keepers of the House — Shirley Ann Grau | Shirley Ann Grau | 1965 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Killer Angels — Michael Shaara | Michael Shaara | 1975 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Last Samurai — Helen DeWitt | Helen DeWitt | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Late George Apley — John P. Marquand | John P. Marquand | 1938 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe — C.S. Lewis | C.S. Lewis | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Luminaries — Eleanor Catton | Eleanor Catton | 2013 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Magic Barrel — Bernard Malamud | Bernard Malamud | 1959 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Maltese Falcon — Dashiell Hammett | Dashiell Hammett | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love — Oscar Hijuelos | Oscar Hijuelos | 1990 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Man Who Loved Children — Christina Stead | Christina Stead | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Man with the Golden Arm — Nelson Algren | Nelson Algren | 1950 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Naked and the Dead — Norman Mailer | Norman Mailer | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North — Richard Flanagan | Richard Flanagan | 2014 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Netanyahus — Joshua Cohen | Joshua Cohen | 2022 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The News from Paraguay — Lily Tuck | Lily Tuck | 2004 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Night Watchman — Louise Erdrich | Louise Erdrich | 2021 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Old Devils — Kingsley Amis | Kingsley Amis | 1986 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Old Man and the Sea — Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Hemingway | 1953 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Old Wives' Tale — Arnold Bennett | Arnold Bennett | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Optimist's Daughter — Eudora Welty | Eudora Welty | 1973 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Orphan Master's Son — Adam Johnson | Adam Johnson | 2013 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Painted Bird — Jerzy Kosinski | Jerzy Kosinski | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Plot Against America — Philip Roth | Philip Roth | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice — James M. Cain | James M. Cain | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Power and the Glory — Graham Greene | Graham Greene | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Promise — Damon Galgut | Damon Galgut | 2021 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Rabbit Hutch — Tess Gunty | Tess Gunty | 2022 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Rainbow — D.H. Lawrence | D.H. Lawrence | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Recognitions — William Gaddis | William Gaddis | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Reivers — William Faulkner | William Faulkner | 1963 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Remains of the Day — Kazuo Ishiguro | Kazuo Ishiguro | 1989 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Return — Hisham Matar | Hisham Matar | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Round House — Louise Erdrich | Louise Erdrich | 2012 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Savage Detectives — Roberto Bolano | Roberto Bolano | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Sea — John Banville | John Banville | 2005 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Sea the Sea — Iris Murdoch | Iris Murdoch | 1978 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Secret Agent — Joseph Conrad | Joseph Conrad | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Sense of an Ending — Julian Barnes | Julian Barnes | 2011 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida — Shehan Karunatilaka | Shehan Karunatilaka | 2022 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Sheltering Sky — Paul Bowles | Paul Bowles | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Siege of Krishnapur — J.G. Farrell | J.G. Farrell | 1973 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Spectator Bird — Wallace Stegner | Wallace Stegner | 1977 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Sportswriter — Richard Ford | Richard Ford | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Spy Who Came In from the Cold — John le Carre | John le Carre | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Stone Diaries — Carol Shields | Carol Shields | 1995 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Store — T.S. Stribling | T.S. Stribling | 1933 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Stories of John Cheever — John Cheever | John Cheever | 1979 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Story of the Lost Child — Elena Ferrante | Elena Ferrante | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Testaments — Margaret Atwood | Margaret Atwood | 2019 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Town — Conrad Richter | Conrad Richter | 1951 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — Robert Lewis Taylor | Robert Lewis Taylor | 1959 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The True True Story of Raja the Gullible — Rabih Alameddine | Rabih Alameddine | 2025 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Vegetarian — Han Kang | Han Kang | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Waters of Kronos — Conrad Richter | Conrad Richter | 1961 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Way of All Flesh — Samuel Butler | Samuel Butler | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Way West — A.B. Guthrie Jr. | A.B. Guthrie Jr. | 1950 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The White Tiger — Aravind Adiga | Aravind Adiga | 2008 | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Wings of the Dove — Henry James | Henry James | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| The Yearling — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1939 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God — Zora Neale Hurston | Zora Neale Hurston | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| them — Joyce Carol Oates | Joyce Carol Oates | 1970 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Things Fall Apart — Chinua Achebe | Chinua Achebe | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Three Junes — Julia Glass | Julia Glass | 2002 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Tinkers — Paul Harding | Paul Harding | 2010 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Tobacco Road — Erskine Caldwell | Erskine Caldwell | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin | Gabrielle Zevin | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Train Dreams — Denis Johnson | Denis Johnson | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Troubles — J.G. Farrell | J.G. Farrell | 1970 | 1 | literary fiction |
| True History of the Kelly Gang — Peter Carey | Peter Carey | 2001 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Trust Exercise — Susan Choi | Susan Choi | 2019 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Ubik — Philip K. Dick | Philip K. Dick | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Ulysses — James Joyce | James Joyce | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| USA Trilogy — John Dos Passos | John Dos Passos | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Vernon God Little — DBC Pierre | DBC Pierre | 2003 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Veronica — Mary Gaitskill | Mary Gaitskill | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Victory over Japan — Ellen Gilchrist | Ellen Gilchrist | 1984 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Waiting — Ha Jin | Ha Jin | 1999 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Watchmen — Alan Moore | Alan Moore | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| We the Animals — Justin Torres | Justin Torres | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| When We Cease to Understand the World — Benjamin Labatut | Benjamin Labatut | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Winesburg Ohio — Sherwood Anderson | Sherwood Anderson | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| Women in Love — D.H. Lawrence | D.H. Lawrence | — | 1 | literary fiction |
| World's Fair — E.L. Doctorow | E.L. Doctorow | 1986 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Years of Grace — Margaret Ayer Barnes | Margaret Ayer Barnes | 1931 | 1 | literary fiction |
| Zuleika Dobson — Max Beerbohm | Max Beerbohm | — | 1 | literary fiction |