Brilliant Beautiful and Thought-Provoking Fiction
Discover a curated list of brilliant, beautiful, and thought-provoking fiction books that inspire, challenge, and captivate. Explore timeless stories that stir the soul and expand the mind.
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
George Orwell's famous satire of the Soviet Union, in which "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 is like no other novel. It is one of the funniest books ever written, a keystone work in American literature, and even added a …
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Robert M. Pirsig
Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, …
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
One of the most beloved novels of our time, Richard Adams's Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the …
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
by Hannah Green
The story of a sixteen-year-old girl's three years in a mental hospital and her journey back from madness to reality.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both …
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Set in the future when "firemen" burn books forbidden by the totalitarian "brave new world" regime.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
An international bestseller and the basis for the hugely successful film, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the defining works …
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The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this is the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for …
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The Little Prince
A man has an accident in the Sahara Desert, and encounters the Little Prince.
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Nineteen Eighty-four
by George Orwell
Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time). Selected by the Modern Library …
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The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
Set in the period between the world wars, this novel tells of two sisters, their trials, and their survival.
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The Comedians
by Graham Greene
Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt “Papa Doc” and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister …
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The Tenth Man
by Graham Greene
During World War II a group of men is held prisoner by the Germans, who determine that three of them must die. This is the …
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Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this deeply compelling novel and epic milestone of American literature, a nameless narrator tells his story …
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To a God Unknown
by John Steinbeck
A Penguin Classic Ancient pagan beliefs, the great Greek epics, and the Bible all inform this extraordinary novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, which …
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The Moon and Sixpence
by W. Somerset Maugham
Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland …
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Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler
N S Rubashov, an old guard Communist, falls victim to an unnamed government. This novel traces his story through arrest, imprisonment and trail.
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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Before The Hunger Games there was Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in …
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The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
Anyone who has read J. D. Salinger's New Yorker stories - particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and …
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Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
The groundbreaking novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral that originally propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from …
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Go tell it on the mountain : [a novel]
by James Baldwin
This novel of Black life in America is written with an impartial attitude
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation “An authentic work of art.”—The New York Times Inspired …
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The Lord of the Rings
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Presents the epic depicting the Great War of the Ring, a struggle between good and evil in Middle-earth, following the odyssey of Frodo the hobbit …