Award-Worthy Fiction

Celebrated novels worth the conversation they invite.

Literary Fiction3.7

Paper Towns

John Green · 2008

Challenging · 370 pp.

Literary Fiction3.6

The Color Purple

Alice Walker · 1982

Moderate · 493 pp.

Science Fiction4.1

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov · 1953

Accessible · 475 pp.

Science Fiction3.8

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke · 1973

Accessible · 613 pp.

Literary Fiction3.7

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Rachel Joyce · 2012

Challenging · 445 pp.

Science Fiction4.3

Recursion

Blake Crouch · 2019

Challenging · 345 pp.

Science Fiction4.2

11/22/63

Stephen King · 2011

Moderate · 375 pp.

Classics4.0

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 1868

Challenging · 406 pp.

Literary Fiction3.6

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway · 1940

Moderate · 672 pp.

Mystery3.6

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett · 1930

Moderate · 588 pp.

Mystery4.0

The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler · 1953

Challenging · 350 pp.

Literary Fiction3.5

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman · 2012

Accessible · 393 pp.