Luckiest Girl Alive
★★★☆☆
Ani seems to have it all; fancy job, glamourous life, rich fiancé. But her past hides horrendous secrets which still haunt her...
Books considered literary fiction can’t be neatly filed under any other genre. What distinguishes this genre from contemporary fiction is that works of literary fiction are thought to have considerable artistic value. Generally, literary fiction is heavy on character, and lighter on plot.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
★★★★★
Years after English magic is thought dead, a magician Mr. Norrell comes forth to help England in the Napoleonic wars
We have always lived in the Castle
★★★★☆
A psychological horror novel which defined the genre, taking gothic horror to the next level
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
★★★★☆
A lonely and isolated 30-something woman makes a friend, and starts to open herself up
The Name of the Wind
★★★★★
Kvothe relates the story of his life, the tale of how he grew from a gifted child to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen
My Sister, The Serial Killer
★★★☆☆
Korede has to juggle her job as a nurse with her love for her murderous sister
Little Fires Everywhere
★★★☆☆
Tensions boil to the surface when two families with vastly different ideologies clash in small town America
I Who Have Never Known Men
★★★★★
A group of women try to find their way in a post-apocalyptic world where they are the only survivors
The House of the Spirits
★★★☆☆
A fable spanning across four generations of the Trueba family
Shadow of the Wind
★★★★★
A mystery, thriller, romance and detective story which will have you gripped from the beginning to the end
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
★★★★☆
Three children in a slum on the outskirts of a sprawling Indian metropolis start investigating why their friends go missing
The Secret History
★★★★★
A young classics student relates the incidents which lead up to the murder of one of his classmates at an exclusive liberal arts college in Vermont.