Best Literary Fiction Book Recommendations

They broke through barriers to get their voices heard.

It's time to revisit the great literature we skimmed through in English class.

Love the oldies, but looking for something new? You’ve come to the right place.

Before the If Beale Street Could Talk author became a symbol of today's Black Lives Matter movement, he was a high-priority target of FBI surveillance during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s.

The acclaimed novelist has passed away, leaving behind a rich body of work on Israeli identity and politics.

In So Brave, Young, and Handsome, a stumped writer gets more than inspiration from his adventure across the Wild Wild West.

The iconic author's fourth (and favorite) novel is getting a limited series adaptation.

The Guadeloupean writer took home the The New Academy Prize, which is replacing the Nobel Prize in Literature this year.

These aren't your average mystery novels.

Find yourself in these absorbing reads. 

The legendary author's sci-fi works were political and realistic, sometimes prescient—and always entertaining.

Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe star in the adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel based on the Lima hostage crisis.

See these talented authors in a whole new light.

A full list of recommendations from the people who know our books best.

On May 22, 2018, author Philip Roth died at age 85. Read an enlightening conversation between Roth and writer Milan Kundera in Roth's collection of essays and interviews, Shop Talk. 

For cinephiles and bookworms alike.

Overlooked? Yes. Forgotten? Not on our watch!

The author of The Color Purple reads three of her poems and answers reader questions about her work, life, and views on society.

Rhiannon Navin’s powerful debut novel, “Only Child,” tells the story of a fictional school shooting, and the lasting impact it has on 6-year-old Zach.

On the centennial of her birth, we’re looking back at the writer's exceptional life and work.