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Highly Rated Literary Fiction

Literary Fiction rated 4.1 or higher on Hardcover, from at least 300 ratings. Leaves out young adult and children's titles, omnibus editions, and books that are not the first in their series.

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A Gentleman In Moscow

A Gentleman In Moscow

Amor Towles

4.3 Hardcover (940) 4.5 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

4.4 Hardcover (1582) 5.0 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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A Prayer For Owen Meany

A Prayer For Owen Meany

John Irving

4.1 Hardcover (360)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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All The Light We Cannot See

All The Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

4.2 Hardcover (1551) 4.5 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Americanah

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.2 Hardcover (539) 3.0 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Anxious People

Anxious People

Fredrik Backman

4.2 Hardcover (1265)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

4.4 Hardcover (855)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

4.1 Hardcover (1241) 4.5 Google
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Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

4.3 Hardcover (967)
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Flowers For Algernon

Flowers For Algernon

Daniel Keyes

4.3 Hardcover (2463) 5.0 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)

Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)

James Baldwin

No ratings
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Neil Gaiman

4.2 Hardcover (2862)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Hamnet

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

4.1 Hardcover (597)
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Homegoing

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

4.4 Hardcover (558) 4.5 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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I Who Have Never Known Men

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

4.2 Hardcover (1193)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

4.3 Hardcover (419) 4.5 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Lessons In Chemistry

Lessons In Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

4.1 Hardcover (1430)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men

Cormac Mccarthy

4.1 Hardcover (680)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Pachinko

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

4.3 Hardcover (997)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

No ratings
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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Stoner

Stoner

John Williams

4.4 Hardcover (888)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

4.2 Hardcover (2388) 4.5 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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The Name Of The Wind

The Name Of The Wind

Patrick Rothfuss

4.5 Hardcover (3930)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo

The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.3 Hardcover (3427) 4.5 Google
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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The Song Of Achilles

The Song Of Achilles

Madeline Miller

4.3 Hardcover (3272) 1.0 Google
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Hiro Arikawa

4.3 Hardcover (338)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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The Vanishing Half

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

4.1 Hardcover (849)
New Added: 30 Aug 2026
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