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Literary Fiction
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Where to Start with Dave Eggers: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Dave Eggers — whether to begin with A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius or The Circle. A complete reading guide to the American author.
Where to Start with David Nicholls: A Reading Guide
Where to start with David Nicholls — whether to begin with One Day, Starter for Ten, or Us. A complete reading guide to the British novelist.
Where to Start with Delia Owens: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Delia Owens — how to approach Where the Crawdads Sing, her essential debut novel set in the North Carolina marshes. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Denis Johnson: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Denis Johnson — whether to begin with Jesus' Son or Tree of Smoke. A complete reading guide to the National Book Award-winning American author.
Where to Start with Don Winslow: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Don Winslow — how to approach The Power of the Dog, his essential drug war trilogy opener. A complete reading guide to the American crime novelist.
Where to Start with Douglas Stuart: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Douglas Stuart — whether to begin with Shuggie Bain or Young Mungo. A complete reading guide to the Scottish Booker Prize-winning author.
Where to Start with Eleanor Catton: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Eleanor Catton — whether to begin with The Luminaries or Birnam Wood. A complete reading guide to the Booker Prize-winning New Zealand novelist.
Where to Start with Elfriede Jelinek: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Elfriede Jelinek — whether to begin with The Piano Teacher, Wonderful Wonderful Times, or Lust. A complete guide to the Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Elizabeth Gaskell: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Elizabeth Gaskell — how to approach North and South, her Victorian novel combining industrial-era class conflict with one of the period's most satisfying slow-burn romances. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Emily Brontë: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Emily Brontë — how to approach Wuthering Heights, her essential and only novel. A complete reading guide to the Victorian author.
Where to Start with Erin Morgenstern: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Erin Morgenstern — whether to begin with The Night Circus or The Starless Sea. A complete reading guide to the fantasy author.
Where to Start with Ernest Hemingway: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ernest Hemingway — how to approach The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and A Farewell to Arms. A complete reading guide to the master of the iceberg style.
Where to Start with Franz Kafka: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Franz Kafka — how to approach The Metamorphosis and The Trial, and which to read first. A complete reading guide to the master of modern alienation.
Where to Start with Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Fyodor Dostoevsky — whether to begin with Crime and Punishment or The Brothers Karamazov, and how to approach his major works. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Gail Honeyman: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Gail Honeyman — how to approach Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, her essential debut novel. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Gregory Maguire: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Gregory Maguire — whether to begin with Wicked, Son of a Witch, or Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Halldór Laxness: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Halldór Laxness — whether to begin with Independent People, World Light, or Iceland's Bell. A complete guide to the Icelandic Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Haruki Murakami: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Haruki Murakami — Norwegian Wood is the ideal entry point, Hard-Boiled Wonderland is his most ambitious novel, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is his masterpiece. How to navigate one of contemporary fiction's most essential catalogs. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Herta Müller: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Herta Müller — whether to begin with The Land of Green Plums, The Hunger Angel, or The Appointment. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winner.
Where to Start with Iain M. Banks: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Iain M. Banks — how to approach the Culture series, his post-scarcity space opera sequence, and The Wasp Factory, his non-SF literary novel. A complete reading guide.
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