Literature

Literature is the art of written works. The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non-fiction, although "literature" in popular use can also mean a sub-genre of fiction called literary fiction. ...more

A Violent Masterpiece
Liar's Dice
Underlake
The Left and the Lucky
Tailbone
What Am I, a Deer?
The Palm House
Everything That Is Beautiful: A Novel
Son of Nobody
The Adjunct
Python's Kiss
Black Bag
The Body Builders
Galahad and the Grail (Merlin's Isle, #1)
Romaanihenkilön elämä
Demon Copperhead
Flesh
Klara and the Sun
Transcription
The Emperor of Gladness
The Rest of Our Lives
Trust
La muy catastrófica visita al zoo
Lázár
‎22 Bahnen (Tilda und Ida, #1)
Where the Wildflowers Grow
The Burning Side
The Elements (The Elements, #1-4)
The Homemade God
Un animal salvaje
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
What we've read so far in 2013...
8,125 books — 2,760 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHatchet by Gary PaulsenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Survival Stories
1,179 books — 1,722 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
535 books — 1,890 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books Every Human Being Should Read
3,061 books — 2,111 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsBeing a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara PascoeMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Favourite young adult books
1,743 books — 1,693 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe Quincunx by Charles PalliserThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonPower And Prediction by Ajay Agrawal
Best Unappreciated Books
4,384 books — 2,240 voters

The Great Gatsby
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
Pride and Prejudice
The Catcher in the Rye
Crime and Punishment
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jane Eyre
The Stranger
Brave New World
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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