Literary Fiction

Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage in the early 1960s. The term is principally used to distinguish "serious fiction" which is a work that claims to hold literary merit, in comparison from genre fiction and popular fiction. The name literature is sometimes used for this genre, although it can also refer to a broader category of writing. ...more

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Meet the Newmans
Is This a Cry for Help?
Burn Down Master's House
Just Watch Me
Room 706
Dandelion Is Dead
The Infamous Gilberts
Darkrooms
One Aladdin Two Lamps
Sheer
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