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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,503,993 ratings — published 1948
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,586,680 ratings — published 1945
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,110,782 ratings — published 1967
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,442,961 ratings — published 1915
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,416,449 ratings — published 1942
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,908,973 ratings — published 1951
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,090,674 ratings — published 1866
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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avg rating 4.47 — 11,469,185 ratings — published 1997
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Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.70 — 3,214,750 ratings — published 1954
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 6,917,833 ratings — published 1960
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,495,628 ratings — published 1943
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,832,849 ratings — published 1813
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 1,895,279 ratings — published 1890
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,947,054 ratings — published 1925
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,474,492 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,087,414 ratings — published 1932
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,442,254 ratings — published 1985
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,593,390 ratings — published 1988
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.43 — 560,623 ratings — published 1899
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Norwegian Wood Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.99 — 734,806 ratings — published 1987
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 2,857,880 ratings — published 1953
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.12 — 551,933 ratings — published 2002
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,107,455 ratings — published 1847
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Normal People Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,884,160 ratings — published 2018
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,320,798 ratings — published 1952
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.87 — 950,216 ratings — published 1955
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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avg rating 4.43 — 4,518,355 ratings — published 1998
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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avg rating 4.58 — 4,870,375 ratings — published 1999
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,040,542 ratings — published 1992
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 3,508,723 ratings — published 2003
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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avg rating 4.57 — 4,214,122 ratings — published 2000
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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,907,132 ratings — published 1818
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Siddhartha Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 882,008 ratings — published 1922
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The Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.14 — 396,987 ratings — published 1980
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Notes from Underground Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.17 — 232,989 ratings — published 1864
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,030,047 ratings — published 1844
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.11 — 547,249 ratings — published 1984
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Blindness Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.18 — 341,055 ratings — published 1995
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,962,569 ratings — published 2008
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 772,872 ratings — published 1962
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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avg rating 4.41 — 3,167,085 ratings — published 1954
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,892,757 ratings — published 2005
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
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avg rating 4.29 — 1,636,752 ratings — published 1965
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,023,851 ratings — published 1979
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,406,478 ratings — published 2000
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as narrative)
avg rating 4.39 — 389,822 ratings — published 1880
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,488,847 ratings — published 1969
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The Sorrows of Young Werther The Sorrows of Young Werther (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 156,352 ratings — published 1774
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The Road The Road (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1,043,405 ratings — published 2006
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,125,831 ratings — published 2007
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The Rhetoric of Fiction by Wayne C. BoothAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterOn Writing by Stephen  KingThe Cambridge Introduction to Narrative by H. Porter AbbottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Narrative Theory
17 books — 8 voters
Tiger's Voyage by Colleen HouckCat Land by Keith  NicholsInto the Wild by Erin HunterCat Spraying No More - The Easy Cat Potty Training by Sarah    RichardsTailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
The Cat's Meow
222 books — 151 voters

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Gertrude Stein
“I think one is naturally impressed by anything having a beginning a middle and an ending when one is beginning writing and that it is a natural thing because when one is emerging from adolescence, which is really when one first begins writing one feels that one would not have been one emerging from adolescence if there had not been a beginning and a middle and an ending to anything.”
Gertrude Stein, Narration: Four Lectures by Gertrude Stein

Don DeLillo
“It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.”
Don DeLillo

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