Best Literary Fiction Books in 2025

The Language of FlowersVanessa DiffenbaughTale by Victoria Jones

Rules of CivilityAmor TowlesTale by Katey Kontent

The ReaderBernhard SchlinkTale by Michael Berg

The Sense of an EndingJulian BarnesTale by Tony Webster

A Farewell to ArmsErnest HemingwayTale by Frederic Henry

The PactJodi PicoultTale by Chris Harte

The Virgin SuicidesJeffrey EugenidesTale by The Narrator

The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki MurakamiTale by Toru Okada

Norwegian WoodHaruki MurakamiTale by Toru Watanabe

The Bluest EyeToni MorrisonTale by Pecola Breedlove

The Master and MargaritaMikhail BulgakovTale by Margarita

The PlagueAlbert CamusTale by Dr. Bernard Rieux

The FallAlbert CamusTale by Jean-Baptiste Clamence

The Lovely BonesAlice SeboldTale by Susie Salmon

A Million Little PiecesJames FreyTale by James Frey

A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled HosseiniTale by Mariam

Tell the Wolves I'm HomeCarol Rifka BruntTale by June Elbus

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryRachel JoyceTale by Harold Fry

Forrest GumpWinston GroomTale by Forrest Gump

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour BookstoreRobin SloanTale by Clay Jannon

The House on Mango StreetSandra CisnerosTale by Esperanza Cordero

Eleven MinutesPaulo CoelhoTale by Maria

Sense and SensibilityJane AustenTale by Elinor Dashwood

Mrs. DallowayVirginia WoolfTale by Clarissa Dalloway

The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil GaimanTale by unnamed

Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent KruegerTale by Frank Drum

The Golem and the JinniHelene WeckerTale by Chava

Anna KareninaLeo TolstoyTale by Anna Karenina

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark HaddonTale by Christopher John Francis Boone

The GoldfinchDonna TarttTale by Theodore Decker

Till We Have FacesC.S. LewisTale by Orual

The White TigerAravind AdigaTale by Balram Halwai

The TrialFranz KafkaTale by Josef K.

All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony DoerrTale by Marie-Laure LeBlanc

The AlchemistPaulo CoelhoTale by Santiago

Everything I Never Told YouCeleste NgTale by Lydia Lee

Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi AdichieTale by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Man Called OveFredrik BackmanTale by Ove

Sodom and GomorrahMarcel ProustTale by Marcel

Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenTale by Elizabeth Bennet

I Am the MessengerMarkus ZusakTale by Ed Kennedy

CandideVoltaireTale by Candide

The FountainheadAyn RandTale by Howard Roark

PersuasionJane AustenTale by Anne Elliot

The Old Man and the SeaErnest HemingwayTale by Santiago

Madame BovaryGustave FlaubertTale by Emma Bovary

MiddlesexJeffrey EugenidesTale by Calliope Stephanides

A Little LifeHanya YanagiharaTale by Jude St. Francis

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's SorryFredrik BackmanTale by Elsa

Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three StoriesTruman CapoteTale by Holly Golightly

The ProphetKahlil GibranTale by Almustafa

The VegetarianHan KangTale by Yeong-hye

To Kill a MockingbirdHarper LeeTale by Scout Finch

Britt-Marie Was HereFredrik BackmanTale by Britt-Marie

CommonwealthAnn PatchettTale by Franny Keating

The Remains of the DayKazuo IshiguroTale by Mr. Stevens

The Secret HistoryDonna TarttTale by Richard Papen

The Elegance of the HedgehogMuriel BarberyTale by Renée Michel

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot DíazTale by Oscar de León

Lincoln in the BardoGeorge SaundersTale by Hans Vollman

The ImmortalistsChloe BenjaminTale by Varya Gold

If We Were VillainsM.L. RioTale by Oliver Marks

Exit WestMohsin HamidTale by Saeed

RoomEmma DonoghueTale by Jack

One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel García MárquezTale by José Arcadio Buendía

Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn WardTale by Jojo

The Light We LostJill SantopoloTale by Lucy Carter

ShantaramGregory David RobertsTale by Lin

The NamesakeJhumpa LahiriTale by Gogol Ganguli

A Gentleman in Moscow: A NovelAmor TowlesTale by Count Alexander Rostov

Little Fires EverywhereCeleste NgTale by Elena Richardson

The Five People You Meet in HeavenMitch AlbomTale by Eddie

A Woman Is No ManEtaf RumTale by Isra

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail HoneymanTale by Eleanor Oliphant

CirceMadeline MillerTale by Circe

Call Me By Your NameAndré AcimanTale by Elio Perlman

Flowers for AlgernonDaniel KeyesTale by Charlie Gordon

There ThereTommy OrangeTale by Tommy Orange

Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensTale by Kya Clark

The CorrectionsJonathan FranzenTale by Enid Lambert

The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret AtwoodTale by Offred

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMichael ChabonTale by Joe Kavalier

LessAndrew Sean GreerTale by Arthur Less

The OverstoryRichard PowersTale by Richard Powers

This Is How It Always IsLaurie FrankelTale by Claude/Poppy

Post OfficeCharles BukowskiTale by Henry Chinaski

BlindnessJosé SaramagoTale by The doctor's wife

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of PilgrimageHaruki MurakamiTale by Tsukuru Tazaki

Normal PeopleSally RooneyTale by Connell Waldron

Girl, Woman, OtherBernardine EvaristoTale by Bernardine Evaristo

Life of PiYann MartelTale by Piscine Molitor Patel

Ask Again, YesMary Beth KeaneTale by Kate Gleeson

The Nickel BoysColson WhiteheadTale by Elwood Curtis

Nothing to See HereKevin WilsonTale by Lillian Breaker

The Starless SeaErin MorgensternTale by Zachary Ezra Rawlins

HamnetMaggie O'FarrellTale by Hamnet

Such a Fun AgeKiley ReidTale by Emira Tucker

A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn IrvingTale by Owen Meany

Mansfield ParkJane AustenTale by Fanny Price

How to Stop TimeMatt HaigTale by Tom Hazard

Writers & LoversLily KingTale by Casey Peabody

For Whom the Bell TollsErnest HemingwayTale by Robert Jordan

The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldTale by Jay Gatsby

The Taming of the ShrewWilliam ShakespeareTale by Katherina Minola

Transcendent KingdomYaa GyasiTale by Gifty

The MetamorphosisFranz KafkaTale by Gregor Samsa

The Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoevskyTale by Alyosha Karamazov

Notes from UndergroundFyodor DostoevskyTale by Underground Man

The StrangerAlbert CamusTale by Meursault

Cloud AtlasDavid MitchellTale by David Mitchell

Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut Jr.Tale by Kilgore Trout

Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut Jr.Tale by Billy Pilgrim

The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. SalingerTale by Holden Caulfield

Franny and ZooeyJ.D. SalingerTale by Franny Glass

The Vanishing HalfBrit BennettTale by Desiree Vignes

She's Come UndoneWally LambTale by Dolores Price

SiddharthaHermann HesseTale by Siddhartha

The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar WildeTale by Dorian Gray

Cloud Cuckoo LandAnthony DoerrTale by Anthony Doerr

The Lincoln HighwayAmor TowlesTale by Emmett Watson

Bel CantoAnn PatchettTale by Roxane Coss

The AwakeningKate ChopinTale by Edna Pontellier

Sea of TranquilityEmily St. John MandelTale by Emily St. John Mandel

1984George OrwellTale by Winston Smith

The Queen's GambitWalter TevisTale by Beth Harmon

The RoadCormac McCarthyTale by The Man

Never Let Me GoKazuo IshiguroTale by Kathy H.

The Bell JarSylvia PlathTale by Esther Greenwood

War and PeaceLeo TolstoyTale by Pierre Bezukhov

Ham on RyeCharles BukowskiTale by Henry Chinaski

House RulesJodi PicoultTale by Jacob Hunt

The Forty Rules of LoveElif ShafakTale by Ella Rubenstein

Major Pettigrew's Last StandHelen SimonsonTale by Major Ernest Pettigrew

Little BeeChris CleaveTale by Little Bee

EmmaJane AustenTale by Emma Woodhouse

Crime and PunishmentFyodor DostoevskyTale by Rodion Raskolnikov

Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard BachTale by Jonathan Livingston Seagull

A Visit from the Goon SquadJennifer EganTale by Jennifer Egan

LolitaVladimir NabokovTale by Humbert Humbert

The Kite RunnerKhaled HosseiniTale by Amir

FreedomJonathan FranzenTale by Patty Berglund

We Need to Talk About KevinLionel ShriverTale by Eva Khatchadourian

Of Mice and MenJohn SteinbeckTale by George Milton

Night RoadKristin HannahTale by Lexi Baill

State of WonderAnn PatchettTale by Marina Singh

The God of Small ThingsArundhati RoyTale by Rahel

Looking for AlaskaJohn GreenTale by Miles Halter

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The Language of Flowers

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Victoria Jones's World

The Language of FlowersVanessa Diffenbaugh

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Rules of Civility

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Katey Kontent's World

Rules of CivilityAmor Towles

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The Reader

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Michael Berg's World

The ReaderBernhard Schlink

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The Sense of an Ending

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Tony Webster's World

The Sense of an EndingJulian Barnes

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A Farewell to Arms

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Frederic Henry's World

A Farewell to ArmsErnest Hemingway

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The Pact

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Chris Harte's World

The PactJodi Picoult

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The Virgin Suicides

Analyzing Life's Lessons from The Narrator's World

The Virgin SuicidesJeffrey Eugenides

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Toru Okada's World

The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki Murakami

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Norwegian Wood

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Toru Watanabe's World

Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami

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The Bluest Eye

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Pecola Breedlove's World

The Bluest EyeToni Morrison

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The Master and Margarita

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Margarita's World

The Master and MargaritaMikhail Bulgakov

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The Plague

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Dr. Bernard Rieux's World

The PlagueAlbert Camus

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The Fall

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jean-Baptiste Clamence's World

The FallAlbert Camus

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The Lovely Bones

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Susie Salmon's World

The Lovely BonesAlice Sebold

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A Million Little Pieces

Analyzing Life's Lessons from James Frey's World

A Million Little PiecesJames Frey

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Mariam's World

A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini

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Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Analyzing Life's Lessons from June Elbus's World

Tell the Wolves I'm HomeCarol Rifka Brunt

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Harold Fry's World

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold FryRachel Joyce

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Forrest Gump

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Forrest Gump's World

Forrest GumpWinston Groom

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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Clay Jannon's World

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour BookstoreRobin Sloan

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The House on Mango Street

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Esperanza Cordero's World

The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros

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Eleven Minutes

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Maria's World

Eleven MinutesPaulo Coelho

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Sense and Sensibility

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Elinor Dashwood's World

Sense and SensibilityJane Austen

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Mrs. Dalloway

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Clarissa Dalloway's World

Mrs. DallowayVirginia Woolf

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Analyzing Life's Lessons from unnamed's World

The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil Gaiman

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Ordinary Grace

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Frank Drum's World

Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent Krueger

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The Golem and the Jinni

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Chava's World

The Golem and the JinniHelene Wecker

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Anna Karenina

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Anna Karenina's World

Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Christopher John Francis Boone's World

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark Haddon

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The Goldfinch

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Theodore Decker's World

The GoldfinchDonna Tartt

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Till We Have Faces

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Orual's World

Till We Have FacesC.S. Lewis

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The White Tiger

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Balram Halwai's World

The White TigerAravind Adiga

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The Trial

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Josef K.'s World

The TrialFranz Kafka

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All the Light We Cannot See

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Marie-Laure LeBlanc's World

All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr

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The Alchemist

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Santiago's World

The AlchemistPaulo Coelho

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Everything I Never Told You

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Lydia Lee's World

Everything I Never Told YouCeleste Ng

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Half of a Yellow Sun

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's World

Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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A Man Called Ove

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Ove's World

A Man Called OveFredrik Backman

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Sodom and Gomorrah

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Marcel's World

Sodom and GomorrahMarcel Proust

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Pride and Prejudice

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Elizabeth Bennet's World

Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen

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I Am the Messenger

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Ed Kennedy's World

I Am the MessengerMarkus Zusak

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Candide

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Candide's World

CandideVoltaire

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The Fountainhead

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Howard Roark's World

The FountainheadAyn Rand

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Persuasion

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Anne Elliot's World

PersuasionJane Austen

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The Old Man and the Sea

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Santiago's World

The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway

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Madame Bovary

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Emma Bovary's World

Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert

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Middlesex

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Calliope Stephanides's World

MiddlesexJeffrey Eugenides

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A Little Life

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jude St. Francis's World

A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Elsa's World

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's SorryFredrik Backman

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Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Holly Golightly's World

Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three StoriesTruman Capote

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The Prophet

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Almustafa's World

The ProphetKahlil Gibran

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The Vegetarian

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Yeong-hye's World

The VegetarianHan Kang

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To Kill a Mockingbird

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Scout Finch's World

To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee

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Britt-Marie Was Here

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Britt-Marie's World

Britt-Marie Was HereFredrik Backman

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Commonwealth

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Franny Keating's World

CommonwealthAnn Patchett

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The Remains of the Day

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Mr. Stevens's World

The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro

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The Secret History

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Richard Papen's World

The Secret HistoryDonna Tartt

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Renée Michel's World

The Elegance of the HedgehogMuriel Barbery

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Oscar de León's World

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Díaz

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Lincoln in the Bardo

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Hans Vollman's World

Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders

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The Immortalists

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Varya Gold's World

The ImmortalistsChloe Benjamin

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If We Were Villains

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Oliver Marks's World

If We Were VillainsM.L. Rio

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Exit West

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Saeed's World

Exit WestMohsin Hamid

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Room

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jack's World

RoomEmma Donoghue

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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Analyzing Life's Lessons from José Arcadio Buendía's World

One Hundred Years of SolitudeGabriel García Márquez

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Sing, Unburied, Sing

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jojo's World

Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward

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The Light We Lost

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Lucy Carter's World

The Light We LostJill Santopolo

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Shantaram

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Lin's World

ShantaramGregory David Roberts

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The Namesake

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Gogol Ganguli's World

The NamesakeJhumpa Lahiri

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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Count Alexander Rostov's World

A Gentleman in Moscow: A NovelAmor Towles

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Little Fires Everywhere

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Elena Richardson's World

Little Fires EverywhereCeleste Ng

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Eddie's World

The Five People You Meet in HeavenMitch Albom

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A Woman Is No Man

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Isra's World

A Woman Is No ManEtaf Rum

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Eleanor Oliphant's World

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FineGail Honeyman

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Circe

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Circe's World

CirceMadeline Miller

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Call Me By Your Name

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Elio Perlman's World

Call Me By Your NameAndré Aciman

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Flowers for Algernon

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Charlie Gordon's World

Flowers for AlgernonDaniel Keyes

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There There

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Tommy Orange's World

There ThereTommy Orange

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Where the Crawdads Sing

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Kya Clark's World

Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens

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The Corrections

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Enid Lambert's World

The CorrectionsJonathan Franzen

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The Handmaid’s Tale

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Offred's World

The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Joe Kavalier's World

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMichael Chabon

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Less

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Arthur Less's World

LessAndrew Sean Greer

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The Overstory

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Richard Powers's World

The OverstoryRichard Powers

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This Is How It Always Is

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Claude/Poppy's World

This Is How It Always IsLaurie Frankel

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Post Office

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Henry Chinaski's World

Post OfficeCharles Bukowski

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Blindness

Analyzing Life's Lessons from The doctor's wife's World

BlindnessJosé Saramago

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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Tsukuru Tazaki's World

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of PilgrimageHaruki Murakami

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Normal People

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Connell Waldron's World

Normal PeopleSally Rooney

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Girl, Woman, Other

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Bernardine Evaristo's World

Girl, Woman, OtherBernardine Evaristo

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Life of Pi

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Piscine Molitor Patel's World

Life of PiYann Martel

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Ask Again, Yes

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Kate Gleeson's World

Ask Again, YesMary Beth Keane

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The Nickel Boys

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Elwood Curtis's World

The Nickel BoysColson Whitehead

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Nothing to See Here

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Lillian Breaker's World

Nothing to See HereKevin Wilson

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The Starless Sea

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Zachary Ezra Rawlins's World

The Starless SeaErin Morgenstern

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Hamnet

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Hamnet's World

HamnetMaggie O'Farrell

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Such a Fun Age

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Emira Tucker's World

Such a Fun AgeKiley Reid

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A Prayer for Owen Meany

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Owen Meany's World

A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn Irving

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Mansfield Park

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Fanny Price's World

Mansfield ParkJane Austen

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How to Stop Time

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Tom Hazard's World

How to Stop TimeMatt Haig

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Writers & Lovers

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Casey Peabody's World

Writers & LoversLily King

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Robert Jordan's World

For Whom the Bell TollsErnest Hemingway

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The Great Gatsby

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jay Gatsby's World

The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Taming of the Shrew

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Katherina Minola's World

The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare

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Transcendent Kingdom

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Gifty's World

Transcendent KingdomYaa Gyasi

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The Metamorphosis

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Gregor Samsa's World

The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka

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The Brothers Karamazov

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Alyosha Karamazov's World

The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky

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Notes from Underground

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Underground Man's World

Notes from UndergroundFyodor Dostoevsky

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The Stranger

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Meursault's World

The StrangerAlbert Camus

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Cloud Atlas

Analyzing Life's Lessons from David Mitchell's World

Cloud AtlasDavid Mitchell

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Breakfast of Champions

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Kilgore Trout's World

Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Slaughterhouse-Five

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Billy Pilgrim's World

Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut Jr.

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The Catcher in the Rye

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Holden Caulfield's World

The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger

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Franny and Zooey

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Franny Glass's World

Franny and ZooeyJ.D. Salinger

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The Vanishing Half

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Desiree Vignes's World

The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett

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She's Come Undone

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Dolores Price's World

She's Come UndoneWally Lamb

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Siddhartha

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Siddhartha's World

SiddharthaHermann Hesse

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Dorian Gray's World

The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde

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Cloud Cuckoo Land

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Anthony Doerr's World

Cloud Cuckoo LandAnthony Doerr

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The Lincoln Highway

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Emmett Watson's World

The Lincoln HighwayAmor Towles

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Bel Canto

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Roxane Coss's World

Bel CantoAnn Patchett

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The Awakening

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Edna Pontellier's World

The AwakeningKate Chopin

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Sea of Tranquility

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Emily St. John Mandel's World

Sea of TranquilityEmily St. John Mandel

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1984

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Winston Smith's World

1984George Orwell

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The Queen's Gambit

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Beth Harmon's World

The Queen's GambitWalter Tevis

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The Road

Analyzing Life's Lessons from The Man's World

The RoadCormac McCarthy

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Never Let Me Go

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Kathy H.'s World

Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro

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The Bell Jar

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Esther Greenwood's World

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War and Peace

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Pierre Bezukhov's World

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Ham on Rye

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Henry Chinaski's World

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House Rules

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jacob Hunt's World

House RulesJodi Picoult

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The Forty Rules of Love

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Ella Rubenstein's World

The Forty Rules of LoveElif Shafak

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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Major Ernest Pettigrew's World

Major Pettigrew's Last StandHelen Simonson

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Little Bee

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Little Bee's World

Little BeeChris Cleave

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Emma

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Emma Woodhouse's World

EmmaJane Austen

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Crime and Punishment

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Rodion Raskolnikov's World

Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jonathan Livingston Seagull's World

Jonathan Livingston SeagullRichard Bach

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A Visit from the Goon Squad

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Jennifer Egan's World

A Visit from the Goon SquadJennifer Egan

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Lolita

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Humbert Humbert's World

LolitaVladimir Nabokov

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The Kite Runner

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Amir's World

The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini

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Freedom

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Patty Berglund's World

FreedomJonathan Franzen

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Eva Khatchadourian's World

We Need to Talk About KevinLionel Shriver

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Of Mice and Men

Analyzing Life's Lessons from George Milton's World

Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck

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Night Road

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Lexi Baill's World

Night RoadKristin Hannah

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State of Wonder

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Marina Singh's World

State of WonderAnn Patchett

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The God of Small Things

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Rahel's World

The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy

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Looking for Alaska

Analyzing Life's Lessons from Miles Halter's World

Looking for AlaskaJohn Green