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Literary Fiction Guide: Home

A guide of resources for anyone interested in reading literary fiction

What is "Literary Fiction"?

The University of Illinois Library has a robust collection of  literary fiction. Literary Fiction or "serious fiction," are works that claim to hold literary merit, in comparison to genre/popular fiction. They emphasize meaning, in particular emotional meaning, over entertainment and aspires more toward art. 

To find literary fiction at the University Library, search the Primo Catalog.

Author Pages

Below are some author pages that could lead you to find your next read:

Goodreads

Browse book recommendations in multiple genres, explore the most popular published books of the year, use Listopia to search lists of thousands of digital and print materials, and track what your friends are reading.

BookBrowse

BookBrowse is an online magazine and website. Search contemporary fiction and nonfiction, browse book reviews, read author interviews, and search read-alike recommendations by author or title.

LibraryThing

An online resource that catalogs and tracks your books and offers recommendations based on your search history.

Wikipedia

Free-online content encyclopedia that provides an overview of topic(s). Search "literary fiction" for an overview of the topic, definition(s), history, and more.

 

Instagram

Keep up with new literary fiction on Instagram @litlanglibrary 

Literary Fiction in Audio Books

LibriVox offers human-generated audio of public domain books.

Audible is a pay-for option of audiobooks, podcasts, and Audible originals.

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