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Best Literary Fiction Books from International
Literary fiction is fiction that prioritises style, language, and psychological depth over plot mechanics. International has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in literary fiction, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best literary fiction from International by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum· 1899
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1880
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#3
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literary-fiction
The Art of War
孙武 (Sun Tzu)· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#4
literary-fiction
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli· 1515
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#5
literary-fiction
La Divina Commedia
Dante Alighieri· 1472
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#6
literary-fiction
Анна Каренина
Лев Толстой· 1876
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#7
literary-fiction
Преступление и наказание
Fiódor Dostoievski· 1866
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#8
literary-fiction
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)
Jerome Klapka Jérôme· 1889
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#9
literary-fiction
The Man Who Was Thursday
Gilbert Keith Chesterton· 1908
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#10
literary-fiction
The Moonstone
Wilkie Collins· 1800
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#11
literary-fiction
Kim
Rudyard Kipling· 1901
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#12
literary-fiction
My Ántonia
Willa Cather· 1818
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#13
literary-fiction
πολιτεία
Plato· 1554
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#14
literary-fiction
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald· 1872
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#15
literary-fiction
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan· 1678
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#16
literary-fiction
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair· 1791
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#17
literary-fiction
As a man thinketh
James Allen· 1902
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#18
literary-fiction
The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker· 1902
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#19
literary-fiction
War and Peace
Лев Толстой· 1864
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#20
literary-fiction
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane· 1855
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#21
literary-fiction
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Hope· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#22
literary-fiction
Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman· 1915
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#23
literary-fiction
The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling· 1887
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#24
literary-fiction
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma Orczy· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#25
literary-fiction
Flatland
Edwin Abbott Abbott· 1884
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#26
literary-fiction
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling· 1893
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#27
literary-fiction
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers· 1903
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#28
literary-fiction
She
H. Rider Haggard· 1886
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#29
literary-fiction
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott· 1800
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#30
literary-fiction
Confessions
Augustine of Hippo· 1482
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#31
literary-fiction
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie· 1911
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#32
literary-fiction
Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
Jules Verne· 1872
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#33
literary-fiction
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
Bram Stoker· 1937
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#34
literary-fiction
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
Jules Verne· 1870
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#35
literary-fiction
The pioneers
James Fenimore Cooper· 1800
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#36
literary-fiction
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1875
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#37
literary-fiction
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1886
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#38
literary-fiction
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton· 1920
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#39
literary-fiction
The wood beyond the world
William Morris· 1894
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#40
literary-fiction
Daisy Miller
Henry James· 1877
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#41
literary-fiction
Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs· 1912
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#42
literary-fiction
Washington Square
Henry James· 1880
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#43
literary-fiction
An American Tragedy
Theodore Dreiser· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#44
literary-fiction
Heidi
Spyri, Johanna· 1885
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#45
literary-fiction
The Romany Rye
George Henry Borrow· 1800
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#46
literary-fiction
The Vampyre
John William Polidori· 1819
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#47
literary-fiction
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell· 1905
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#48
literary-fiction
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Anthony Trollope· 1874
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#49
literary-fiction
Cinq semaines en ballon
Jules Verne· 1867
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#50
literary-fiction
In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians
Ambrose Bierce· 1891
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
