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Genre · 2 BOOKS · 1 ROUNDTABLE

Literary Fiction

Books where the sentences are the point, or at least half of it. RNKD readers disagree about this genre more than any other.

What RNKD readers said

Roundtable 3 READERS SPLIT DECISION The Lantern Keepers Mara Ostrowski · 2019 DEV YES Slow for forty pages, then it grabbed my collar and didn't let go. JUNE NO Every sentence is lovely and none of them are necessary. TOMASZ DEPENDS Worth it for the middle section alone. Skip it if you need a plot. ONE READER The Orchard at Night Lise Marchetti · 2018 SAM YES Quiet, short, and it stayed with me for a week.

Who reads literary fiction here

D Dev Raman Thrillers, biographies, anything I can finish on a flight. J June Achterberg Literary and translated fiction. Short books, long sentences. T Tomasz Wilk History, nonfiction, the occasional sci-fi. Cares whether a book earns its length. S Sam Ferreira Literary fiction and nature writing.

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