Library Literary & Social Fiction

Literary Fiction

Character, style, society, moral tension, and the ordinary made lasting.

Crime and Punishment A murder plot that becomes a long argument with the soul.
In Search of Lost Time A life remembered one taste, jealousy, and room at a time.
Madame Bovary A sharp, sad novel about wanting a larger life.
Middlemarch A town full of plans, compromises, and lives that won't stay separate.
The Brothers Karamazov A family feud that opens into faith, doubt, and the hardest questions.
The Great Gatsby A glittering party novel with a hard little knife inside.
The Sound and the Fury A broken family, heard from the inside.
The Trial A man caught in a case with no clear rules.
Ulysses One Dublin day, made vast by the mind.