Fracturing the Literary / Genre Divide

Explore groundbreaking books that fracture the literary/genre divide. Discover innovative works blending highbrow prose with genre elements, from sci-fi to noir, redefining modern storytelling.

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of …
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The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The chilling bestselling alternate history novel of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president whose government embraces …
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Magic for Beginners

by Kelly Link

All-new collection of magical stories from slapstick comedy to Gothic horror.
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Stranger Things Happen

 

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Samaritan

by Richard Price

Ray Mitchell returns to New Jersey to the housing project where he grew up to re-evaluate his life, but when he is found savagely beaten …
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Motherless Brooklyn

by Jonathan Lethem

When Lionel's friend is killed, he is forced to delve into the complex, shadowy web of relationships, threats, and favors that make up the Brooklyn …
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The 25th Hour

by David Benioff

The brilliant debut novel from the bestselling author of City of Thieves and the co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, about a white-collar …
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Paris Trout

 

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No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

When he stumbles upon a bloody massacre, a cache of heroin, and more than two million in cash during a hunting trip, Llewelyn Moss removes …
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. …
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Brighton rock

 

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The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is “an intricate and dazzling novel” (The New York Times) about …
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Legends of the Fall

by Jim Harrison

Three novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when they feel threatened
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

by Haruki Murakami

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 1Q84 and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes a relentlessly inventive novel that dives deep into the …
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The Fortress of Solitude

by Jonathan Lethem

A New York Times Book Review EDITORS' CHOICE. From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn, comes the vividly told story of …
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Amnesia Moon

by Jonathan Lethem

The much-anticipated second novel from the author of Gun, with Occasional Music. Since the war and the bombs, Hatfork, Wyoming, is a broken-down, mutant-ridden town. …
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Permutation City

by Greg Egan

Transformed into an electronic code, a Copy must discover an alternate way out, back into its real body, because the original avenue of escape has …