The following novels and short story collections are recommended for writers and readers of literary fiction.  Each has something different to offer as a fiction writing lesson.  Some excel in the use of lyrical language, while others are most notable for characterization or plot.  Every one of them succeeds on multiple levels, however.   (More pages of fiction will be included soon.) 

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Anil’s Ghost                                          Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close                 The Painted Drum

by Michael Ondaatje                                by Jonathan Safran Foer                              by Louise Erdrich

               Ship Fever                                      The History of Love                             The Secret Goldfish

           by Andrea Barrett                               by Nicole Krauss                                  by David Means