Genre
Literary Fiction
Character-forward, prose-obsessed.
8 books on this shelf, newest first.
Literary fiction here means character first and prose that is doing something. Plot is present but it is not the engine — the reason to keep reading is the sentence-level writing and the sense that the author is in control of every choice.
Where to start: These reward slower reading. If you are coming from genre fiction, start with something plot-forward — retellings and campus novels tend to be the gentlest doors in.
