Literary Fiction

Literary Fiction

Are you the type of person that needs a lot of depth in your ebooks?  Are you interested in contemplating significant social or political issues while you enjoy fiction?  Then, you've come to the right place.  We feature bestselling authors of ebooks in our Literary Fiction genre, and they bring their epic works to you either free or discounted.  

 

Definition of the "Literary Fiction Genre": A central aspect of the Literary Fiction genre of ebooks is that they do not focus on plot as much a they focus on theme.  Thus, commentary on a social issue, or the growth of a character from a human aspect during a story are the central parts of Literary Fiction ebooks.  This, naturally, stands in stark contrast to "mainstream" fiction, which focuses more on plot and how the plot is driven by action or tension.  Other important aspects of Literary Fiction ebooks is that their pace tends to be slower, and due to the substance they address, they are "darker" or "heavier" than fiction ebooks in other genres.

 

Some examples of bestselling ebooks in the Literary Fiction genre are J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye), Aldous Hudley (Brave New World), Anthony Doerr (All the Light We Cannot See), Catherine Ryan Hyde (When I Found You) and Kimberly McCreight (Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel).

The Other Ones

by R. L. Mosz


The Other Ones opens with physicist Damon Devereaux beginning a new life in Greenough Park. In the middle of a contentious divorce from his abusive wife, he relocates to be near his sister, Nancy, and her son, Torrance. But as the old saying goes, you can move, but, unfortunately, you must bring yourself with you.

Damon tries to start fresh as a co-founder of the Greenough Park Institute of Mathematical Physics, a burgeoning company he dreamed into existence with his best friend and colleague, physicist Dawson Kauffman. Having inherited money and successful in his career, he lives in a beautiful, luxurious townhouse with all the amenities. But deep under the surface, Damon’s past abuse and emotional neglect are building into a tempest that will demand recognition.

Despite possessing no fundamental skills other than his brilliant intellect, he uncharacteristically purchases a grand old turn-of-the-century farmhouse in the nearby countryside, slated to be torn down. He hires an unpopular outsider to live on the property and undertake the enormous task of restoring the house. Damon also adopts an unwanted mutt about to be euthanized, all to the puzzlement and chagrin of his friends and family.

To the surprise of everyone, the house slowly returns to life, and Damon along with it. However, the consequences to everyone involved are anything but satisfactory.

 

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Sailing For Grace

by Joseph Bauer


Wilton and Grace Goodbow' s long marriage was frequently marked by political disagreement— she was the progressive activist, he the conservative, successful businessman. But their love was deep and bonded by a common passion for the sea aboard their ocean sailing yacht, The Sails of Grace. About to die, Grace elicits her husband' s promise to set aside his political beliefs and take on her last cause: the reunification of Central American parents separated from their children at the El Paso border. Will risks his own freedom to keep his word.Sometimes the letter of the law and the right thing to do meet head-on. Sailing for Grace is a suspenseful exploration of the intersection of law, morality, and personal choice.

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THE NEXT BIG THING: A NOVEL

by Andrew McLinden


"A breathless, at times dark, tale of life on the road. It might well be one of my favourites of the year so far. And for that, I award it a five-star review." Reedsy Discovery 
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, rated 'Must Read'.

Danny McAllister has finally made it to the top. His out-of-control cocaine habit has fuelled his rise to fame, allowing him to tour the world and rub shoulders with the biggest names in the music industry. But success comes at a price, and when his bandmates start stealing the spotlight, Danny's fear of being forgotten drives him to desperate measures. He's willing to do whatever it takes to stay on top, even if it means destroying every relationship in his path. But as his world spirals out of control, Danny realises that the price of fame may be higher than he ever imagined.

If you enjoy a high-stakes and hard-hitting satire, you'll love The Next Big Thing. Don't miss your chance to delve into the cutthroat world of the music industry and explore the lengths one man will go to in order to stay on top.

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But I Already Said Goodbye

by Wendy Thacher Jensen


"We kissed again, this one different, with a subtle feeling of urgency behind it that reached way down deep into me, like a hook, pulling on something soft and very tender. I pulled away, fighting an urge to leap up and run."

Shy and introverted Amber begins her first job out of high school cleaning kennels for Helping All Animals, moving quickly into their writing/researching staff using skills gained at her high school's newspaper. Tom, a one-eyed cat Amber rescued from a hoarder's house, becomes her best friend and confidant. Hikes into the surrounding New Mexico hills provide her with some solace.

Surrounded by people who speak out against cruelty, Amber gradually awakens to the insidious and pervasive effects her relationship with an older man is having in her own life. Revealing her story to others, even in the face of horror, disgust, and rejection, is her first step towards healing. With the help of Tom's non-judgmental ear and a friend from work, she fights to peel herself away from the abuse and its effects.

Gradually, Amber learns how to connect with the world, discovering along the way her own inner strength and wisdom.

 

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Eleanora in Pieces

by Jessica Maffetore


“...an inspirational exploration of family, friendship, and indomitable strength of the human spirit.” –Troy Hollan, author of Clucked

It's been two years since her 4-year-old son... her baby... her Owen... disappeared from his bed in the middle of the night.

Every day Eleanora waits for news that he's been found. And every day she lives with the nightmare of knowing that she failed to protect her son.

Intuition tells her that Owen is alive, and Eleanora shuts out everyone who doesn't believe. But she fails to see that her single-minded hope has come at the expense of everything else she used to care about. With her career ruined, her marriage disintegrating, and her family coping with the loss in ways she can't understand, Eleanora is left trying to claw her way out of the black hole her world has become.

When an unexpected surprise suddenly offers Eleanora a second chance at happiness, she is shocked to feel...nothing.

Doubting her own worth, questioning her right to find peace, and still praying for her son's return, Eleanora struggles to see that life, ugly and painful as it can be, might still be worth living.

 

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Doctor Robert

by Bobby Lopez


In this satirical glimpse into the world of psychology, a young man is exposed to the dangers of psychiatric care.

Since the day he lost his mother, everyone tells Robbie he needs psychological help. He is cursed with intelligence and lacks relationships to cope with his trauma. He is reminded every day to seek out psychiatric treatment, and certainly, the world around him endorses its benefits wholeheartedly.

With a heart full of fear, Robbie begins therapy with Dr. Robert, a renowned psychiatrist beloved by all his patients and peers. As they begin their work, Robbie’s resolve is tested and he begrudgingly puts his faith in Doctor Robert’s hands. But as time progresses, Robbie discovers that Doctor Robert is not as benevolent as he appears. He uncovers a web of criminal deceit that shakes his beliefs in psychiatry.

But surely a doctor, a paragon of mental health and normality, could not be nefarious? Could he?

 

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Picasso's Motorcycle

by Marc Sercomb


France, 1940.

An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to Nazi-occupied France, where Daniel unwittingly and unexpectedly finds himself working for the Resistance, and ultimately to the Russian Front in a twist of fate so startling that no one can see it coming. In turn quirky, heartwarming, beguiling and uncompromising, author Marc Sercomb weaves together many moods and colors to tell young Daniel’s story. Beyond engaging, Picasso’s Motorcycle has been hailed as a genuine “page-turner” by those who have so far encountered it.

If you like “The Book Thief” and “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” you’ll love this book!

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Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart

by Rex Cole


What if you had one hundred years of wisdom and experience-on the day you were born?

Your attitude about life is different now than it was years ago. And it will be different years from now. Have you ever remembered a choice you made and wondered what your life would look like today had you chosen differently? Bob Carson has been given the gift, or perhaps the curse, of living his long life two ways-both from birth to death and from death to birth. "Forward Bob"-who's aging chronologically-goes through life figuring things out through the usual ages and stages, with the successes, failures, and mistakes we all make while experiencing life. "Backward Bob," who has the presumed advantage of approaching each day with the wisdom of a long and well-lived life, takes a different path.

With insight and humor, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart explores how we navigate life, the choices we make, and the question of whether our lives would be objectively better if we could change what has happened. The two Bobs wind up with different wives, kids, friends, and dogs. But will the wisdom of hindsight make life richer and more adventurous, or is the more compelling journey one of discovery?

 

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Until It Was Gone: A Contemporary Family Novel of Resilience and Hope

by David B. Seaburn


When, at the end of their fortieth anniversary dinner, Laney announces she's leaving Franklin, he's stunned and asks if she ever loved him, to which she answers, “Yes, until it was gone.”

Laney leaves for the Oklahoma panhandle in search of Roz, their estranged daughter, who left home at sixteen, and the nineteen-year-old granddaughter, Maggie, Laney has never met.

Shortly after she leaves, Franklin contracts COVID which morphs into long COVID. His episodes of fogginess and disorientation awaken memories of abuse at the hands of his father. His sister comes to take care of him, but she needs to return home soon for the sentencing of a mass murderer who killed her husband.

If that weren't enough, Maggie becomes pregnant and, due to medical complications, needs an abortion, but she lives in a state where it's outlawed. What will she do? Where will she go? Will the family find the resilience to come together for everyone's sake?

Until It Was Gone tells of a family trying to make life work while being pummeled by the exigencies of contemporary society. It celebrates the thin strands of hope that hold us together and move us forward.

 
 
 
 
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Triangle of Hope

by Michael Meyer

Three unlikely allies unite on a lonely stretch of Galway Bay, Ireland.

Clint Westerly has it all; that is, until he makes a fateful decision that turns his life upside down. He no longer knows how to live with himself and with the awful knowledge of what he has done.

Tanya Wilshire has sheer determination to fulfill her mother's dying wish, although she seemingly has now lost the means to do so.

Seamus Harrington, eighty-four years of age, is determined to right an old wrong before it is too late, even though the odds are heavily stacked against him.

As the three unexpectedly find themselves bound together in an attempt to bring hope to the tiny village of Gailemore, Ireland, where none has existed for way too long, they might just find it themselves.
 

 
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Don't Let Me Keep You

by Kathie Giorgio


"Don't Let Me Keep You is a lyrical meditation on motherhood seven times over, gestating, unfurling with rhythmic, poignant prose." –Maggie Ginsberg, author of Still True

Hildy Halverson, a genius in math and science, is pushed by her parents to step into a male-dominated field and change the world for women. But Hildy, enamored of the scientific force of the human body, and her own body's ability to create and sustain life, decides to go against contemporary expectations. She marries young and raises a houseful of kids.

Hildy wants her children to choose their own life paths. As each child is born, she tells them, "You can be whatever you want to be, and whatever you want to be will be great." Despite her efforts to not influence her children, Hildy does so, often in unexpected ways. Each child is introduced in that first private moment between Hildy and her new baby. This is followed by a chapter revealing that child's life, years later. Woven throughout is an underlying grief over the death of the sixth baby soon after birth. That grief is more pervasive than any of them expect.

In this ambitious novel, the struggles and joys, fatigue, and exhilaration of motherhood, are captured in the full panorama of family life. Hildy lovingly raises her children, then lets them go, finding herself along the way.

 

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Bunker Mentality: A Novel

by Copernicus Paul


At the height of the Cold War, Roy Chisolm arrives at the edge of the free world.


An idealist in less-than-ideal times, Chisolm’s military orders have taken him to the Bunker, an underground fortress in West Germany where intelligence and war footing operations convene. Within the impenetrable concrete walls, he finds a complete lack of military protocol, a total disregard for the stakes of the game, and a life of soul-crushing absurdity.

Under constant threat of Russian annihilation, those assigned to the Bunker grapple with the inescapable futility of their posting. Chisolm struggles to maintain his moral compass in the face of disturbing apathy and chaos. But even as he plots his escape, he begins to form enigmatic bonds with his fellow warriors—and a romance outside the Bunker walls—unearthing a new understanding of trust, conviction, and love.

Inspired by true events, 
Bunker Mentality is Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 meets David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, exploring the meaning of war, morality, madness, honor, and courage in a world of utter insanity.

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COUNTERPUNCH: Maryl Morgan Marks: Book 1

by Taylor Zane


Maryl Morgan Marks jumps into the gritty pounding city of Philadelphia after a chance meeting leads her to a booming high-tech startup job far from her sleepy Seattle suburb. There she is shocked into the reality of power, greed, and start-up speed in the high-stakes world of the 1980s.

Grappling with an inherited friend group, dubious business ethics, and the new definition of corporate success, her journey is a tug-of-war between her higher self and wanting retribution for the misogyny and narcissism engulfing her.

In a world where power is the ultimate currency, can Maryl’s inner strength withstand the allure of vengeance? And in the end, are justice and revenge so different?
 
 
 
 
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Darker Than the Sky

by Matt Tracy


“What a satisfying read. A tale of loss and rebuilding, regrets and redemption, missteps and new chances.”


When a small plane crashes in the hills above Van Weathers’ ranch, it brings new clues to an old treasure map. His son Josh wants to go on a horse camping trip into the mountains to look for gold. Van isn’t convinced there’s treasure but thinks it might be an opportunity to repair their fraught relationship. In the wilderness of Big Sur, they find the plane crash wasn’t an accident, and they aren’t the only ones out there searching for treasure.


“Darker Than the Sky takes us from a cabin in the redwoods to the forests of Northern California to the Rocky Mountains to a cornfield in Iowa, then back to the dry golden hills and oak trees of Big Sur. Van’s story gains new depth and meaning in each location. So well done.”

“The stories around the campfire were my favorite part. Men being manly, but also talking about real worries and regrets and aspirations.”

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Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory

by Yaroslav Barsukov


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'Mind-expanding' —Kirkus, starred review

A science fantasy noir tale from the Nebula-nominated author of “Tower of Mud and Straw.”

Refusing the queen’s order to gas a crowd of protesters, Minister Shea Ashcroft is banished to the border to oversee the construction of the biggest defensive tower in history. However, the use of technology taken from refugees from another reality makes the tower volatile and dangerous, becoming a threat to local political interests. Shea has no choice but to fight the ruling hierarchy to ensure the construction succeeds—and to reclaim his own life.

Surviving an assassination attempt, Shea confronts his inner demons, encounters an ancient legend, and discovers a portal to a dead world—all while struggling to stay true to his own principles and maintain his sanity. Fighting memories and hallucinations, he starts to question everything …

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory is a thought-provoking meditation on the fragility of the human condition, our beliefs, the manipulation of propaganda for political gains, and our ability to distinguish the real from the unreal and our willingness to accept convenient “truths.” Praised for its gritty realism and literary qualities, the novel is a compelling exploration of memory, its fragile nature, and its profound impact on our perception of identity, relationships, and facts themselves.

An imaginative, heady clash of fantasy and science-fiction that delivers powerful messages'—FantasyBookCritic

'Triumphs in its emotional and unsettling storytelling' —The Fantasy Hive

 

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Shadowland

by Peter Straub


“As if Harry Potter was written for grown-ups, Peter Straub’s 
Shadowland delivers carnage, blood, pain, fairy tales, and flashes of joy and wonder, just like real magic.”—Grady Hendrix

You have been there...if you have ever been afraid.

Come back. To a dark house deep in the Vermont woods, where two friends are spending a season of horror, apprenticed to a Master Magician.

Learning secrets best left unlearned. Entering a world of incalculable evil more ancient than death itself. More terrifying. And more real.

Only one of them will make it through.

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Dear Eliza: A Novel

by Andrea J. Stein


Ten years after her mother’s death, Eliza Levinger never imagined she’d hear from her again. But then The Letter arrived.

Eliza’s world broke apart when she was sixteen and her mom died of cancer. Now, years later, she has rebuilt her life to include a director-of-development job at a nonprofit, a Manhattan apartment, and an easy-on-the-eyes bedroom buddy—just the kind of no-strings relationship she wants, even if it’s less than her best friend, Mo, thinks she deserves. But when Eliza’s dad dies unexpectedly, her beloved aunt Claude arrives at the shiva with a letter from her mom—to be opened only after her father’s death. Inside the letter? A bombshell.

Suddenly, all of Eliza’s relationships are upended. Her brother is angry, her stepmother is threatening to disinherit her, and Mo—who has always been her rock—doesn’t seem to understand what she’s going through. But as Eliza struggles to cope with the shocking news, she finds an unexpected ally—her brother’s best friend, Josh—her high school crush, whom she’s tried hard to forget. It’s not in Eliza’s nature to trust . . . but maybe it’s time for that to change.

Perfect for fans of Emily Giffin, Katherine Center, and Jennifer Weiner, Dear Eliza explores the meaning of family, the complexities of grief, and the beauty in finding your way again.

 

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The Weight of Water

by W. A. Schwartz


Rachel and Talia Fontenot are sisters born into brutal, rural poverty of southeastern Louisiana in the 1960s.

Raised with one another until tragic circumstances intervene and they are separated. Talia disappearing into a life of drugs and petty crime, Rachel fleeing to New Orleans. It is now present day and Talia has been missing for many years. Rachel in New Orleans is living what appears to be the perfect life, but underneath she is struggling with constant anxiety, prescription drug abuse and tremendous grief over the loss of her missing sister, as well as her oldest son to an accident several years earlier.

One night, she receives a call from a nurse she's not heard from since Hurricane Katrina. The information she is given sets in motion a series of events that will unravel. Rachel's life forced her to examine her past choices and takes her on a psychologically arduous journey to save her sister.

 

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Pineville

by ST Tangirala


Ten years after life-changing events at Havensbury Prep, Noah Liebermann faces a setback in his business career that puts him at a personal and professional crossroads.

But when a plea for help arrives from a young resident in a struggling Ohio town, Noah's life takes a sharp turn. The town, once vibrant and full of life, now faces a hostile takeover by a neighboring corporate-controlled town. Threatened with the loss of its identity and independence, Noah becomes someone willing to stand up and protect it.

With a real shot at saving a community and making a stand against the corporate-oriented mindset of the neighboring town, Noah is thrown head first into a conflict much bigger than them all. Can he persevere despite the overwhelming odds stacked against him?

Pineville is the second book in a series of inspirational YA fiction following Noah Liebermann. Following the events of Havensbury, this story will have you rooting for Noah once again as he fights to overcome his personal struggles and strives to become a symbol of hope for a small town community fighting for its future.

 
 
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Breaking Point: A Novel of The Battle of Britain (Breaking Point Series Book 1)

by John Rhodes


1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.

Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…

Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…

Breaking Point is based on actual events in the Battle of Britain. Written with a penetrating historical accuracy of World War II and breathtaking speed, Breaking Point puts you inside the cockpit as the pilots duel to the death, inside RAF Headquarters as the commanders make their decisions, and inside the lives of young men and women facing one of the great crises in modern history.

 

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