Literary Fiction

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

Esther Greenwood's descent into mental illness mirrors her disillusionment with 1950s American society. Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical novel traces a brilliant young woman's psychological breakdown with unflinching honesty. A landmark work exploring female identity, ambition, and the suffocating expectations placed on women.

More Literary Fiction

• The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) — Katherine Arden
• Rules for Vanishing — Kate Alice Marshall
• Summer Sons — Lee Mandelo
• A Confederacy of Dunces — John Kennedy Toole
• Witches: A Novel — Brenda Lozano
• Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt
• The Things They Carried — Tim O'Brien
• Shadow of Night — Deborah Harkness

The Books Oracle — reading tracker and book recommendations drawn from your own shelf.