I definitely agree that defining lit fic as solely character driven isn’t quite accurate! I agree wholeheartedly with you 3 definitions of lit fic. I’d add books like ‘Giovannis Room’ by James Baldwin, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ Akwaeke Emezi, ‘Demon Copperhead’ by Barbara Kingsolver, ‘Young Mungo’ by Douglas Stuart, ‘Homegoing’ by Yaa Gyasi and ‘Black Butterflies’ by Priscilla Morris to that list & recommend them as really exceptional books in the lit fit genre!
Favorite literary fiction: Notes on an Execution, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Still Life, The Interestings, The Most Fun We Ever Had. I would also call Tana French’s mystery novels (which I love) literary fiction, more than genre.
I definitely agree that defining lit fic as solely character driven isn’t quite accurate! I agree wholeheartedly with you 3 definitions of lit fic. I’d add books like ‘Giovannis Room’ by James Baldwin, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ Akwaeke Emezi, ‘Demon Copperhead’ by Barbara Kingsolver, ‘Young Mungo’ by Douglas Stuart, ‘Homegoing’ by Yaa Gyasi and ‘Black Butterflies’ by Priscilla Morris to that list & recommend them as really exceptional books in the lit fit genre!
Favorite literary fiction: Notes on an Execution, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Still Life, The Interestings, The Most Fun We Ever Had. I would also call Tana French’s mystery novels (which I love) literary fiction, more than genre.
This is great. It’s so hard to define for people who don’t read it :)