- What Was Literary Fiction? | The Nation https://archive.is/0GPrz 2 comments books
- A Study Shows that 'Reading Literary Fiction Is Associated With a More Complex Worldview' https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01461672221106059 588 comments books
- Reading Literary Fiction Is Associated With a More Complex Worldview https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01461672221106059 42 comments science
- Fiction by literary scholars/critics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_to_Lucifer 12 comments books
- Reading literary versus popular fiction promotes different socio-cognitive processes, study suggests https://www.psypost.org/2020/10/reading-literary-versus-popular-fiction-promotes-different-socio-cognitive-processes-study-suggests-58381 59 comments books
- Best Literary and General Fiction of 2018 - Voting Thread https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/12/01/the-economists-books-of-the-year 47 comments books
- The slow death of the literary novel: the sales crisis afflicting fiction https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2018/01/slow-death-literary-novel-sales-crisis-afflicting-fiction 54 comments books
- The Most Violent Works of Literary Fiction https://lithub.com/nine-of-the-most-violent-works-of-literary-fiction/ 25 comments books
- Literary Fiction Titles That Should Be Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books https://electricliterature.com/literary-fiction-titles-that-should-be-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-48cf6a28dc11 3 comments books
- 2016 Bad Sex in Fiction Award – the literary world’s most notorious prize – goes to Erri De Luca https://nothingintherulebook.com/2016/11/30/2016-bad-sex-in-fiction-award-the-literary-worlds-most-notorious-prize-goes-to-erri-de-luca/ 5 comments books
- Studies Show Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy (Scientific American) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/novel-finding-reading-literary-fiction-improves-empathy/ 29 comments books
- Does reading literary fiction really make us 'smarter and nicer'? http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/2015/09/does-reading-literary-fiction-really-make-us-smarter-and-nicer 8 comments books
- The genre debate: 'Literary fiction' is just clever marketing http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/apr/21/literary-fiction-clever-marketing-genre-debate 41 comments books
- 17 of the Most Literary Science Fiction Novels http://litreactor.com/columns/17-of-the-most-literary-science-fiction-novels 46 comments books
- Reading Literary Fiction TEMPORARILY Enhances Theory of Mind, study says. Read the abstract right people. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2013/10/02/science.1239918.abstract 6 comments books
- Reading literary fiction makes you a nicer person http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24356-reading-literary-fiction-makes-you-a-nicer-person.html 11 comments science
- What is Reddit's opinion on Fan Fiction? Is it good for writers, readers and the literary community as a whole? http://www.fanfiction.net/ 25 comments books
- Gender bias at NPR and what it reveals about the world of literary fiction http://thephoenix.com/Boston/news/133082-gender-bias-at-npr-and-what-it-reveals-about-the/ 4 comments books
- The 100 favourite fictional characters... as chosen by 100 literary luminaries (2005) http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-100-favourite-fictional-characters-as-chosen-by-100-literary-luminaries-526971.html 3 comments books
- Reddit, what type of fiction do your prefer to read? Genre or literary? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre_fiction 12 comments books
- Does the literary establishment neglect science fiction? 'That's absolute bullshit'--John Mullan. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/18/science-fiction-booker-prize 36 comments books
- I’m literary fiction writer Sameer Pandya, here to answer questions about writing, publishing, tennis, middle age, race, campus life. You know: whatever. AMA. https://www.sameerpandya.net/ 44 comments books
- Inside North Korea's literary fiction factory http://theconversation.com/inside-north-koreas-literary-fiction-factory-89901 3 comments books
- Scary Literary Fiction for People Who Hate Horror http://lithub.com/scary-literary-fiction-for-people-who-hate-horror/ 7 comments books
- One of America’s finest essayists turns her gaze on literary fiction http://www.avclub.com/review/one-americas-finest-essayists-turns-her-gaze-liter-238911 3 comments books
- Evidence that "Literary" fiction increases empathy vs pop fiction/nonfiction/not reading http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2013/CastanoKidd.htm 8 comments books
- Salon.com writer says, "Let's face it: Literary fiction is f---ing boring." http://www.salon.com/2013/03/29/most_contemporary_literary_fiction_is_terrible/ 35 comments books
- Fiction to Fashion: Fashion Inspired by Literary Fiction http://fictiontofashion.com/ 4 comments books
- Tackling the literary vs. genre fiction debate with quantitative text analysis: analyzing 16k writing samples to learn how genre affects writing style [OC] http://markallenthornton.com/blog/stylistic-similarity/ 20 comments books
- The Case for Genre Fiction: A Guide to Literary Science Fiction and Fantasy - The Millions http://www.themillions.com/2017/03/case-genre-fiction-guide-literary-science-fiction-populist-fantasy.html 4 comments books
- An international coalition of sci-fi writers (Doctorow, Yu, etc.) and literary fiction writers (Keret, Bender, Coover, Nutting, etc) come together for a short fiction anthology about the surveillance state http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/watchlist/ 31 comments books
- Want to Learn How to Think? Read Fiction -- New Canadian research finds reading a literary short story increases one’s comfort with ambiguity. http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/reading-literature-opens-minds-60021/ 90 comments books
- Anyone have a great Fantasy/Sci-Fi rec for a person who more usually reads literary fiction? Is Ilium good? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ilium-Totally-Space-Dan-Simmons/dp/0575083301/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259615587&sr=8-2 24 comments books
- A study in PLOS One suggests that the type of fiction a person reads affects their social cognition differently. Literary fiction was associated with increased attributional complexity and accuracy in predicting social attitudes, while popular fiction was linked to increased egocentric bias. https://www.psypost.org/2020/10/reading-literary-versus-popular-fiction-promotes-different-socio-cognitive-processes-study-suggests-58381?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-literary-versus-popular-fiction-promotes-different-socio-cognitive-processes-study-suggests 35 comments science
- Reading literary fiction improves people's ability to recognize other people's mental states, while popular fiction and nonfiction do not, a study says. That may be because literary fiction tends to focus on the psychology and inner lives of the characters. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/04/229190837/want-to-read-others-thoughts-try-reading-literary-fiction 966 comments science
- Reading literary fiction improves people's ability to recognize other people's mental states, while popular fiction and nonfiction do not, a study says. That may be because literary fiction tends to focus on the psychology and inner lives of the characters. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/04/229190837/want-to-read-others-thoughts-try-reading-literary-fiction 37 comments books
- What About Genre, What About Horror? Peter Straub's essay on why literary fiction is no less a genre than horror. http://www.themillions.com/2010/03/what-about-genre-what-about-horror.html 4 comments books
- Study finds that reading Literary Fiction instead of Non- or Genre Fiction improves empathy http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=novel-finding-reading-literary-fiction-improves-empathy 87 comments books
- What you read matters more than you might think: Students who read academic journals, literary fiction, or general nonfiction wrote with greater syntactic sophistication than those who read fiction (mysteries, fantasy, or science fiction) or exclusively web-based aggregators like Reddit. http://qz.com/714987/what-you-read-matters-more-than-you-might-think/ 125 comments books
- "Solomon's biography (of Norman Rockwell) is one of the biggest non-fiction literary snow jobs in the last 50 years -- it makes the James Frey memoir debacle look like child's play." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abigail-rockwell/deborah-solomon-norman-rockwell-disaster_b_5607745.html 15 comments books