You know that we have fiction by Hawthorne and Poe, but did you know that we have a substantial collection of fiction by more recent authors? Because the Library of Congress Classification System does not separate fiction out from other genres or from biographical and critical material on an author, it is difficult to browse for fiction you would just like to read.

Below are links to the decades from the 1950s on. For each decade the authors are listed alphabetically, and under each author is the title(s) of works first published in that decade. The title links to our catalog record for that item, so you can see more information about it, including whether or not it's checked out and where to find it on the shelf. You will find modern literary classics in these lists, and popular reads as well.

We hope you will find this useful. Happy reading!