Novels with beautiful prose

Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. In your reading, what novel has the most beautiful prose. Your heart is a muscle the size of a fist by sunil yapa. In prose both graphic and unsentimental, coyote reveals the. Its been 23 years since i studied english languageliterature at school. I cant think of anything else that is this beautiful.

Jacqueline carey s fantasy novels specifically, her two kushiel trilogies, her naamah trilogy, and godslayer duology were the first books i could describe as having beautiful prose. A books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Books with lyrical writing, poetic prose, and beautiful. Like in most great novels, the prose itself is stunning, with imagery. Heres a whole list of beautiful books with gorgeous writing to add to your toberead pile immediately. As good as it gets in terms of prose, and i am not talking about the fantasy genre only. Kiernan especially in the drowning girl and catherynne m. I will mention josef conrad, who wasnt even writing in his native language. Lolita by vladimir nabokov, pride and prejudice by jane austen, romeo and juliet by william shakespeare. I suppose it is subjective to some extent, but some fantasy authors whose prose i like are m. The picture of dorian gray is still the most beautifully written novel i have read so far.

The three trilogies have a unconventional approach to sexuality, so its not for everyone. Its the most beautiful of the victorian novels and without question one of the. Novels with beautiful prose literature a forum of ice. The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. Youll have to wait until january to get your literary paws on this. What are some books you love that just have simply beautiful writing. Maggie stiefvater goodreads author shelved 20 times as beautifulprose avg rating 4. Books that have beautiful prosepoetic writingheartwrenching words. Other excellent prose writers in the genre not mentioned so far are patricia mckillip, caitlin r. John harrison, steph swainston, roger zelazney and susannah clarke. Books with lyrical writing, poetic prose, and beautiful imagery. Now i am trying to write novels of my own, i am frustrated that so many of my sentences are just meh functional, unmemorable or clumsy.