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Welcome to the Novel Piki, the best place to decide between novels. These books have withstood the test of time and are often studied in high schools and universities all over the world. This Piki makes use of more than 6,800 facts about 92 novels. Sort and filter these novels according to your preferences using the options on the left. Whether you're looking for war novels, general interest novels or something else entirely, we have you covered.
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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies uses the past tense, was written by William Golding and was written in English. It is a novel. It receives excellent marks for character development from Pikimal users and receives excellent marks for compelling plot from Pikimal users.
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Genre: Adventure, Loss-of-innocence Fiction, Social Criticism
Lord of the Flies achieves 79% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Lord of the Flies achieves 100% performance in this category.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre uses the past tense, was written by Charlotte Brontë and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is a bildungsroman (coming-of-age story) and gothic.
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Genre: Bildungsroman (Coming-of-age Story), Gothic, Romance
Jane Eyre achieves 36% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Jane Eyre achieves 100% performance in this category.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo uses the past tense, was written by Alexandre Dumas and was written in French. It is a novel, and it is an adventure story and a romance.
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
The Count of Monte Cristo achieves 39% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, The Count of Monte Cristo achieves 100% performance in this category.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist uses the past tense, was written by Charles Dickens and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is a detective story and a children's story.
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Genre: Children's Story, Detective
Oliver Twist achieves 25% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Oliver Twist achieves 100% performance in this category.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein uses the past tense, was written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is gothic and science fiction.
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Genre: Gothic, Science Fiction
Frankenstein achieves 25% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Frankenstein achieves 100% performance in this category.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick uses the past tense, was written by Herman Melville and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is an adventure story and an epic.
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Genre: Adventure, Allegory, Epic
Moby Dick achieves 74% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Moby Dick achieves 100% performance in this category.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary uses the past tense, was written by Gustave Flaubert and was written in French. It is a novel, it is fiction prose, and it is told in the third-person omniscient.
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Genre: Fiction Prose
Madame Bovary achieves 28% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Madame Bovary achieves 100% performance in this category.
Ulysses
Ulysses uses the past tense, was written by James Joyce and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is a comic novel and a modernist novel.
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Genre: Comic Novel, Modernist Novel, Quest Novel
Ulysses achieves 36% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, Ulysses achieves 100% performance in this category.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye uses the past tense, was written by J, d, and salinger and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is a bildungsroman (coming-of-age story). It is told in the first-person.
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Genre: Bildungsroman (Coming-of-age Story)
The Catcher in the Rye achieves 13% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, The Catcher in the Rye achieves 100% performance in this category.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage uses the past tense, was written by Stephen Crane and was written in English. It is a novel, and it is a war novel and a drama.
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Genre: Drama, Psychological Drama, War Novel
The Red Badge of Courage achieves 51% performance for genre.
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Type of Work: Novel
Given that users looking for the best overall novels have a preference for novel, play and poem and prefer a larger number of type of work options, The Red Badge of Courage achieves 100% performance in this category.