A book for every kind of reader
We have all been there – finding ourselves after a long break between classes with nothing to show except an egregious screen time report from mindless scrolling. The next time you are facing the choice of how to spend your time around campus, make it worthwhile and head to the BRACU Library. The two-storied haven on level 8 is home to books ranging from timeless classics and thrilling mysteries to romance, fantasy, and modern contemporary tales, with new titles getting added to the collection every week. In here, you can always find something fresh to lose yourself in a world of imagination.
Ashraful Abrar Jahin (Freshman, ESS) shares, “Whilst most students use the library for academic purposes, it also offers a great ambience for the casual bookworm; whether it’s a psychological thriller or a timeless classic, the library has a great collection of books and genres to explore and delve into the realm of fiction.”
If you are looking for suggestions, we have compiled an exhaustive list that can be a good place to start:
Literary & Contemporary Fiction
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| A Golden Age | Tahmima Anam | 2007 |
| The Namesake | Jhumpa Lahiri | 2003 |
| Disgrace | J. M. Coetzee | 1999 |
| The House of the Spirits | Isabel Allende | 1982 |
| The Map of Love | Ahdaf Soueif | 1999 |
| Clear Light of Day | Anita Desai | 1980 |
| Fire on the Mountain | Anita Desai | 1977 |
| The First Man | Albert Camus | 1994 (posthumous) |
| Never Flinch | Stephen King | 2025 |
| The Age of Innocence | Edith Wharton | 1920 |
| The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga | 2008 |
| শেষের কবিতা (Shesher Kobita) | রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর | 1929 |
| পথের পাঁচালী (Pather Panchali) | বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় | 1929 |
| ন হন্যতে (Na Hanyate) | মৈত্রেয়ী দেবী | 1974 |
| শেষ বিকেলের মেয়ে (Shesh Bikeler Meye) | জহির রায়হান | 1960 |
| আয়না (Ayna) | আবুল মনসুর আহমদ | 1935 |
| আত্মকথা (Atmakatha) | আবুল মনসুর আহমদ | 1978 |
Romance & Love Stories
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 |
| Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen | 1811 |
| Persuasion | Jane Austen | 1817 |
| Emma | Jane Austen | 1815 |
| The English Patient | Michael Ondaatje | 1992 |
Psychological Fiction
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| Works by Virginia Woolf | Virginia Woolf | Various |
| Works by Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow | Various |
| Works by Joseph Conrad | Joseph Conrad | Various |
| Works by Doris Lessing | Doris Lessing | Various |
| Works by Penelope Lively | Penelope Lively | Various |
| Works by Graham Swift | Graham Swift | Various |
| Works by John Updike | John Updike | Various |
Magical Realism & World Literature
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | 1967 |
| The Elephant Vanishes | Haruki Murakami | 1993 |
Classics
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| Hard Times | Charles Dickens | 1854 |
| Bleak House | Charles Dickens | 1853 |
| Great Expectations | Charles Dickens | 1861 |
| Sons and Lovers | D. H. Lawrence | 1913 |
| Fathers and Sons | Ivan Turgenev | 1862 |
| The House of the Seven Gables | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 1851 |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1868 |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1880 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 1960 |
| The Tempest | William Shakespeare | 1623 (First Folio) |
| Animal Farm | George Orwell | 1945 |
Science Fiction
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| The Testaments | Margaret Atwood | 2019 |
| Prophet Song | Paul Lynch | 2023 |
Historical Fiction
| Title | Author | Published Year |
| Catch-22 | Joseph Heller | 1961 |
| All We Have is Time | Amy Tordoff | 2026 |
| The London Bookshop Affair | Louise Fein | 2024 |
