Contemporary

Literature that largely takes place in the present time.

Where the Wildflowers Grow
Racing Hearts
Get Over It, April Evans (Clover Lake, #2)
A Little Buzzed
It's All in Your Head
Bad Asians
Cleaner
Love Me Tomorrow
The Ex-Perimento
The End of Romance
Superfan
The Optimists
The Reservation
Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
To the Death
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  • In Her Own League
    The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    The Correspondent
    Reminders of Him
    Theo of Golden
    Heart the Lover
    The Love Hypothesis
    The Price of Honey
    Half His Age
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    Law Maker (Aristocrats of London, #1)
    My Friends
    Funny Story
    Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
    Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
    In a Holidaze by Christina LaurenHenry the Queen’s Corgi by Georgie CrawleyThe Thirteen Days of Christmas by Jenny OvertonA Pride Christmas in Brooklyn by Shelly LaurenstonArthur's Perfect Christmas by Marc Brown
    Contemporary Gift Book Ideas
    5,205 books — 1,469 voters
    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
    New Series (2013)
    1,053 books — 2,309 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenEasy by Tammara WebberThe Sea of Tranquility by Katja MillayAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
    TO DIE FOR 2012 - 2013 STAND-ALONES
    606 books — 3,026 voters
    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. SmithMy Life Next Door by Huntley FitzpatrickEasy by Tammara WebberPushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
    2012 YA Contemporaries
    261 books — 2,466 voters

    Ugly Love by Colleen HooverInevitable Detour by S.R. GreyBeautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuireLead by Kylie ScottRival by Penelope Douglas
    2014 Romantic Releases (June-September))
    574 books — 2,339 voters
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
    What we've read so far in 2013...
    8,099 books — 2,687 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars
    Fangirl
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    The Hate U Give
    Red, White & Royal Blue
    Normal People
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Looking for Alaska
    Beach Read
    To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
    Eleanor & Park
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    We Were Liars
    Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
    The Love Hypothesis

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