Contemporary

Literature that largely takes place in the present time.

The Last Page
The Last Book Club
Night Objects
Safari Murder Party
We Dance Upon Demons
Hungered
Soon by You
A Sprinkle of Sweet Serendipity
Reality Bites
I, Spy
Artifacts
New Skin
It's Hard to Be an Animal
Where the Water Meets the Sky
Returns and Exchanges
  • Miss Devine by M K Rivers
    Miss Devine
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    Release date: Apr 15, 2026
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  • Taming the Heart by Elliott Rose
    Taming the Heart (Crimson Ridge #3)
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    Release date: Jun 30, 2026
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  • All the Men I've Loved Again by Christine Pride
    All the Men I've Loved Again: A Novel

    Release date: Jun 09, 2026
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  • The Correspondent
    Theo of Golden
    The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
    The Love Hypothesis
    Heart the Lover
    S'more of You (Summer Lovin' collection)
    Mad Mabel
    Reminders of Him
    Funny Story
    Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
    Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    Frozen Heart (Perfectly Imperfect, #12)
    The Things We Never Say
    Archer's Voice by Mia SheridanMaybe Someday by Colleen HooverUgly Love by Colleen HooverPlay by Kylie ScottBeautiful Player by Christina Lauren
    Top Ten Romances Of 2014
    808 books — 3,075 voters
    P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny HanThe Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie WestAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenSaint Anything by Sarah DessenMy Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
    2015 Contemporary YA
    325 books — 1,303 voters

    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboConsequences (Consequences, #1) A Dark Wealth and Power Romance by Aleatha RomigThe Addiction Manifesto by Jerry WeaverBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireTruth by Aleatha Romig
    New Authors to Read
    4,592 books — 4,986 voters
    The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
    I Don't Understand All That Fuss
    1,014 books — 2,629 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
    262 books — 2,467 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...
    8,129 books — 2,773 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars
    Fangirl
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    The Hate U Give
    Normal People
    Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
    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
    The Love Hypothesis
    Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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