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Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,950,677 ratings — published 2019
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,433,992 ratings — published 2017
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,611,185 ratings — published 2003
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,582,130 ratings — published 2022
The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.65 — 2,381,299 ratings — published 2015
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,281,124 ratings — published 2012
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,467,771 ratings — published 2022
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,902,892 ratings — published 2022
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,627,614 ratings — published 2020
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.59 — 621,809 ratings — published 2018
Everything I Never Told You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.83 — 627,268 ratings — published 2014
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,878,341 ratings — published 2003
The Unmaking of June Farrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.10 — 219,271 ratings — published 2023
Julie Chan Is Dead (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.44 — 69,092 ratings — published 2025
Schemes & Scandals (A Rip Through Time, #3.5)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,625 ratings — published 2024
Atmosphere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,042,153 ratings — published 2025
London Calling (City Spies #6)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.54 — 3,221 ratings — published
City of the Dead (City Spies #4)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.43 — 5,166 ratings — published 2023
Carrie Soto Is Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.19 — 782,314 ratings — published 2022
Sky Daddy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.79 — 29,698 ratings — published 2025
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,073,210 ratings — published 1999
82년생 김지영 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.16 — 201,288 ratings — published 2016
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,483,148 ratings — published 2014
When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.86 — 249,137 ratings — published 2022
The Guest List (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,361,011 ratings — published 2020
Rouge (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.53 — 55,179 ratings — published 2023
Once There Were Wolves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.09 — 151,797 ratings — published 2021
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.31 — 752,588 ratings — published 2001
The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.04 — 58,299 ratings — published 2021
Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.51 — 16,493 ratings — published 2022
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.04 — 377,688 ratings — published 2014
One Italian Summer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.58 — 318,487 ratings — published 2022
Love in the Time of Serial Killers (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.28 — 67,361 ratings — published 2022
By Any Other Name (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.72 — 19,395 ratings — published 2022
Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.57 — 67,641 ratings — published 2022
Stone Heart (Dark Olympus, #0.5)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.37 — 17,577 ratings — published 2022
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,168,119 ratings — published 2023
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.77 — 476,527 ratings — published 2017
The Do-Over (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.90 — 221,530 ratings — published 2022
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,833,087 ratings — published 2016
Recitatif (Audiobook)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.29 — 35,491 ratings — published 1983
Below Zero (The STEMinist Novellas, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.56 — 171,790 ratings — published 2022
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.47 — 428,684 ratings — published 2016
Dream On (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.56 — 12,813 ratings — published 2022
Our Missing Hearts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.79 — 219,980 ratings — published 2022
The No-Show (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.78 — 120,737 ratings — published 2022
Electric Idol (Dark Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.94 — 130,258 ratings — published 2022
Love on the Brain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 3.90 — 693,307 ratings — published 2022
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,005,906 ratings — published 2006
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as contemporary-historical)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,353,751 ratings — published 2017