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Contemporary Lit Books
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Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,935,548 ratings — published 2018
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,771,492 ratings — published 2001
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,078,822 ratings — published 1992
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 885,713 ratings — published 2005
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,554,132 ratings — published 2003
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,497,112 ratings — published 1985
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,334,099 ratings — published 2017
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,063,361 ratings — published 2013
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,616,865 ratings — published 2003
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 668,641 ratings — published 2002
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 281,330 ratings — published 2007
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,463,153 ratings — published 2017
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 420,195 ratings — published 2013
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 751,459 ratings — published 1987
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 971,385 ratings — published 2015
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,105,766 ratings — published 2023
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,505,317 ratings — published 2012
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,476,783 ratings — published 2002
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 571,512 ratings — published 2001
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,261,726 ratings — published 2017
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,716,742 ratings — published 2018
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.59 — 592,990 ratings — published 2018
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,869,670 ratings — published 2003
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,059,614 ratings — published 2009
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,418,063 ratings — published 2022
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,567,132 ratings — published 2020
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,249,570 ratings — published 2012
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 253,100 ratings — published 2010
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,064,374 ratings — published 2006
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,414,391 ratings — published 2022
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 272,095 ratings — published 2004
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 803,205 ratings — published 1998
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 373,303 ratings — published 1989
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 714,603 ratings — published 1989
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 427,650 ratings — published 2019
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 632,519 ratings — published 2014
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 843,663 ratings — published 2010
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 562,163 ratings — published 2002
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 427,268 ratings — published 1993
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,027,877 ratings — published 2014
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 214,993 ratings — published 2000
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,906,310 ratings — published 2019
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,777,775 ratings — published 2007
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,715,420 ratings — published 2006
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,666,673 ratings — published 1988
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.67 — 393,223 ratings — published 2016
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 654,393 ratings — published 1996
White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 177,872 ratings — published 2000
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,364,088 ratings — published 2001
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 344,687 ratings — published 2009
