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Contemporary Lit Books
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Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,868,073 ratings — published 2018
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,754,172 ratings — published 2001
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 854,874 ratings — published 2005
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,424,848 ratings — published 1985
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,029,327 ratings — published 1992
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,494,849 ratings — published 2003
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,313,458 ratings — published 2017
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,040,948 ratings — published 2013
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,597,926 ratings — published 2003
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 663,614 ratings — published 2002
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 928,260 ratings — published 2015
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 278,695 ratings — published 2007
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 412,773 ratings — published 2013
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 729,915 ratings — published 1987
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,425,577 ratings — published 2017
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,462,711 ratings — published 2002
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,031,381 ratings — published 2023
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 563,619 ratings — published 2001
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,099,545 ratings — published 2017
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.60 — 564,503 ratings — published 2018
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,858,032 ratings — published 2003
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,448,780 ratings — published 2012
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,022,293 ratings — published 2009
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,213,830 ratings — published 2012
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 249,568 ratings — published 2010
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 360,245 ratings — published 1989
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,629,333 ratings — published 2018
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,354,853 ratings — published 2022
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 267,867 ratings — published 2004
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,460,035 ratings — published 2020
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 793,844 ratings — published 1998
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,037,204 ratings — published 2006
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 548,811 ratings — published 2002
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 613,831 ratings — published 2014
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,237,526 ratings — published 2022
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 413,474 ratings — published 1993
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 709,732 ratings — published 1989
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,701,338 ratings — published 2006
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,976,812 ratings — published 2014
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 835,162 ratings — published 2010
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,736,361 ratings — published 2007
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 212,838 ratings — published 2000
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 406,230 ratings — published 2019
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 643,347 ratings — published 1996
White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 175,019 ratings — published 2000
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,353,074 ratings — published 2001
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,571,779 ratings — published 1988
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 339,972 ratings — published 2009
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,851,229 ratings — published 2019
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.67 — 374,046 ratings — published 2016
