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Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,004,976 ratings — published 2018
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,789,413 ratings — published 2001
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,129,341 ratings — published 1992
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,616,664 ratings — published
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 916,409 ratings — published 2005
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,355,824 ratings — published 2017
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,566,960 ratings — published 1985
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,086,037 ratings — published 2013
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,635,850 ratings — published 2003
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 673,394 ratings — published 2002
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,174,381 ratings — published 2023
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 283,699 ratings — published 2007
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,014,615 ratings — published 2015
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,497,552 ratings — published 2017
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 427,050 ratings — published 2013
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.59 — 624,558 ratings — published 2018
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 774,408 ratings — published 1987
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,449,333 ratings — published 2017
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,562,928 ratings — published 2012
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 579,268 ratings — published 2001
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,879,177 ratings — published 2003
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,490,417 ratings — published 2002
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,592,689 ratings — published 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,801,780 ratings — published 2018
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,284,374 ratings — published 2012
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,472,823 ratings — published 2022
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,101,487 ratings — published 2009
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,090,764 ratings — published 2006
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,686,600 ratings — published 2020
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 256,545 ratings — published 2010
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 719,099 ratings — published 1989
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 814,379 ratings — published 1998
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 387,348 ratings — published 1989
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 445,330 ratings — published 2019
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 849,487 ratings — published 2010
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 275,859 ratings — published 2004
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 442,183 ratings — published 1993
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,954,717 ratings — published 2019
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 649,880 ratings — published 2014
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 574,449 ratings — published 2002
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 411,524 ratings — published 2016
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,073,708 ratings — published 2014
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,823,198 ratings — published 2007
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 217,076 ratings — published 2000
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,728,032 ratings — published 2006
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 665,140 ratings — published 1996
White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 181,110 ratings — published 2000
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,762,004 ratings — published 1988
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.65 — 461,306 ratings — published 2007
Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,147,028 ratings — published 1997