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Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,980,354 ratings — published 2018
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,783,113 ratings — published 2001
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,110,208 ratings — published 1992
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 905,468 ratings — published 2005
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,594,019 ratings — published 2003
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,542,479 ratings — published 1985
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,347,912 ratings — published 2017
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,077,609 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 — 1,628,818 ratings — published 2003
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 671,613 ratings — published 2002
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 282,834 ratings — published 2007
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,149,574 ratings — published 2023
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,485,005 ratings — published 2017
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 998,654 ratings — published 2015
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 424,480 ratings — published 2013
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 765,743 ratings — published 1987
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.59 — 612,807 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,385,758 ratings — published 2017
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,541,923 ratings — published 2012
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 576,431 ratings — published 2001
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,485,609 ratings — published 2002
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,772,412 ratings — published 2018
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,875,772 ratings — published 2003
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,086,099 ratings — published 2009
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,080,973 ratings — published 2006
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,452,449 ratings — published 2022
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,547,639 ratings — published 2022
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 255,386 ratings — published 2010
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,643,521 ratings — published 2020
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,271,527 ratings — published 2012
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 382,183 ratings — published 1989
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 717,516 ratings — published 1989
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 810,141 ratings — published 1998
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 274,282 ratings — published 2004
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 437,234 ratings — published 1993
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 43 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 847,528 ratings — published 2010
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 439,043 ratings — published 2019
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 572,469 ratings — published 2002
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,938,160 ratings — published 2019
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.66 — 404,547 ratings — published 2016
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 643,337 ratings — published 2014
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,058,635 ratings — published 2014
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 216,325 ratings — published 2000
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,806,596 ratings — published 2007
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,723,774 ratings — published 2006
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 661,497 ratings — published 1996
White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 179,912 ratings — published 2000
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,727,060 ratings — published 1988
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 348,067 ratings — published 2009
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.65 — 446,094 ratings — published 2007