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Contemporary Lit Books
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Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,763,275 ratings — published 2001
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,905,435 ratings — published 2018
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 871,322 ratings — published 2005
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,055,647 ratings — published 1992
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,526,957 ratings — published 2003
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,465,246 ratings — published 1985
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,325,164 ratings — published 2017
The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,052,376 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 — 1,607,982 ratings — published 2003
Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 666,215 ratings — published 2002
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 951,907 ratings — published 2015
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.89 — 280,108 ratings — published 2007
Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.99 — 741,357 ratings — published 1987
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,446,257 ratings — published 2017
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 416,915 ratings — published 2013
Yellowface (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,072,306 ratings — published 2023
Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,479,358 ratings — published 2012
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,470,398 ratings — published 2002
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 567,832 ratings — published 2001
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.60 — 579,490 ratings — published 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,191,126 ratings — published 2017
The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 48 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,864,993 ratings — published 2003
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,679,236 ratings — published 2018
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,042,830 ratings — published 2009
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,520,161 ratings — published 2020
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.14 — 366,965 ratings — published 1989
A Man Called Ove (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,233,099 ratings — published 2012
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 251,392 ratings — published 2010
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,051,865 ratings — published 2006
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,390,752 ratings — published 2022
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 270,223 ratings — published 2004
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 798,735 ratings — published 1998
Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 555,978 ratings — published 2002
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 420,682 ratings — published 1993
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 712,223 ratings — published 1989
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,313,761 ratings — published 2022
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 418,693 ratings — published 2019
Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 623,926 ratings — published 2014
All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,003,972 ratings — published 2014
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 840,211 ratings — published 2010
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.19 — 213,949 ratings — published 2000
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,759,047 ratings — published 2007
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,709,257 ratings — published 2006
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,624,344 ratings — published 1988
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,882,453 ratings — published 2019
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.67 — 383,984 ratings — published 2016
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 649,181 ratings — published 1996
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,359,207 ratings — published 2001
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 342,332 ratings — published 2009
White Teeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as contemporary-lit)
avg rating 3.79 — 176,522 ratings — published 2000
