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Contemporary Fiction

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1
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
24,783 members, 593 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: FoxandVellum (1), kara.shamy (1), ahef1963 (1), neicybee (1)

2
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
11,915 members, 420 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: neicybee (2), kara.shamy (3), ahef1963 (4)

3
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
15,581 members, 457 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), ahef1963 (3), neicybee (9)

4
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,482 members, 122 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), ahef1963 (5), neicybee (12)

5
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
17,277 members, 320 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), ahef1963 (8), neicybee (16)

6
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
4,438 members, 310 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: neicybee (7), kara.shamy (20), ahef1963 (27)

7
The Girls
by Emma Cline
2,521 members, 223 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: proserpinarex (1), kara.shamy (27)

8
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,691 members, 588 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), neicybee (8)

9
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett
5,353 members, 357 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: neicybee (4), ahef1963 (6)

10
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
17,092 members, 370 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5), ahef1963 (7)

11
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
11,497 members, 207 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), ahef1963 (11)

12
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
10,312 members, 156 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), ahef1963 (14)

13
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
11,094 members, 684 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9), ahef1963 (15)

14
Euphoria
by Lily King
2,000 members, 135 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12), neicybee (15)

15
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
6,839 members, 529 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10), ahef1963 (21)

16
The Orphan Master's Son
by Adam Johnson
3,264 members, 249 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), ahef1963 (23)

17
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
12,608 members, 722 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), neicybee (18)

18
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,032 members, 168 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), neicybee (19)

19
The Other Hand
by Chris Cleave
7,456 members, 491 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18), neicybee (21)

20
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,221 members, 110 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18), neicybee (22)

21
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
8,468 members, 388 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (15), ahef1963 (30)

22
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
6,690 members, 177 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16), ahef1963 (31)

23
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
6,266 members, 175 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), ahef1963 (32)

24
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
2,800 members, 183 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (23), neicybee (25)

25
My Name Is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
2,733 members, 230 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (24), neicybee (26)

26
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
5,251 members, 286 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (25), neicybee (27)

27
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
2,703 members, 167 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (26), neicybee (28)

28
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
2,707 members, 170 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (29), neicybee (29)

29
Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler
1,402 members, 206 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: neicybee (30), kara.shamy (32)

30
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
10,343 members, 222 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: neicybee (3)

31
Bastard Out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
4,632 members, 111 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: neicybee (5)

32
Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
3,851 members, 62 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: neicybee (6)

33
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,231 members, 232 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9)

34
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
11,572 members, 172 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

35
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
8,422 members, 567 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: neicybee (10)

36
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
6,118 members, 290 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: neicybee (11)

37
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
13,474 members, 1,108 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12)

38
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
23,623 members, 456 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13)

39
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
10,668 members, 233 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

40
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
4,203 members, 215 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: neicybee (13)

41
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
1,809 members, 89 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: neicybee (14)

42
Cat's Eye
by Margaret Atwood
8,280 members, 141 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

44
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
7,127 members, 323 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19)

45
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,484 members, 247 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19)

46
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
8,302 members, 497 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: neicybee (20)

47
The Robber Bride
by Margaret Atwood
6,705 members, 121 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20)

48
Tinkers
by Paul Harding
3,084 members, 216 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (21)

49
Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
6,944 members, 624 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

50
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
2,987 members, 158 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (22)

51
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
3,245 members, 102 reviews
3.15 stars (3.15 stars)

Lists: neicybee (23)

52
The Round House
by Louise Erdrich
3,276 members, 209 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: neicybee (24)

53
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,018 members, 65 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24)

54
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki
3,287 members, 212 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25)

55
The Wonder
by Emma Donoghue
1,691 members, 145 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26)

56
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
15,302 members, 369 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28)

57
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2,517 members, 117 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (28)

58
House Of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
12,279 members, 314 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (29)

59
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
1,971 members, 189 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (30)

60
Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
1,550 members, 123 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (31)

61
The Burning Girl
by Claire Messud
446 members, 31 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: neicybee (31)

62
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
5,910 members, 473 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33)

63
Eileen
by Ottessa Moshfegh
1,264 members, 84 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (33)

64
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
5,292 members, 421 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (34)

65
Fourth of July Creek
by Smith Henderson
793 members, 47 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (34)

66
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,645 members, 268 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35)

67
Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
789 members, 47 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (35)

68
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
5,984 members, 478 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (36)

69
Marlena
by Julie Buntin
435 members, 39 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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70
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
12,018 members, 371 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

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71
The Ladies of Grace Adieu
by Susanna Clarke
3,762 members, 115 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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72
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
11,135 members, 608 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (38)

73
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
5,324 members, 379 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38)

74
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
7,009 members, 494 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (39)

75
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
5,170 members, 374 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39)

76
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
4,139 members, 107 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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77
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5,448 members, 296 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

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78
The Luminaries
by Eleanor Catton
3,954 members, 227 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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79
The Children's Book
by A. S. Byatt
3,489 members, 197 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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80
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
3,964 members, 247 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (44)

81
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
3,030 members, 214 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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82
Last Orders
by Graham Swift
2,496 members, 40 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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83
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
2,530 members, 182 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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84
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
2,473 members, 135 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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85
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
2,383 members, 108 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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86
The Orchardist: A Novel
by Amanda Coplin
1,660 members, 128 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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87
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
3,583 members, 195 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

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88
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
2,587 members, 175 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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89
Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf
1,864 members, 193 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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90
A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
2,087 members, 93 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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91
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
2,119 members, 142 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

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92
The Nix
by Nathan Hill
1,631 members, 84 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

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93
Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
1,105 members, 95 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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94
How to Be Both
by Ali Smith
1,204 members, 39 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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95
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
2,626 members, 218 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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97
The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
1,346 members, 85 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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98
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne
1,458 members, 115 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (62)

99
How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig
1,471 members, 89 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (63)

100
Outline
by Rachel Cusk
1,242 members, 81 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

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