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Contemporary Fiction

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

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1
Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
25,596 members, 607 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

2
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
12,277 members, 427 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

3
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
16,643 members, 480 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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

4
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,705 members, 132 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

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

5
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
17,951 members, 328 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

6
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
5,023 members, 331 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

7
The Girls
by Emma Cline
2,769 members, 229 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

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

8
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
24,409 members, 593 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), neicybee (8)

9
State of Wonder
by Ann Patchett
5,580 members, 364 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: neicybee (4), ahef1963 (6)

10
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
17,694 members, 385 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

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

11
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
11,826 members, 211 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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

12
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
10,676 members, 161 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

13
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
10,829 members, 238 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: neicybee (3), kara.shamy (74)

14
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
12,190 members, 720 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

15
Euphoria
by Lily King
2,193 members, 138 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

16
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
7,294 members, 551 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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

17
The Orphan Master's Son
by Adam Johnson
3,478 members, 260 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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

18
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
14,248 members, 763 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

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

19
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
8,308 members, 175 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), neicybee (19)

20
The Other Hand
by Chris Cleave
7,738 members, 498 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (18), neicybee (21)

21
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,405 members, 114 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

22
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
8,884 members, 400 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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

23
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan
6,928 members, 180 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

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

24
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai
6,458 members, 179 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

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

25
Fates and Furies
by Lauren Groff
3,094 members, 189 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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

26
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
8,973 members, 584 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: neicybee (10), kara.shamy (75)

27
My Name Is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
3,029 members, 246 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

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

28
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
6,302 members, 311 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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

29
Commonwealth
by Ann Patchett
2,993 members, 175 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

30
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
3,122 members, 181 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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

31
The Keep
by Jennifer Egan
1,875 members, 90 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: neicybee (14), kara.shamy (76)

32
Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler
1,494 members, 212 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

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

33
Bastard out of Carolina
by Dorothy Allison
4,795 members, 114 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: neicybee (5)

34
Breathing Lessons
by Anne Tyler
3,973 members, 65 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: neicybee (6)

35
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,593 members, 235 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9)

36
Snow Falling on Cedars
by David Guterson
11,967 members, 176 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

37
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl
6,279 members, 299 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: neicybee (11)

38
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
14,816 members, 1,161 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12)

39
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
24,414 members, 471 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13)

40
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
11,122 members, 240 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

41
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
4,298 members, 216 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: neicybee (13)

42
Cat's Eye
by Margaret Atwood
8,510 members, 145 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

44
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
7,443 members, 331 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19)

45
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,310 members, 272 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19)

46
Cutting for Stone
by Abraham Verghese
8,718 members, 506 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: neicybee (20)

47
The Robber Bride
by Margaret Atwood
6,899 members, 124 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20)

48
Tinkers
by Paul Harding
3,234 members, 219 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (21)

49
Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan
7,409 members, 656 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

50
Tenth of December: Stories
by George Saunders
3,282 members, 166 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (22)

51
The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud
3,325 members, 103 reviews
3.15 stars (3.15 stars)

Lists: neicybee (23)

52
The Round House
by Louise Erdrich
3,463 members, 213 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: neicybee (24)

53
The Unconsoled
by Kazuo Ishiguro
3,194 members, 70 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24)

54
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki
3,630 members, 224 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25)

55
The Wonder
by Emma Donoghue
1,855 members, 153 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26)

56
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
15,581 members, 378 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28)

57
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2,988 members, 130 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (28)

58
House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
13,261 members, 337 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (29)

59
News of the World
by Paulette Jiles
2,396 members, 200 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (30)

60
Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
1,704 members, 127 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (31)

61
The Burning Girl
by Claire Messud
473 members, 34 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: neicybee (31)

62
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
6,252 members, 475 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33)

63
Eileen
by Ottessa Moshfegh
1,444 members, 88 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (33)

64
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
by Helen Simonson
5,520 members, 431 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (34)

65
Fourth of July Creek
by Smith Henderson
838 members, 48 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (34)

66
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,007 members, 281 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35)

67
Red Clocks
by Leni Zumas
914 members, 55 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (35)

68
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
6,449 members, 496 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (36)

69
Marlena
by Julie Buntin
473 members, 40 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (36)

70
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
12,407 members, 383 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (37)

71
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
by Susanna Clarke
3,896 members, 116 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37)

72
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
11,938 members, 619 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (38)

73
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
6,509 members, 433 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38)

74
The Sense of an Ending
by Julian Barnes
7,441 members, 508 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (39)

75
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman
6,243 members, 427 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39)

76
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
4,295 members, 108 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (40)

77
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
6,191 members, 329 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (41)

78
The Luminaries
by Eleanor Catton
4,265 members, 228 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (42)

79
The Children's Book
by A. S. Byatt
3,576 members, 201 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (43)

80
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
4,785 members, 274 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (44)

81
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
by Karen Joy Fowler
3,263 members, 225 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (45)

82
Last Orders
by Graham Swift
2,594 members, 40 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (46)

83
The Interestings
by Meg Wolitzer
2,710 members, 190 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (47)

84
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
2,672 members, 139 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (48)

85
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
2,675 members, 117 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (49)

86
The Orchardist
by Amanda Coplin
1,771 members, 132 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (50)

87
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
4,580 members, 224 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (51)

88
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
2,900 members, 194 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (52)

89
Our Souls at Night
by Kent Haruf
2,024 members, 199 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (53)

90
A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
2,322 members, 98 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (54)

91
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
2,372 members, 152 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (55)

92
The Nix
by Nathan Hill
1,807 members, 93 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (56)

93
Did You Ever Have a Family
by Bill Clegg
1,148 members, 96 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (57)

94
How to Be Both
by Ali Smith
1,347 members, 43 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (58)

95
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
3,087 members, 235 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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97
The Mothers
by Brit Bennett
1,546 members, 84 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (61)

98
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne
1,721 members, 125 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (62)

99
How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig
1,855 members, 104 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (63)

100
Outline
by Rachel Cusk
1,437 members, 91 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

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