Contemporaryfiction Books

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The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,445,107 ratings — published 2002
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,576,134 ratings — published 2003
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Middlesex Middlesex (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 658,771 ratings — published 2002
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The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,486,476 ratings — published 2003
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 182,954 ratings — published 2000
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,423,811 ratings — published 2003
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The Time Traveler's Wife The Time Traveler's Wife (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,846,882 ratings — published 2003
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,089,407 ratings — published 1997
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Prep Prep (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.44 — 73,609 ratings — published 2005
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 210,546 ratings — published 2000
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Life of Pi Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,734,314 ratings — published 2001
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 827,956 ratings — published 2010
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,341,423 ratings — published 2001
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High Fidelity High Fidelity (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 212,716 ratings — published 1995
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The Corrections The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 195,302 ratings — published 2001
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 783,456 ratings — published 1998
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 430,521 ratings — published 1963
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,394,974 ratings — published 2005
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The Namesake The Namesake (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 281,069 ratings — published 2003
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.70 — 610,004 ratings — published 2005
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,458,871 ratings — published 1969
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,613,776 ratings — published 2012
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The Alchemist The Alchemist (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,463,040 ratings — published 1988
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 823,866 ratings — published 2005
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,347,260 ratings — published 1985
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The Secret History The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 967,098 ratings — published 1992
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,355,525 ratings — published 2000
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My Sister's Keeper My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,266,908 ratings — published 2004
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,323,697 ratings — published 2020
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 594,424 ratings — published 2012
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The Goldfinch The Goldfinch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,017,997 ratings — published 2013
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Gone Girl Gone Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,379,166 ratings — published 2012
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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 261,925 ratings — published 2008
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The House of the Spirits The House of the Spirits (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 308,519 ratings — published 1982
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,015,441 ratings — published 1996
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For One More Day For One More Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 158,350 ratings — published 2006
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How to Be Good How to Be Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.22 — 57,586 ratings — published 2001
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The Hours The Hours (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 147,394 ratings — published 1998
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Wonder Boys Wonder Boys (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 36,910 ratings — published 1995
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Motherless Brooklyn Motherless Brooklyn (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 42,241 ratings — published 1999
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 432,529 ratings — published 2005
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The History of Love The History of Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 139,670 ratings — published 2005
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.51 — 672,563 ratings — published 1995
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 383,859 ratings — published 2005
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The Things They Carried The Things They Carried (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 339,169 ratings — published 1990
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I Know This Much Is True I Know This Much Is True (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 322,056 ratings — published 1998
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.86 — 566,504 ratings — published 1996
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She’s Come Undone She’s Come Undone (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 358,627 ratings — published 1992
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Everything is Illuminated Everything is Illuminated (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 183,085 ratings — published 2002
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Little Children Little Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as contemporaryfiction)
avg rating 3.64 — 32,890 ratings — published 2004
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