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Contemporary Fiction

Fiction that grapples with the world as we know it.

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  • Commonwealth: A Novel

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    Author Virginia Woolf
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    Author Christina Baker Kline
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    Author Kim Michele Richardson
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    Author Kate Atkinson
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    Author Kate Elizabeth Russell
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    Author Chris Cleave
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    Author Jessica Knoll
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    Author Josh Malerman
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    Author Laurie Frankel
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    Author Erma Bombeck
  • Nineteen Minutes: A novel

    Author Jodi Picoult
  • The Storyteller

    Author Jodi Picoult
  • Sarah's Key

    Author Tatiana de Rosnay
  • Nothing to See Here

    Author Kevin Wilson

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  • Infinite Country: A Novel

    Author Patricia Engel
  • Mouths Don't Speak

    Author Katia D. Ulysse
  • Inconvenient Daughter

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    Author Kristin Hannah
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    Author David Duchovny
  • Girls with Bright Futures: A Novel

    Author Tracy Dobmeier
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    Author Justin Deabler
  • The Narrowboat Summer

    Author Anne Youngson
  • The Schrödinger Girl

    Author Laurel Brett
  • The Divines: A Novel

    Author Ellie Eaton
  • Siri, Who Am I?

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  • A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself

    Author Peter Ho Davies
  • The Days of Wine and Covid

    Author Elizabeth Berg
  • Dark Tides: A Novel

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    Author Felicity Hayes-McCoy
  • To Be a Man: Stories

    Author Nicole Krauss
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    Author Timothy Brandoff
  • The Cold Millions: A Novel

    Author Jess Walter
  • Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel

    Author Emily M. Danforth
  • The Silence

    Author Don DeLillo
  • Ring Shout

    Author P. Djeli Clark
  • Leave the World Behind: A Novel

    Author Rumaan Alam
  • Earthlings: A Novel

    Author Sayaka Murata
  • A Lover's Discourse

    Author Xiaolu Guo
  • Jack: A Novel

    Author Marilynne Robinson
  • The End of the Day

    Author Bill Clegg
  • Anxious People: A Novel

    Author Fredrik Backman

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  • Mrs. Fletcher

    Author Tom Perrotta
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    Author Chuck Palahniuk
  • The Behavior of Love: A Novel

    Author Virginia Reeves
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    Author Wayétu Moore
  • Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

    Author Elena Ferrante
  • The Overstory

    Author Richard Powers
  • The Rosie Project: A Novel

    Author Graeme Simsion
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    Author David Wong
  • The Pleasing Hour: A Novel

    Author Lily King
  • The Coldest Winter Ever

    Author Sister Souljah
  • We Are All Good People Here: A Novel

    Author Susan Rebecca White
  • Slightly South of Simple

    Author Kristy Woodson Harvey
  • Play It as It Lays: A Novel

    Author Joan Didion
  • Where The Story Starts

    Author Imogen Clark
  • The Ever After: A Novel

    Author Sarah Pekkanen
  • She Regrets Nothing: A Novel

    Author Andrea Dunlop
  • The Ash Family: A Novel

    Author Molly Dektar
  • The Door

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    Our top picks for the fiction that illuminates the world around us.
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