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100 Best Contemporary Literary Fiction (Around the Last 30 Years) - From LibraryThing

About This List - Started by - LisaMaria_C January 2012
First 100 books on the list "Best Contemporary Literary Fiction (Around the Last 30 Years)" from LibraryThing (https://www.librarything.com/list/141/all/Best-Contemporary-Literary-Fiction-Around-the-Last-30-Years-)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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Possession
Possession
4
Unbearable Lightn/Being (Czechia)
Unbearable Lightn/Being (Czechia)
5
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
6
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
7
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
8
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
9
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany
10
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
11
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
12
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
13
Poisonwood Bible
Poisonwood Bible
14
Middlesex
Middlesex
15
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
16
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
17
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
18
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
19
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
20
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
21
Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Japan)
Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Japan)
22
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
23
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
24
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres
25
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
26
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
27
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
28
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
29
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
30
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
31
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
32
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
33
Blindness
Blindness
34
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
35
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
36
Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
37
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
38
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
39
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
40
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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