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100 Contemporary Books to Add to Your To-Read List

The classics are wonderful, of course, but there are a lot of voices missing from them, and it would be great to see more support for contemporary authors!
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All Grown Up (Jami Attenberg)
All Grown Up
1
Jami Attenberg
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
2
Anthony Doerr
All That She Carried (Tiya Miles)
All That She Carried
3
Tiya Miles
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
4
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An Unnecessary Woman (Rabih Alameddine)
An Unnecessary Woman
5
Rabih Alameddine
Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer)
Annihilation
6
Jeff Vandermeer
The Bear and the Nightingale (Katherine Arden)
The Bear and the Nightingale
7
Katherine Arden
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
8
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
9
Ben Fountain
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women
10
Marlon James
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
11
Trevor Noah
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
12
Marlon James
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
13
Isabel Wilkerson
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
14
Madeline Miller
The City of Brass (S.A.Chakraborty)
The City of Brass
15
S.A.Chakraborty
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
16
Ann Patchett
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (Anthony Marra)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
17
Anthony Marra
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Michelle Zauner)
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
18
Michelle Zauner
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
19
Abraham Verghese
Disability Visibility (Alice Wong)
Disability Visibility
20
Alice Wong
Dominicana (Angie Cruz)
Dominicana
21
Angie Cruz
The Dragons, the Giant, the Woman (Wayétu Moore)
The Dragons, the Giant, the Woman
22
Wayétu Moore
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
23
Tara Westover
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
24
Celeste Ng
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
25
Mohsin Hamed
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
26
N. K. Jemisin
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
27
Alison Bechdel
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
28
Amor Towles
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth
29
Tamsyn Muir
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
30
Bernardine Evaristo
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
31
Donna Tartt
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
32
Gillian Flynn
Good Talk (Mira Jacob)
Good Talk
33
Mira Jacob
H Is for Hawk (Helen MacDonald)
H Is for Hawk
34
Helen MacDonald
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
35
Maggie O'farrell
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
36
Edmund De Waal
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
37
Angie Thomas
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
38
Yaa Gyasi
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Tj Klune)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
39
Tj Klune
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
40
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