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The Ultimate Contemporary Novels List

Below is a curated selection of must-read modern literature that captures the diverse voices and themes of our time. Check off the books you have read and discover new ones to add to your reading journey. Happy reading!
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
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Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
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The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
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Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Gone Girl
Gone Girl
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Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
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Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe (Madeline Miller)
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The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
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A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
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Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
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The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
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American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
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Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
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Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
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Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist
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The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
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The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
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It (Stephen King)
It (Stephen King)
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
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The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides)
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The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
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The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
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Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
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The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
I Am Malala (Malala Yousafzai)
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Holes
Holes
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
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The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
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