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12284. These contemporary fiction books will give you plenty of options to add to your lifetime reading list. These are some of the best modern novels, and many of these realistic books straddle the line of literary fiction and popular fiction, making them compelling, highly readable and discussable books.
Sep 21, 2019 · by Rebecca Skloot (2010) Henrietta Lacks was a black American who died in agony of cancer in a “coloured” hospital ward in 1951. Her cells, taken without her knowledge during a biopsy, went on ...
May 11, 2020 · According to me, at least—it’s also one of DeLillo’s most polarizing novels, so you might as well read it, at least to have an opinion on the matter. Thomas Bernhard, tr. Jack Dawson, The Loser (190 pages) Possibly the best ill-tempered 190 page monologue in contemporary literature, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Feb 23, 2023 · A Little Life has become known as the book with content warnings. Don’t read A Little Life and expect an easy read with a happy ending.But I still think it’s a book that offers beauty and – at times – a glimmer of hope. Hanya Yanagihara’s modern classic novel is a group coming-of-age story about four bright and ambitious men who meet at college as randomly assigned roommates and ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Bright Lights and Summer Nights (Black Tie Billionaires, #3) by. Kat Singleton (Goodreads Author) Release date: Jun 20, 2024. Enter to win a paperback of this age gap, opposites attract, fake relationship where he falls first, sports romance. View Details ».
1. 1Q84 by Haruki Marukami. Buy on Amazon. Add to library. As the first decade of the 21st century came to a close, the Japanese master of magical realism Haruki Marukami published 1Q84 — a novel that can only be defined as the Eastern version of 1984, but on acid. Marukami’s novel starts in 1984, when a woman named Aomame assassinates a ...
Sep 17, 2018 · The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst (October 1, 2004) Sometimes a book just feels monumental. The Line of Beauty follows a young gay man, Nick, who lives with the family of a Tory MP under ...
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avg rating 3.94 — 523,733 ratings — published 2001. Books shelved as contemporary-literary-fiction: The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuo...
May 22, 2024 · Peter Florence, chair of the 2019 judges and founder of the famous Hay Festival, tells us why the books on this year’s shortlist are gripping, enthralling must-reads. The best of contemporary fiction, as recommended by the experts on Five Books. From Booker Prize shortlists to reading lists on a range of literary themes.
