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Popular Contemporary Fiction Books
Popular Contemporary Fiction Books
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon (shelved 314 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 525,314 ratings — published 2003
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by Alice Sebold (shelved 311 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,050,925 ratings — published 2002
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by Khaled Hosseini (shelved 299 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,133,983 ratings — published 2003
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by Yann Martel (shelved 299 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.84 — 683,864 ratings — published 2001
The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback)
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) (shelved 285 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 934,438 ratings — published 2003
The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by Dan Brown (shelved 250 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,080,921 ratings — published 2003
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by Stieg Larsson (shelved 248 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 981,008 ratings — published 2000
Middlesex (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Eugenides (shelved 242 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.90 — 462,793 ratings — published 2002
Room (Hardcover)
by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author) (shelved 217 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.95 — 305,475 ratings — published 2010
Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by Sara Gruen (shelved 213 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 842,645 ratings — published 2006
The Help (Hardcover)
by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) (shelved 206 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 960,345 ratings — published 2009
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Paperback)
by Jonathan Safran Foer (shelved 204 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.99 — 256,391 ratings — published 2005
My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) (shelved 199 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 539,882 ratings — published 2004
The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by Sue Monk Kidd (shelved 186 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.92 — 756,696 ratings — published 2002
The Road (Hardcover)
by Cormac McCarthy (shelved 186 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 355,196 ratings — published 2006
Memoirs of a Geisha (Hardcover)
by Arthur Golden (shelved 177 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.00 — 975,998 ratings — published 1997
The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)
by Amy Tan (shelved 170 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 430,232 ratings — published 1989
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by Khaled Hosseini (shelved 166 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.28 — 522,935 ratings — published 2006
Gone Girl (Hardcover)
by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) (shelved 164 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 378,900 ratings — published 2012
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by Barbara Kingsolver (shelved 162 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 488,335 ratings — published 1998
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by Kazuo Ishiguro (shelved 161 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.76 — 237,412 ratings — published 2005
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 158 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.52 — 428,209 ratings — published 2012
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
by Stieg Larsson (shelved 158 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 370,124 ratings — published 2006
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Paperback)
by Stephen Chbosky (shelved 155 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 408,745 ratings — published 1999
A Visit from the Goon Squad (Hardcover)
by Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 152 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.63 — 107,707 ratings — published 2010
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback)
by Kim Edwards (shelved 148 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.56 — 472,428 ratings — published 2005
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by Dan Brown (shelved 147 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 925,813 ratings — published 2000
Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
by Helen Fielding (shelved 142 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.67 — 483,274 ratings — published 1996
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)
by Stieg Larsson (shelved 136 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 307,518 ratings — published 2007
Atonement (Paperback)
by Ian McEwan (shelved 135 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 274,671 ratings — published 2001
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by Junot Díaz (shelved 133 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 128,194 ratings — published 2001
Fight Club (Paperback)
by Chuck Palahniuk (shelved 131 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 251,175 ratings — published 1996
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 128 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.26 — 239,431 ratings — published 2012
The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) (shelved 127 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.97 — 336,266 ratings — published 1985
Bel Canto (Paperback)
by Ann Patchett (shelved 120 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 137,364 ratings — published 2001
One Day (Hardcover)
by David Nicholls (shelved 119 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.68 — 164,191 ratings — published 2009
The Alchemist (Paperback)
by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) (shelved 118 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.70 — 834,220 ratings — published 1988
She's Come Undone (Paperback)
by Wally Lamb (shelved 116 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 181,332 ratings — published 1992
High Fidelity (Paperback)
by Nick Hornby (shelved 114 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 113,519 ratings — published 1995
The Thirteenth Tale (Hardcover)
by Diane Setterfield (shelved 113 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 189,281 ratings — published 2006
The Virgin Suicides (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Eugenides (shelved 113 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 134,113 ratings — published 1993
White Oleander (Paperback)
by Janet Fitch (Goodreads Author) (shelved 113 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.85 — 164,288 ratings — published 1999
The Corrections (Paperback)
by Jonathan Franzen (shelved 111 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.71 — 92,490 ratings — published 2001
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1)
by Suzanne Collins (shelved 109 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,879,013 ratings — published 2008
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
by Gregory Maguire (shelved 108 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 3.44 — 410,155 ratings — published 1995
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by Michael Chabon (shelved 107 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 125,266 ratings — published 2000
A Prayer for Owen Meany (Paperback)
by John Irving (Goodreads Author) (shelved 106 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 164,146 ratings — published 1989
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)
by Garth Stein (Goodreads Author) (shelved 105 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.13 — 210,512 ratings — published 2008
The Book Thief (Hardcover)
by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) (shelved 104 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 480,049 ratings — published 2005
Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by David Mitchell (shelved 104 times as contemporary-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 148,920 ratings — published 2004
“The moment-when I could no longer face myself in the mirror-wasn't easily explained; nor was the oppressive misery I experienced once I finally became the person I was meant to be but then realized with terrific horror how much I still hated her.”
― Jodi LaPalm, The Choice Not Taken
― Jodi LaPalm, The Choice Not Taken
“Still speaking over me,' she says, meeting my eyes and scoffing. 'You are still that worthless little girl.”
― Rebecca Berto, Precise
― Rebecca Berto, Precise
Love Lust and a Whole Lotta Distrust(Excerpt)
1 chapters — updated Mar 30, 2010 12:35am — 3 people liked it
1 chapters — updated Mar 30, 2010 12:35am — 3 people liked it
