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

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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
1
Margaret Atwood
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
2
Khaled Hosseini
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
3
A.S. Byatt
Unbearable Lightn/Being (Czechia)
Unbearable Lightn/Being
4
Czechia
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
5
Umberto Eco
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
6
Salman Rushdie
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
8
Annie Proulx
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
9
John Irving
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
10
Mark Haddon
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
11
John Irving
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
12
Audrey Niffenegger
Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara)
Poisonwood Bible
13
Kingsolver, Barbara
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
14
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
15
Markus Zusak
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
16
Alice Walker
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
17
David Mitchell
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
18
Khaled Hosseini
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
19
Patrick Suskind
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
20
Michael Chabon
Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Japan)
Wind Up Bird Chronicle
21
Japan
Water for Elephants (Sara Gruen)
Water for Elephants
22
Sara Gruen
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague (Geraldine Brooks)
Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague
23
Geraldine Brooks
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres
24
Jane Smiley
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
25
Ian McEwan
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
26
Pat Conroy
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
27
Kazuo Ishiguro
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
28
Art Spiegelman
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
29
Nick Hornby
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
30
Margaret Atwood
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
31
Michael Cunningham
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barberry)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
32
Muriel Barberry
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
33
José Saramago
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Thirteenth Tale
34
Diane Setterfield
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
35
Neil Gaiman
Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
Fall on Your Knees
36
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
37
J. M. Coetzee
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
38
Jonathan Franzen
Bel Canto (Ann Pratchett)
Bel Canto
39
Ann Pratchett
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
40
Cormac McCarthy
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