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100 Best Contemporary Literary Fiction (Around the Last 30 Years) - From LibraryThing - Page 2

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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
41
Arthur Golden
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
42
Gabriel García Márquez
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
43
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan)
The Kitchen God's Wife
44
Amy Tan
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
45
Roberto Bolano
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
46
Yann Martel
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
47
Donna Tartt
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
48
Anne Tyler
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Feast of the Goat
49
Mario Vargas Llosa
Chocolat (Joanne Harris)
Chocolat
50
Joanne Harris
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
51
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
52
Margaret Atwood
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
53
Hilary Mantel
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
54
Larry McMurtry
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
55
Lois Lowry
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
56
Erin Morgenstern
The Hotel New Hampshire (John Irving)
The Hotel New Hampshire
57
John Irving
The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
The Stone Diaries
58
Carol Shields
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
59
Andrea Levy
State of Wonder (Ann Patchett)
State of Wonder
60
Ann Patchett
Breathing Lessons (Anne Tyler)
Breathing Lessons
61
Anne Tyler
Dark Places (Gillian Flynn)
Dark Places
62
Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
63
Gillian Flynn
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
64
Rohinton Mistry
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Mohsin Hamid)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
65
Mohsin Hamid
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
66
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Practical Magic (Alice Hoffman)
Practical Magic
67
Alice Hoffman
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
A Complicated Kindness
68
Miriam Toews
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
69
Emily St John Mandel
Mason & Dixon (Thomas Pynchon)
Mason & Dixon
70
Thomas Pynchon
Fingersmith (Sarah Waters)
Fingersmith
71
Sarah Waters
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
72
Anita Diamant
Out Stealing Horses (Per Petterson)
Out Stealing Horses
73
Per Petterson
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
74
Cormac McCarthy
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
75
Isabel Allende
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
76
W.G. Sebald
Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros
77
Derek Walcott
Life and Fate (Vassily Grossman)
Life and Fate
78
Vassily Grossman
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
79
Kate Atkinson
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
80
Louis De Bernieres
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