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100 Best Contemporary Literary Fiction (Around the Last 30 Years) - From LibraryThing - Page 3

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The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
81
Tim O'Brien
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
82
Hanya Yanagihara
The Double Bind (Chris Bohjalian)
The Double Bind
83
Chris Bohjalian
2012: Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
2012: Bring Up the Bodies
84
Hilary Mantel
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
85
Karen Joy Fowler
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
86
Nadine Gordimer
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
87
Keri Hulme
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
88
Don Delillo
Peace Like a River (Leif Enger)
Peace Like a River
89
Leif Enger
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Ann Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree
90
Olive Ann Burns
The Sparrow
The Sparrow
91
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
92
Jhumpa Lahiri
Baltasar and Blimunda (Jose Saramago)
Baltasar and Blimunda
93
Jose Saramago
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
94
Ruth Ozeki
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yoko Ogawa)
The Housekeeper and the Professor
95
Yoko Ogawa
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
96
Chuck Palahniuk
My Name Is Lucy Barton (Elizabeth Strout)
My Name Is Lucy Barton
97
Elizabeth Strout
The Cat's Table (Michael Ondaatje)
The Cat's Table
98
Michael Ondaatje
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Anne Tyler)
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
99
Anne Tyler
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
100
Margaret Atwood
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