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100 Contemporary Novels

A list of 100 contemporary novels on my TBR list. How many have you read?
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
1
Ian McEwan
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
2
Jonathan Franzen
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
3
Margaret Atwood
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
4
Tayari Jones
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
5
Brit Bennett
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
6
Emma Cline
The Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)
The Priory of the Orange Tree
7
Samantha Shannon
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
8
Jesmyn Ward
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
9
Ann Patchett
Exit West (Mohsin Hamed)
Exit West
10
Mohsin Hamed
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
11
Carmen Maria Machado
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
12
Tommy Orange
Swing Time (Zadie Smith)
Swing Time
13
Zadie Smith
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
14
David Mitchell
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
15
Richard Powers
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
16
Jeffrey Eugenides
Lila (Marilynne Robinson)
Lila
17
Marilynne Robinson
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son
18
Adam Johnson
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
19
Jesmyn Ward
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
20
Esi Edugyan
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
21
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fates and Furies (Lauren Groff)
Fates and Furies
22
Lauren Groff
The Art of Fielding (Chad Harbach)
The Art of Fielding
23
Chad Harbach
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
24
Lionel Shriver
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
25
Yōko Ogawa
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
26
Peter Carey
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
27
Noviolet Bulawayo
The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Lowland
28
Jhumpa Lahiri
Disappearing Earth (Julia Phillips)
Disappearing Earth
29
Julia Phillips
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
30
Madeleine Thien
Swamplandia (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia
31
Karen Russell
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
32
Pat Barker
A Burning (Megha Majumdar)
A Burning
33
Megha Majumdar
The Book of Unknown Americans (Cristina Henriquez)
The Book of Unknown Americans
34
Cristina Henriquez
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
35
Andrea Levy
The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
The Idiot
36
Elif Batuman
The Death of Vivek Oji (Akwaeke Emezi)
The Death of Vivek Oji
37
Akwaeke Emezi
Women Talking (Miriam Toews)
Women Talking
38
Miriam Toews
The Nix (Nathan Hill)
The Nix
39
Nathan Hill
The Fishermen (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fishermen
40
Chigozie Obioma
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