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Best Fiction by Contemporary Authors - Page 2

These are my favorite contemporary authors and some highly recommended that I haven't read yet. Most of them are fiction novels and historical fiction, my favourite genres, with a few exceptions.
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The Story of a New Name (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of a New Name
41
Elena Ferrante
The Story of the Lost Child (Elena Ferrante)
The Story of the Lost Child
42
Elena Ferrante
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Elena Ferrante)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
43
Elena Ferrante
The Days of Abandonment (Elena Ferrante)
The Days of Abandonment
44
Elena Ferrante
The Lying Life of Adults (Elena Ferrante)
The Lying Life of Adults
45
Elena Ferrante
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
46
Tayari Jones
Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones)
Silver Sparrow
47
Tayari Jones
Maybe in Another Life (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Maybe in Another Life
48
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & the Six (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Daisy Jones & the Six
49
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Malibu Rising
50
Taylor Jenkins Reid
One True Loves (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
One True Loves
51
Taylor Jenkins Reid
After I Do (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
After I Do
52
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Long Way Down (Jason Raynolds)
Long Way Down
53
Jason Raynolds
The Air You Breathe (Francis De Pontes Peebles)
The Air You Breathe
54
Francis De Pontes Peebles
The Seamstress (Frances De Pontes Peebles)
The Seamstress
55
Frances De Pontes Peebles
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
56
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
57
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Poet X (Elizabeth Acevedo)
The Poet X
58
Elizabeth Acevedo
Clap When You Land (Elizabeth Acevedo)
Clap When You Land
59
Elizabeth Acevedo
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
60
Sue Monk Kidd
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Invention of Wings
61
Sue Monk Kidd
The Book of Longings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Book of Longings
62
Sue Monk Kidd
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
63
Laura Esquivel
Stay With Me (Ayobami Adebayo)
Stay With Me
64
Ayobami Adebayo
Our Lady of the Nile (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Our Lady of the Nile
65
Scholastique Mukasonga
Cockroaches (Scholastique Mukasonga)
Cockroaches
66
Scholastique Mukasonga
The Barefoot Woman (Scholastique Mukasonga)
The Barefoot Woman
67
Scholastique Mukasonga
It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover)
It Ends With Us
68
Colleen Hoover
The Last Time We Say Goodbye (Cynthia Hand)
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
69
Cynthia Hand
The How & the Why (Cynthia Hand)
The How & the Why
70
Cynthia Hand
Far From the Tree (Robin Benway)
Far From the Tree
71
Robin Benway
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
72
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
73
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
74
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
75
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
76
Noviolet Bulawayo
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
77
Ann Patchett
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
78
Ann Patchett
Commonwealth (Ann Patchett)
Commonwealth
79
Ann Patchett
Whisper Network (Chandler Baker)
Whisper Network
80
Chandler Baker
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