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Contemporary | Classics

A list of contemporary and classic novels/books that I've read, enjoyed, and recommended over the past few years.
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The Children's Home (Charles Lambert)
The Children's Home
1
Charles Lambert
The Vorrh (B.Catling)
The Vorrh
2
B.Catling
The Erstwhile (B. Catling)
The Erstwhile
3
B. Catling
The Joke
The Joke
4
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
5
Roxane Gay
Animal Wise : The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures (Virginia Morell)
Animal Wise : The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures
6
Virginia Morell
Rant
Rant
7
Both Flesh and Not (David Foster Wallace)
Both Flesh and Not
8
David Foster Wallace
Lullaby (Chuck Palahniuk)
Lullaby
9
Chuck Palahniuk
Consider the Lobster (David Foster Wallace)
Consider the Lobster
10
David Foster Wallace
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
11
Zadie Smith
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
12
Arthur C. Clarke
Hell (Robert Olen Butler)
Hell
13
Robert Olen Butler
The Autograph Man (Zadie Smith)
The Autograph Man
14
Zadie Smith
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History (Bill Schutt)
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
15
Bill Schutt
The Tao of Bill Murray (Gavin Edwards)
The Tao of Bill Murray
16
Gavin Edwards
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (Various)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
17
Various
The Inner Life of Animals : Love, Grief, and Compassion : Surprising Observations of a Hidden World (Peter Wohlleben)
The Inner Life of Animals : Love, Grief, and Compassion : Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
18
Peter Wohlleben
The Lesser Bohemians (Eimear McBride)
The Lesser Bohemians
19
Eimear McBride
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
20
Donna Tartt
The Marriage Plot (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Marriage Plot
21
Jeffrey Eugenides
By the Book : Writers on Literature and the Literary Life From the New York Times Book Review (Pamela Paul)
By the Book : Writers on Literature and the Literary Life From the New York Times Book Review
22
Pamela Paul
Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales)
Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
23
James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales
Invisible Monsters (Chuck Palahniuk)
Invisible Monsters
24
Chuck Palahniuk
Loner: A Novel (Teddy Wayne)
Loner: A Novel
25
Teddy Wayne
A Good and Happy Child (Justin Evans)
A Good and Happy Child
26
Justin Evans
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
27
George Orwell
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
28
Angela Carter
The Family Fang
The Family Fang
29
The Shelf: LEQ - LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading
The Shelf: LEQ - LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading
30
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
31
Philip K. Dick
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
32
Kurt Vonnegut
On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
On Beauty
33
Zadie Smith
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
34
J. K. Rowling
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
35
Colson Whitehead
The Disaster Artist (Greg Sestero)
The Disaster Artist
36
Greg Sestero
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
37
Andy Weir
Redwall, Brian Jacques
Redwall, Brian Jacques
38
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
39
Zadie Smith
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
40
Katherine Dunn
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