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Great Contemporary Novels (That You've Probably Read)

Some have won, or been nominated for prizes, such as Pulitzer, Booker, Hugo or Nebula.
Some have been nominated for Goodreads choice awards.
Others are simply bestsellers.
There should be something for everyone on this list. Which ones have you read?
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
1
Margaret Atwood
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
2
John Green
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train
4
Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
5
Gillian Flynn
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
6
Alice Sebold
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
7
Anthony Doerr
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveler's Wife
8
Audrey Niffenegger
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
9
Angie Thomas
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
10
Stieg Larsson
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
11
Arundhati Roy
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
12
Erin Morgenstern
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
13
Dan Brown
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
14
Cormac McCarthy
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
15
Daniel Keyes
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
16
Donna Tartt
It (Stephen King)
It
17
Stephen King
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
18
Jodi Picoult
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
19
Emily St John Mandel
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
20
Celeste Ng
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
21
Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
22
Barbara Kingsolver
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
23
Yann Martel
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
24
Terry Pratchett
Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels and Demons
25
Dan Brown
Big Little Lies (Liane Moriarty)
Big Little Lies
26
Liane Moriarty
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
27
Jeffrey Eugenides
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
28
Chinua Achebe
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
29
Chuck Palahniuk
Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)
Me Before You
30
Jojo Moyes
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
31
Andy Weir
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
32
Tim O'Brien
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
33
Colson Whitehead
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
34
Margaret Atwood
A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman)
A Man Called Ove
35
Fredrik Backman
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
36
Jeffrey Eugenides
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
37
John Irving
We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver)
We Need to Talk About Kevin
38
Lionel Shriver
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
39
John Green
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
40
Gail Honeyman
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