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Great Contemporary Novels (That You've Probably Read) - Page 2

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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Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
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The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
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Kristin Hannah
Circe (Madeline Miller)
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Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
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The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl Who Played With Fire
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Stieg Larsson
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
52
Hanya Yanagihara
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
53
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
54
Junot Díaz
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
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Celeste Ng
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
56
Kate Atkinson
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
57
Emma Donoghue
Inferno (Dan Brown)
Inferno
58
Dan Brown
The Girl With All the Gifts (M R Carey)
The Girl With All the Gifts
59
M R Carey
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
60
Stephen King
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
61
Zadie Smith
Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
Where the Crawdads Sing
62
Delia Owens
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
63
V.C. Andrews
Red Rising (Pierce Brown)
Red Rising
64
Pierce Brown
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
65
José Saramago
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
66
Jack Kerouac
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
67
Kurt Vonnegut
The Girls (Emma Cline)
The Girls
68
Emma Cline
Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
Bel Canto
69
Ann Patchett
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
70
Amor Towles
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
71
Philip Roth
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
72
Neil Gaiman
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
73
Neil Gaiman
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
74
Margaret Atwood
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
75
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Pet Sematary (Stephen King)
Pet Sematary
76
Stephen King
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
77
Tayari Jones
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
78
Haruki Murakami
One of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus)
One of Us Is Lying
79
Karen M. McManus
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
80
Khaled Hosseini
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