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Great Contemporary Novels (That You've Probably Read) - Page 6

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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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Iain Reid)
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The Angel's Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
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The Chalk Man (C.J. Tudor)
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The Idiot (Elif Batuman)
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The Good Daughter (Karin Slaughter)
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (Theodora Goss)
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Child 44 (Tom Rob Smith)
Child 44
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Tom Rob Smith
Shutter Island (Denis Lehane)
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Denis Lehane
The Guest List (Lucy Foley)
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Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
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The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
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Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Haruki Murakami)
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The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
216
Mary Robinette Kowal
The Bastard of Istanbul (Elif Shafak)
The Bastard of Istanbul
217
Elif Shafak
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
218
Emily St. John Mandel
The Museum of Extraordinary Things (Alice Hoffman)
The Museum of Extraordinary Things
219
Alice Hoffman
Vox (Christina Dalcher)
Vox
220
Christina Dalcher
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
221
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The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours
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Flight Behavior
Flight Behavior
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Gentlemen and Players (Joanne Harris)
Gentlemen and Players
224
Joanne Harris
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
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Richard Ford
Replay (Ken Grimwood)
Replay
226
Ken Grimwood
Women (Charles Bukowski)
Women
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Charles Bukowski
Doomsday Book (Willis)
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228
Willis
Duma Key (Stephen King)
Duma Key
229
Stephen King
The Long Earth (Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter)
The Long Earth
230
Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)
Anxious People
231
Fredrik Backman
The Forgotten Garden (Kate Morton)
The Forgotten Garden
232
Kate Morton
The Whisper Man (Alex North)
The Whisper Man
233
Alex North
Three Wishes (Lynne Moriarty)
Three Wishes
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Lynne Moriarty
If It Bleeds (Stephen King)
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Stephen King
Summer of '69 (Elin Hilderbrand)
Summer of '69
236
Elin Hilderbrand
The Prestige
The Prestige
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The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton)
The Andromeda Strain
238
Michael Crichton
4 3 2 1 (Paul Auster)
4 3 2 1
239
Paul Auster
Everything Under (Daisy Johnson)
Everything Under
240
Daisy Johnson
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