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Peahen's Contemporary Fiction TBR

A list of 50 books that are currently on my TBR shelves that are contemporary reads (for most part) and do not have the usual - Iliad, Shakespeare etc.
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The Familiars (Stacey Halls)
The Familiars
1
Stacey Halls
The Foundling (Stacey Halls)
The Foundling
2
Stacey Halls
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
3
Jeffrey Eugenides
Purity (Jonathan Franzen)
Purity
4
Jonathan Franzen
Deathless (Catherynne M. Valente)
Deathless
5
Catherynne M. Valente
Toil & Trouble: A Memoir (Augusten Burroughs)
Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
6
Augusten Burroughs
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
7
Richard Powers
The Glorious Heresies (Lisa McInerney)
The Glorious Heresies
8
Lisa McInerney
The Heart's Invisible Furies (John Boyne)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
9
John Boyne
Birdcage Walk (Riordan)
Birdcage Walk
10
Riordan
Fleishman Is in Trouble (Taffy Brodesser-Akner)
Fleishman Is in Trouble
11
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Kavalier & Clay
Kavalier & Clay
12
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
13
Elena Ferrante
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
14
Richard Russo
How to Be Both (Ali Smith)
How to Be Both
15
Ali Smith
American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld)
American Wife
16
Curtis Sittenfeld
A Spark of Light (Jodi Picoult)
A Spark of Light
17
Jodi Picoult
The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
The Great Alone
18
Kristin Hannah
The Unhoneymooners (Christina Lauren)
The Unhoneymooners
19
Christina Lauren
The Ex Hex (Erin Sterling)
The Ex Hex
20
Erin Sterling
The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams)
The Dictionary of Lost Words
21
Pip Williams
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Garth Nix)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
22
Garth Nix
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
23
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Once and Future Witches (Alix E. Harrow)
The Once and Future Witches
24
Alix E. Harrow
Crazy Rich Asians (Kevin Kwan)
Crazy Rich Asians
25
Kevin Kwan
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
26
Ann Patchett
An Almond for a Parrot (Wray Delaney)
An Almond for a Parrot
27
Wray Delaney
You Think It, I'll Say It (Curtis Sittenfeld)
You Think It, I'll Say It
28
Curtis Sittenfeld
Uprooted (Naomi Novik)
Uprooted
29
Naomi Novik
Circe (Madeleine Miller)
Circe
30
Madeleine Miller
The Wife Upstairs (Rachel Hawkins)
The Wife Upstairs
31
Rachel Hawkins
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
32
Amor Towles
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
33
Kazuo Ishiguro
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
34
Sally Rooney
My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
My Dark Vanessa
35
Kate Elizabeth Russell
The Fact of a Body (Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich)
The Fact of a Body
36
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
4321 (Paul Auster)
4321
37
Paul Auster
The Gods of Gotham (Lyndsay Faye)
The Gods of Gotham
38
Lyndsay Faye
Lincoln in the Bardo (George Saunders)
Lincoln in the Bardo
39
George Saunders
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (Stephen Graham Jones)
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
40
Stephen Graham Jones
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