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Post 2020 Reading Challenges - A 21st Century Break

Reading challenges have had me spending so much time anywhere between fifty years to a millennium ago that I'm more than ready for some contemporary works. Here is the pool that I'll be drawing from in the coming months, largely made up of books that have been on my shelves for far too long.
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The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
1
Erin Morgenstern
Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
Everything I Never Told You
2
Celeste Ng
Brain on Fire (Susannah Cahalan)
Brain on Fire
3
Susannah Cahalan
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
4
Rachel Joyce
Infidel (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)
Infidel
5
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
6
Margot Lee Shetterly
Feed (Mira Grant)
Feed
7
Mira Grant
The Orchardist (Amanda Coplin)
The Orchardist
8
Amanda Coplin
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (Atul Gawande)
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
9
Atul Gawande
The Ghost Map (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map
10
Steven Johnson
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)
The Shock Doctrine
11
Naomi Klein
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain (Portia De Rossi)
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
12
Portia De Rossi
Heartsick (Chelsea Cain)
Heartsick
13
Chelsea Cain
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
14
Deborah Blum
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (Heidi W. Durrow)
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
15
Heidi W. Durrow
The Time in Between (María Dueñas)
The Time in Between
16
María Dueñas
Mao's Last Dancer (Li Cunxin)
Mao's Last Dancer
17
Li Cunxin
The Night Watch (Sarah Waters)
The Night Watch
18
Sarah Waters
Among Others (Jo Walton)
Among Others
19
Jo Walton
Geisha, a Life (Mineko Iwasaki)
Geisha, a Life
20
Mineko Iwasaki
Out of Oz (Gregory Maguire)
Out of Oz
21
Gregory Maguire
The Other Typist (Suzanne Rindell)
The Other Typist
22
Suzanne Rindell
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
23
Roxane Gay
The Death of Bees (Lisa O'Donnell)
The Death of Bees
24
Lisa O'Donnell
Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
Heart Berries
25
Terese Marie Mailhot
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives (David Eagleman)
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives
26
David Eagleman
Turn of Mind (Alice Laplante)
Turn of Mind
27
Alice Laplante
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel (Louise Murphy)
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
28
Louise Murphy
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
29
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
The Widower's Tale (Julia Glass)
The Widower's Tale
30
Julia Glass
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb (Melanie Benjamin)
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
31
Melanie Benjamin
Delusions of Gender (Cordelia Fine)
Delusions of Gender
32
Cordelia Fine
Sex With Kings (Eleanor Herman)
Sex With Kings
33
Eleanor Herman
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
34
Carol Anderson
To the End of the Land (David Grossman)
To the End of the Land
35
David Grossman
How to Breathe Underwater (Julie Orringer)
How to Breathe Underwater
36
Julie Orringer
The Bucolic Plague (Josh Kilmer-Purcell)
The Bucolic Plague
37
Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Blue Asylum (Kathy Hepinstall)
Blue Asylum
38
Kathy Hepinstall
London: The Biography (Peter Ackroyd)
London: The Biography
39
Peter Ackroyd
The Siege (Helen Dunmore)
The Siege
40
Helen Dunmore
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