Great fiction by contemporary authors
Discover great fiction by contemporary authors with our curated list of must-read books. Explore top-rated novels and literary works from today's finest writers in modern fiction.
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The Confessions of Max Tivoli
by Andrew Sean Greer
Born as an old man, Max Tivoli lives his life aging backwards, falling in love and living an odd, sometimes terrifying life in San Francisco …
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The Uncle from Rome
by Joseph Caldwell
Having fallen short of opera stardom in the U.S. and having recently lost his ex-lover to AIDS, Michael Ruane ventures to Naples in an attempt …
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Biggest Elvis
by P.F. Kluge
Part mystery, part love story, part mordant commentary on America's waning presence in the world, this hugely entertaining novel tells the story of a trio …
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Gone Tomorrow
by P.F. Kluge
**One of NPR's best books of 2008** **One of The Cleveland Plain Dealer's top 10 Fiction titles of 2008** When George Canaris, a writing professor …
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Four Dreamers and Emily
by Stevie Davies
Academics and Wuthering Heights fans are descending on the Bronte family homestead for an Emily Bronte conference. Among their ranks are a single, over-sixty, self-professed …
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Eva Moves the Furniture
by Margot Livesey
From a highly acclaimed author comes the enchanting story of a motherless young woman torn between real life and the otherworldly companions only she can …
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The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists …
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Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides
"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, …
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The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
The novel traces the relationship between a German lawyer, Michael, and an older woman Hanna, beginning with their affair when he is fifteen in post-war …
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The Music Room
by Dennis McFarland
Martin Lambert must come to terms with his brother's suicide, and embarks on a poignant journey through his family's haunted past that leads him from …
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and …
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Stallion Gate
by Martin Cruz Smith
This is a novel about the most important ten seconds in history. Stallion Gate, a magnificent successor to Gorky Park, is a powerful sensual idyll, …
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Rose
by Martin Cruz Smith
The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into …
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Thirteen Moons
by Charles Frazier
This magnificent novel by one of America’s finest writers is the epic of one man’s remarkable journey, set in nineteenth-century America against the background of …
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The Passion
by Jeanette Winterson
Winner of the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, this novel explores the many faces of passion. Set in Napoleon's Europe, it is an evocative exploration …
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Moon Tiger
by Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively's Booker Prize winning classic, Moon Tiger is a haunting story of loss and desire. Claudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying. But she …
