Contemporary

Literature that largely takes place in the present time.

The Seven Daughters of Dupree
Vigil
A Killer Kind of Romance
Is This a Cry for Help?
Just Watch Me
Dandelion Is Dead
The Unwritten Rules of Magic
The Re-Do List
The Infamous Gilberts
Sheer
Escape!
Discipline
The Slow Burn
Missing Sam
Playing for Keeps
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    Rainy Day Economics: Designing a System that Thrives in the Worst of Times
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  • The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    The Correspondent
    Reminders of Him
    Half His Age
    Heart the Lover
    The Love Hypothesis
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    Theo of Golden
    Funny Story
    My Friends
    Happy Place
    Lessons in Chemistry
    The First Time I Saw Him (Hannah Hall, #2)
    Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
    Yellowface
    Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee JonesThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyReal by Katy EvansBranded by Abi KetnerThe Law of Attraction by N.M. Silber
    New Series (2013)
    1,035 books — 2,295 voters
    The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena  ArmasThe Heart Principle by Helen  HoangThe Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
    2021 Contemporary Romance Releases
    333 books — 1,776 voters

    My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RussellAmerican Dirt by Jeanine CumminsThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
    Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
    590 books — 1,245 voters
    Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. JensenThe Young Elites by Marie LuThe Iron Trial by Holly BlackSnow Like Ashes by Sara RaaschThe Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
    First In Series (2014)
    678 books — 1,052 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDivergent by Veronica RothCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
    MUST READS!!!
    14,813 books — 10,398 voters
    The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenEasy by Tammara WebberThe Sea of Tranquility by Katja MillayAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsMe Before You by Jojo Moyes
    TO DIE FOR 2012 - 2013 STAND-ALONES
    606 books — 3,026 voters

    The Fault in Our Stars
    Fangirl
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    The Hate U Give
    Red, White & Royal Blue
    Normal People
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Looking for Alaska
    Beach Read
    To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
    Eleanor & Park
    We Were Liars
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
    Paper Towns

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