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Contemporary Fiction

Find modern fiction books for your reading list, including lighthearted reads, romance, and more serious books that straddle the contemporary and literary genres.


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30 Contemporary Fiction Novels for Your Book Bucket List. Some of the best contemporary fiction books to read in a lifetime.

30 Contemporary Fiction Novels for Your Reading Bucket List

Page Turners: 11 Contemporary Fiction Books You Won't Want to Put Down
Contemporary Fiction

Page-Turners: 13 Unputdownable Contemporary Books

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New Contemporary Fiction Books to Read in 2025

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Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Nicotine
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: A Novel
Winter Street: A Novel
The Opposite of Everyone
Such a Fun Age
All Adults Here
In Five Years
Happy Hour
Yerba Buena
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
No Two Persons
The Other Year
Just for the Summer
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
After Annie
Eggshells
The Borrower
An American Marriage
Winter Stroll (Winter Street #2)
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
The Antidote for Everything
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip
Little Family
The Kiss Quotient
Unlikely Animals
Dinosaurs
Big Swiss
My Oxford Year
Annie Bot
It Ends With Us
Fun for the Whole Family
Sweetbitter
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Vinegar Girl: A Novel
The Almost Sisters: A Novel
The Islanders: A Novel
The Hive
The Death of Vivek Oji
Perfect Tunes
We Are the Brennans
Flying Solo
Killers of a Certain Age
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Start of Something Wonderful
The Husbands
It Starts With Us
The Frequency of Living Things
All Grown Up
The Language of Flowers
Breathing Lessons: A Novel
The House We Grew Up in
The Blue Bistro: A Novel
No Hiding in Boise
The Last Story of Mina Lee
The Authenticity Project
How Lucky
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle
Other Birds
The Lonely Hearts Book Club
A Winter in New York
How to End a Love Story
Love You, Mean It
All the Perfect Days
Beartown
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy)
The Altruists: A Novel
Silver Girl: A Novel
It’s Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake
Everything Here Is Under Control
Privilege
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Fiona and Jane
Part of Your World
The Most Likely Club
Yellowface
Come and Get It
My Friends
Life Hacks for a Little Alien
First Frost
The Kindness of Strangers
Fangirl: A Novel
Tomorrow There Will Be Sun: A Novel
Bloomland
People We Meet on Vacation
Exciting Times
A Good Neighborhood
Red, White & Royal Blue
The Bad Muslim Discount
The Make-Up Test
The Guest House by the Sea
The Last List of Mabel Beaumont
Colton Gentry’s Third Act
We Could Be Rats
Woodworking
Before You Know Kindness
Nineteen Minutes
Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel
Winter Storms (Winter Street)
Small Great Things
The Audacity of Sara Grayson
The Second Home
The Opposite of Fate
Wish You Were Here
Thank You for Listening
Keya Das’s Second Act
The Rachel Incident
The Love Hypothesis
Within Arm’s Reach
The Three Lives of Cate Kay
I Leave It Up to You
Little Bee
We Never Asked for Wings
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Us Against You
Winter Solstice (Winter Street)
Every Last One
Other People’s Children
Saving Ruby King
If I Had Your Face
A Little Hope
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Adelaide
The Summer of Songbirds
Someday, Maybe
Ordinary Bear
Things Left Unsaid
Dream State
Three Junes
Still Alice
The Mothers
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
Five Days Left
One Two Three
A Star Is Bored
The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club
Joan Is Okay
Bookish People
American Mermaid
The Block Party
The Last Love Note
Can You Keep a Secret
The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits
Nesting
Commonwealth
Grace
Rosie Colored Glasses
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
How Not to Die Alone
All Stories Are Love Stories
For All She Knows
28 Summers
One True Loves
Black Cake
The Bodyguard
Community Board
Amazing Grace Adams
The Other Profile
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
The Snowbirds
The Emperor of Gladness
Lily and the Octopus
Truly, Madly, Guilty
Less
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
Boy Swallows Universe: A Novel
The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel
Detransition, Baby
The Switch
People Who Knew Me
The Unsinkable Greta James
Built to Last
This Bird Has Flown
Everything’s Still There
Weyward
Honey
Cat’s People
The Wandering Season
A Man Called Ove
What Alice Forgot
The Gunners
A Spool of Blue Thread
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters: A Novel
If Only I Could Tell You: A Novel
Honey Girl
What You Wish For
What if You and Me
The Next Thing You Know
Good Morning, Love
Small Joys
Romantic Comedy
You, Again
New Nigeria County
Great Big Beautiful Life
Blue Sisters
The Rosie Project
The Hypnotist’s Love Story
The Female Persuasion: A Novel
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel
On The Come Up
Any Good Thing
Girls with Bright Futures
Ellie and the Harpmaker
Take a Hint, Dani Brown
French Braid
Less Is Lost
Lucky Girl
Hedge
Hello Stranger
Five-Star Stranger
Say You’ll Remember Me
The Summers Between Us
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Belong to Me
This Is How It Always Is
Etta and Otto and Russell and James
How to Walk Away: A Novel
Harry’s Trees
Better Luck Next Time
Beach Read
Nothing to See Here
Wahala
Meredith, Alone
The Wishing Game
Super Bloom
Who We Are Now
Slow Dance
The Love Haters
Finding Grace
Gods in Alabama
Today Will Be Different
Americanah
Our Souls at Night: A novel
Far from the Tree
Things You Save in a Fire: A Novel
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
Love Lettering
Rock the Boat
True Biz
Partners in Crime
Maame
Double-Decker Dreams
The Collected Regrets of Clover
The Wedding People
A Catalog of Burnt Objects
Little Fires Everywhere
The Nest
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: A Novel
The Garden of Small Beginnings
The Royal We
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael
Evvie Drake Starts Over
The Light We Lost
The Sign for Home
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
Mad Honey
Wine People
Interesting Facts About Space
How to Plot a Payback
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