Best Contemporary Literary Fiction (Around the Last 30 Years)

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Books of the last 30 or so years destined to be classics
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The Handmaid's Tale
de Margaret Atwood
42,210 membros
1,137 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 1
36 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith : Allegories seldom make my "best" list. Generally they are too preachy.
ValLloyd : it could be the best book ever and I still wouldn't finish it. this book isn't just depressing it's at the bottom of an abyss with sleet and sunburns
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The Accidental Tourist
de Anne Tyler
5,390 membros
98 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 48
12 Members
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The Prince of Tides
de Pat Conroy
5,819 membros
108 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 23
17 Members
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The Hotel New Hampshire
de John Irving
7,325 membros
74 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 57
10 Members
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The Thirteenth Tale
de Diane Setterfield
17,183 membros
910 resenhas
4
Global Rank 34
16 Members
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Practical Magic
de Alice Hoffman
5,740 membros
170 resenhas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 67
8 Members
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Lonesome Dove
de Larry McMurtry
8,318 membros
239 resenhas
½ 4.6
Global Rank 55
11 Members
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The Buddha in the Attic
de Julie Otsuka
2,611 membros
204 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 116
5 Members
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Breathing Lessons
de Anne Tyler
4,250 membros
73 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 61
10 Members
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Bright Lights, Big City
de Jay McInerney
2,981 membros
47 resenhas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 115
6 Members
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Chocolat
de Joanne Harris
7,809 membros
200 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 51
11 Members
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The Bone People
de Keri Hulme
3,817 membros
112 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 87
7 Members
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Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
de Anne Tyler
3,642 membros
86 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 100
7 Members
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Matadouro 5
de Kurt Vonnegut
43,966 membros
704 resenhas
4.1
Global Rank 52
16 Members
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Explicações
sturlington: Published much more than 30 years ago.
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The Kitchen God's Wife
de Amy Tan
6,936 membros
80 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 40
13 Members
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
de Tom Wolfe
8,934 membros
132 resenhas
3.8
Global Rank 111
8 Members
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The Things They Carried
de Tim O'Brien
14,321 membros
393 resenhas
4.2
Global Rank 81
8 Members
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