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Contemporary Literary Fiction — 2026-08-0150 booksAvg 4.47★1,230,660 total reviewsUpdated daily ~9am ET
1–
The Last LetterRebecca Yarros3 days on chart
4.7
214,706
2–
Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics)George Orwell2 days on chart
4.6
94,779
3New
The Tattooed Girl: A NovelJoyce Carol Oates
4.1
226
4–
The Bluest Eye: A Novel (Vintage International)Toni Morrison2 days on chart · peak #3
4.5
18,307
52
HolesLouis Sachar2 days on chart · peak #3
4.7
36,698
61
East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial EditionJohn Steinbeck2 days on chart · peak #5
4.7
26,972
71
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)John Steinbeck2 days on chart · peak #6
4.6
44,819
8New
The Pact: A Love StoryJodi Picoult
4.4
22,843
92
The Things They Carried: A Pulitzer Prize Finalist - The Classic Work of American Literature on War, Memory, and StorytellingTim O'Brien2 days on chart
4.4
16,502
103
The Blue Bistro: A NovelElin Hilderbrand2 days on chart · peak #8
4.3
22,510
111
All the Time in the WorldCara Bastone2 days on chart · peak #10
4.9
8
1229
The Night Before (Savannah Book 1)Lisa Jackson2 days on chart
4.3
8,148
131
The GruffaloJulia Donaldson2 days on chart · peak #11
4.9
31,479
145
The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak2 days on chart · peak #8
4.6
76,940
151
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley2 days on chart · peak #13
4.4
47,755
168
Get Lucky: A NovelKatherine Center2 days on chart · peak #7
4.2
1,797
172
Things Fall Apart: A NovelChinua Achebe2 days on chart · peak #14
4.3
15,369
18New
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A NovelZora Neale Hurston2 days on chart · peak #16
4.6
17,502
1912
Texas: A NovelJames A. Michener2 days on chart · peak #5
4.6
3,192
203
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)Cormac McCarthy2 days on chart · peak #17
4.4
38,554
212
House of LeavesMark Z. Danielewski2 days on chart · peak #19
4.6
14,437
224
Never Let Me Go (Vintage International)Kazuo Ishiguro2 days on chart · peak #18
4.1
42,961
232
Bel Canto: A NovelAnn Patchett2 days on chart · peak #21
4.3
19,053
24–
The Handmaid's Tale: A NovelMargaret Atwood2 days on chart · peak #19
4.3
179,453
25–
FrankensteinMary Shelley2 days on chart
4.6
4,116
262
Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)Fyodor Dostoevsky2 days on chart · peak #24
4.7
2,824
271
The PearlJohn Steinbeck2 days on chart · peak #26
4.4
7,460
281
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International)Toni Morrison2 days on chart
4.4
20,532
292
The UnhoneymoonersChristina Lauren2 days on chart · peak #25
4.3
95,605
30–
The Bell Jar: A Timeless Coming-of-Age Classic (Perennial Classics)Sylvia Plath2 days on chart · peak #28
4.3
39,114
31New
The Red TentAnita Diamant
4.5
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322
Forever, Interrupted: A NovelTaylor Jenkins Reid2 days on chart · peak #31
4
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332
Stoner (New York Review Books Classics)John Williams2 days on chart · peak #31
4.5
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341
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde2 days on chart · peak #33
4.5
5,059
351
A Bend in the RoadNicholas Sparks2 days on chart
4.6
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364
Magic Hour: A NovelKristin Hannah2 days on chart · peak #32
4.6
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3714
Sunset Bay (Must-Read Women's Fiction)Susan Mallery2 days on chart · peak #21
4.4
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381
Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass2 days on chart
4.7
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3919
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder: A NovelRebecca Wells2 days on chart · peak #14
4.2
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403
The Art of Racing in the Rain: A NovelGarth Stein2 days on chart · peak #37
4.6
227
4119
Thirteen Moons: A NovelCharles Frazier2 days on chart · peak #18
4.3
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424
A Short Stay in HellSteven L. Peck2 days on chart · peak #37
4.3
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433
Life of Pi: A Man Booker Prize-Winning Work of Magical RealismYann Martel2 days on chart · peak #40
4.4
272
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One Hundred Years of Solitude: A Novel (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)Gabriel Garcia Marquez2 days on chart
4.6
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453
Flowers For Algernon: Student Edition (cover may vary)Daniel Keyes2 days on chart · peak #41
4.6
42,940
463
No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)Cormac McCarthy2 days on chart · peak #43
4.5
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4712
The Velvet Promise (The Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy Book 1)Jude Deveraux2 days on chart · peak #32
4.4
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482
The Joy Luck Club: A NovelAmy Tan2 days on chart · peak #46
4.7
17,501
49–
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club (A Novel)Gail Honeyman2 days on chart · peak #46
4.5
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505
The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureKazuo Ishiguro2 days on chart · peak #45
4.4
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