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Contemporary Literary Fiction — 2026-08-1450 booksAvg 4.48★1,139,623 total reviewsUpdated daily ~9am ET
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The Last LetterRebecca Yarros16 days on chart
4.7
217,547
2–
Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics)George Orwell15 days on chart
4.6
94,839
3–
Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)John Steinbeck15 days on chart · +1 this week
4.6
44,929
4–
HolesLouis Sachar15 days on chart · peak #3 · −1 this week
4.7
36,756
51
Things Fall Apart: A NovelChinua Achebe15 days on chart · +4 this week
4.3
15,393
61
The Things They Carried: A Pulitzer Prize Finalist - The Classic Work of American Literature on War, Memory, and StorytellingTim O'Brien15 days on chart · +2 this week
4.4
16,510
72
The Book ThiefMarkus Zusak15 days on chart · +3 this week
4.6
77,023
8New
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A NovelZora Neale Hurston15 days on chart
4.6
17,537
91
East of Eden, John Steinbeck Centennial EditionJohn Steinbeck15 days on chart · peak #5 · −2 this week
4.7
27,236
10–
FrankensteinMary Shelley15 days on chart · +12 this week
4.6
4,120
116
The Girl on the Cliff: A NovelLucinda Riley3 days on chart · peak #5
4.4
25,901
12–
The Bluest Eye: A Novel (Vintage International)Toni Morrison15 days on chart · peak #3 · −6 this week
4.5
18,385
13–
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley15 days on chart · peak #12 · −1 this week
4.4
47,845
14–
The GruffaloJulia Donaldson15 days on chart · peak #11 · −1 this week
4.9
31,508
15–
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)Cormac McCarthy15 days on chart · +2 this week
4.4
38,703
16–
Never Let Me Go (Vintage International)Kazuo Ishiguro15 days on chart · +3 this week
4.1
43,171
171
The Blue Bistro: A NovelElin Hilderbrand15 days on chart · peak #8 · −3 this week
4.3
22,943
181
The PearlJohn Steinbeck15 days on chart · peak #17 · +6 this week
4.4
7,476
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The Love Season: A NovelElin Hilderbrand4 days on chart · peak #6
4.2
7,885
202
Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass15 days on chart · +9 this week
4.7
5,694
212
Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International)Toni Morrison15 days on chart · +5 this week
4.4
20,577
222
Bel Canto: A NovelAnn Patchett15 days on chart · peak #18 · −4 this week
4.3
19,264
231
All the Time in the WorldCara Bastone15 days on chart · peak #10 · −3 this week
4.9
9
242
The Bell Jar: A Timeless Coming-of-Age Classic (Perennial Classics)Sylvia Plath15 days on chart · peak #16 · −8 this week
4.3
39,295
25–
The Handmaid's Tale: A NovelMargaret Atwood15 days on chart · peak #19
4.3
179,733
264
House of LeavesMark Z. Danielewski15 days on chart · peak #19 · +2 this week
4.6
14,451
27–
Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)Fyodor Dostoevsky15 days on chart · peak #24 · +6 this week
4.7
2,853
287
SweetgrassMary Alice Monroe4 days on chart · peak #10
4.5
4,960
292
Stoner (New York Review Books Classics)John Williams15 days on chart · peak #23 · −6 this week
4.5
23,573
302
Life of Pi: A Man Booker Prize-Winning Work of Magical RealismYann Martel15 days on chart · +16 this week
4.4
23,162
31New
This Calder RangeJanet Dailey
4.6
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32New
Deadly Trouble (Vegas Vixens Book 2)J.L. Hammer
4.4
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332
Frankenstein: Or the Modern PrometheusMary Shelley15 days on chart · +7 this week
4.4
5,059
346
A Short Stay in HellSteven L. Peck15 days on chart · peak #15 · −19 this week
4.3
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352
The UnhoneymoonersChristina Lauren15 days on chart · peak #25 · −5 this week
4.3
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Song of Solomon: A Novel (Vintage International)Toni Morrison4 days on chart · peak #32
4.6
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374
Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway4 days on chart
4.7
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385
A Bend in the RoadNicholas Sparks15 days on chart · peak #33 · +9 this week
4.6
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391
The Art of Racing in the Rain: A NovelGarth Stein15 days on chart · peak #37 · +6 this week
4.6
227
406
Magic Hour: A NovelKristin Hannah15 days on chart · peak #32 · +1 this week
4.6
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411
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde15 days on chart · peak #33 · −7 this week
4.5
5,059
421
One Hundred Years of Solitude: A Novel (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)Gabriel Garcia Marquez15 days on chart · peak #34 · +2 this week
4.6
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439
The Joy Luck Club: A NovelAmy Tan15 days on chart · peak #34 · −1 this week
4.5
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442
The Night Before (Savannah Book 1)Lisa Jackson15 days on chart · peak #12 · −6 this week
4.3
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The Remains of the Day: Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureKazuo Ishiguro15 days on chart · +5 this week
4.4
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462
Forever, Interrupted: A NovelTaylor Jenkins Reid15 days on chart · peak #31 · −7 this week
4
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478
No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)Cormac McCarthy15 days on chart · peak #31 · −16 this week
4.5
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481
The Ice LimitDouglas Preston11 days on chart · peak #27 · −21 this week
4.5
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492
Flowers For Algernon: Student Edition (cover may vary)Daniel Keyes15 days on chart · peak #38
4.6
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5021
Brief Lives (Vintage Contemporaries)Anita Brookner3 days on chart · peak #27
4
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