An Introduction to Contemporary Authors

Discover a curated list of contemporary authors and their must-read books. Explore modern literary voices and groundbreaking works in this essential introduction to today's top writers.

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Underworld

by Don DeLillo

A finalist for the National Book Award, Don DeLillo's most powerful and riveting novel--"a great American novel, a masterpiece, a thrilling page-turner" (San Francisco Chronicle)--Underworld …
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Possession

by A. S. Byatt

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A tale of two young scholars researching the secret love affair of two Victorian poets that's an exhilarating …
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The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this is the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel who try to craft a childhood for …
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London Fields

by Martin Amis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A blackly comic late 20th-century murder mystery set against the looming end of the millennium, in which a woman tries to orchestrate …
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

by Julian Barnes

A “playful, witty, and entertaining” book (The New York Times Book Review) that offers an exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of …
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Porno

by Irvine Welsh

Ten years after the events detailed in "Trainspotting", Simon Williamson, a.k.a. Sick Boy, is back in Edinburgh to direct and produce a porn film along …
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High Fidelity

by Nick Hornby

From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and …
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Atonement

by Ian McEwan

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative …
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Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan

Two friends meet at the funeral of their former lover, who had many lovers and make a pact that affects the rest of their lives …
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The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is “an intricate and dazzling novel” (The New York Times) about …
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Bright Lights, Big City

by Jay McInerney

With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The novel …
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Being There

by Jerzy Kosinski

A modern classic now available from Grove Press, Being There is one of the most popular and significant works from a writer of international stature. …
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The Painted Bird

by Jerzy Kosinski

A young boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, wanders alone from one village to another in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.
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