Contemporary

Literature that largely takes place in the present time.

Cursed Daughters
Daddy Issues
Next Time Will Be Our Turn
Second Chance Romance (Harlot's Bay, #2)
Secret Nights and Northern Lights
Like Family
Not You Again
My Roommate From Hell
The Cuffing Game
Death and Dinuguan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #6)
Town & Country
The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu
The Secret Astronomers
Reasons We Break
Heart Check (Varsity #1)
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  • The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    The Love Hypothesis
    Great Big Beautiful Life
    The Correspondent
    Snow Place Like Home (Home Sweet Holidays)
    Reminders of Him
    Gone Before Goodbye
    My Friends
    Funny Story
    Heart the Lover
    Beach Read
    Yellowface
    The Seven Rings (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #3)
    Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
    Lessons in Chemistry
    Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenHopeless by Colleen HooverDivergent by Veronica RothFallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
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    The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
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    Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. JensenThe Young Elites by Marie LuThe Iron Trial by Holly BlackSnow Like Ashes by Sara RaaschThe Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
    First In Series (2014)
    677 books — 1,051 voters
    Obsidian by Jennifer L. ArmentroutDivergent by Veronica RothPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
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    The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryThe Spanish Love Deception by Elena  ArmasThe Heart Principle by Helen  HoangThe Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
    2021 Contemporary Romance Releases
    333 books — 1,779 voters
    Reaper's Property by Joanna WyldeUndeniable by Madeline SheehanOwn the Wind by Kristen AshleyFire Inside by Kristen AshleyMystery Man by Kristen Ashley
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    The Fault in Our Stars
    Fangirl
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    The Hate U Give
    Red, White & Royal Blue
    Normal People
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Looking for Alaska
    Beach Read
    To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
    Eleanor & Park
    We Were Liars
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    Paper Towns
    Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)

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