Contemporary

Literature that largely takes place in the present time.

The Museum of Modern Love
The Brightness
The House Built on Alligator Bones
Another Name for Red
The Best Christmas Ever
Snow This is Love: Meant to Be Holiday Tales
Fair Ones
The Occidental Book of the Dead
Eight Ways to Say I Love You
The Santa Claus Con
Dreamweaving
The Spirits
The Christmas Competition
Devil's Advocate: The Anti-Divine Comedy
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    The Love Hypothesis
    Theo of Golden
    The Correspondent
    Whistler
    The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
    Hollow Bones
    Heart the Lover
    Hollywood, Ending
    The Things We Never Say
    Big Little Truths (Big Little Lies, #2)
    The Night We Met (Say You'll Remember Me, #2)
    Fruit Fly
    The Shampoo Effect
    Reminders of Him
    A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboConsequences (Consequences, #1) A Dark Wealth and Power Romance by Aleatha RomigThe Addiction Manifesto by Jerry WeaverBeautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuireTruth by Aleatha Romig
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    The Fault in Our Stars
    Fangirl
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    The Hate U Give
    Normal People
    Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
    The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Looking for Alaska
    Beach Read
    The Love Hypothesis
    To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
    Eleanor & Park
    It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
    We Were Liars
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