Contemporary Literary Fiction for AP Lit

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MY DAUGHTER NATASHA: Discovering Life’s Hard Truths One Street At A Time
MY DAUGHTER NATASHA: Discovering Life’s Hard Truths One Street At A Time 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
2.
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 151,385 ratings
3.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating β€” 115,993 ratings
4.
Loving Frank
Loving Frank 3.77 avg rating β€” 100,847 ratings
5.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating β€” 30,648 ratings
6.
The Patron Saint of Liars
The Patron Saint of Liars 3.90 avg rating β€” 65,301 ratings
7.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,900 ratings
8.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating β€” 44,327 ratings
9.
March
March 3.81 avg rating β€” 76,177 ratings
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Being Dead
Being Dead
by: Jim Crace
3.73 avg rating β€” 5,343 ratings
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Netherland
Netherland 3.41 avg rating β€” 18,624 ratings
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The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating β€” 194,269 ratings
13.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 121,034 ratings
14.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,323,764 ratings
15.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating β€” 146,858 ratings
16.
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost 3.58 avg rating β€” 18,629 ratings
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Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating β€” 124,816 ratings
18.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,355 ratings
19.
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3) 3.92 avg rating β€” 44,603 ratings
20.
May We Be Forgiven
May We Be Forgiven 3.67 avg rating β€” 16,616 ratings
21.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating β€” 7,164 ratings
22.
Charming Billy
Charming Billy 3.48 avg rating β€” 12,008 ratings
23.
Bel Canto
Bel Canto 3.94 avg rating β€” 312,447 ratings
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The Forgotten Waltz
The Forgotten Waltz 3.19 avg rating β€” 6,400 ratings
25.
Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces 3.92 avg rating β€” 17,137 ratings
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The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating β€” 200,103 ratings
27.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating β€” 226,259 ratings
28.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating β€” 41,489 ratings
29.
The Puttermesser Papers
The Puttermesser Papers 3.61 avg rating β€” 1,548 ratings
30.
The World to Come
The World to Come
by: Dara Horn
3.86 avg rating β€” 8,945 ratings
31.
Letters from Yellowstone
Letters from Yellowstone 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,565 ratings
32.
Goldengrove
Goldengrove 3.29 avg rating β€” 2,740 ratings
33.
Last Orders
Last Orders 3.67 avg rating β€” 14,708 ratings
34.
The Land of Green Plums
The Land of Green Plums 3.67 avg rating β€” 6,189 ratings
35.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating β€” 102,620 ratings
36.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 227,557 ratings
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The Finkler Question
The Finkler Question 2.83 avg rating β€” 15,956 ratings
38.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,294 ratings
39.
Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us 4.11 avg rating β€” 102,914 ratings
40.
The Sea
The Sea 3.55 avg rating β€” 34,132 ratings
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Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang
Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang 3.78 avg rating β€” 8,108 ratings
42.
The Meaning of Consuelo
The Meaning of Consuelo 3.60 avg rating β€” 809 ratings
43.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating β€” 188,399 ratings
44.
The Great Man
The Great Man 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,667 ratings
45.
The Idea of Perfection
The Idea of Perfection 3.65 avg rating β€” 3,706 ratings
46.
Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster 3.79 avg rating β€” 31,762 ratings
47.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating β€” 54,332 ratings
48.
A Gate at the Stairs
A Gate at the Stairs 3.18 avg rating β€” 18,672 ratings
49.
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse 4.18 avg rating β€” 13,390 ratings
50.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating β€” 161,173 ratings
51.
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat 4.34 avg rating β€” 40,765 ratings
52.
The Festival of Earthly Delights
The Festival of Earthly Delights 3.48 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
53.
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1)
The Dante Club (The Dante Club, #1) 3.42 avg rating β€” 42,429 ratings
54.
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3)
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 18,095 ratings
55.
Tinkers
Tinkers 3.41 avg rating β€” 37,940 ratings
56.
Scenes from Early Life
Scenes from Early Life 3.61 avg rating β€” 259 ratings
57.
Everyman
Everyman 3.62 avg rating β€” 21,067 ratings
58.
The Road Home
The Road Home 3.88 avg rating β€” 10,468 ratings
59.
Reservation Blues
Reservation Blues 3.98 avg rating β€” 14,114 ratings
60.
The Great Fire
The Great Fire 3.48 avg rating β€” 5,530 ratings
61.
Stanley Park
Stanley Park 3.56 avg rating β€” 2,251 ratings
62.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating β€” 36,236 ratings
63.
Forgetfulness
Forgetfulness
by: Ward Just
3.51 avg rating β€” 560 ratings