Best Contemporary Novels. A complex and engaging multi-generational family novel that is also one of the few to focus on an intersex character and also one of the best books ever written about Detroit. White Teeth by Zadie Smith A quirky and endearing novel about a Jamaican girl growing up in a largely immigrant neighborhood in London.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Considered the ultimate anti-war novel this book is based on Vonneguts own experiences in World War II. Not only have the pickings been broad and diverse but several titles have crossed over to mainstream including The Wedding Date and The Kiss Quotient. This experimental novel is written by George Saunders an American writer best known for these short stories and newspaper columns.
A Menage Romance is one of the best contemporary novels for you.
Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog of The Night Time 2003 Both heartwarming and tragic Haddons foray into the mind of a fifteen year-old with Aspergers Syndrome has been hailed for its surgical accuracy in depicting the condition. By Hanya Yanagihara 2015 This operatically harrowing American gay melodrama became an unlikely bestseller and one of the most divisive novels of the century so far. White Teeth by Zadie Smith A quirky and endearing novel about a Jamaican girl growing up in a largely immigrant neighborhood in London. Just the type that the presidents daughter should avoid.