Skip to content
Menu Button
Scan a barcode
Scan
My Lists
Scan a barcode
Scan
Give & Get Double
Earn 2x Points Sitewide
Literature & Fiction Books > Contemporary Literature Books

Contemporary Literature Books

Explore More

African American Literature
American Literature
Books
Classic Books
Classic Literature
Contemporary Fiction
Contemporary Romance Books
Creativity Books
Cultural Books
Educational & Nonfiction
English Literature
European Books
Family Life Books
Fiction Books
Foreign Language Fiction Books
Genre Fiction Books
Historical Fiction Books
History & Criticism Books
Literary Criticism & Collections
Literature & Fiction
Modern History Books
New Age Books
Research Books
Satire Books
World Literature

Explore More

African American Literature
American Literature
Books
Classic Books
Classic Literature
Contemporary Fiction
Contemporary Romance Books
Creativity Books
Cultural Books
Educational & Nonfiction
English Literature
European Books
Family Life Books
Fiction Books
Foreign Language Fiction Books
Genre Fiction Books
Historical Fiction Books
History & Criticism Books
Literary Criticism & Collections
Literature & Fiction
Modern History Books
New Age Books
Research Books
Satire Books
World Literature

Bestsellers

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

from $4.19

The Alchemist
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho

from $3.99

Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury

from $4.89

The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

from $4.19

The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald

from $3.59

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
George Orwell

from $4.79

The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

from $11.29

Brave New World
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley

from $3.99

Outlander
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon

from $4.19

The Outsiders
The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton

from $3.59

Contemporary Literature Books

His bright light
His bright light
Danielle Steel

from $4.19

The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness
Steven K. Scott

from $4.19

Triple Exposure: Black, Jewish and Red in the 1950s
Triple Exposure: Black, Jewish and Red in the 1950s
Dexter Jeffries

from $6.89

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield

from $4.19

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Doris Pilkington

from $3.99

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Maya Angelou

from $4.79

Grace [Eventually]: Thoughts on Faith
Grace [Eventually]: Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott

from $4.29

Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera
Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera
Norma E. Cantú

from $5.59

Max
Max
James Patterson

from $4.69

Une mort très douce
Une mort très douce
Simone de Beauvoir

from $12.42

About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory
About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory
Barry Lopez

from $4.39

Leisure in Later Life
Leisure in Later Life
Michael J. Leitner

from $10.29

In My Father's House
In My Father's House
Corrie ten Boom

from $4.89

The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3
The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3
Nancy Holder

from $5.19

Biografia de un cimarrón
Biografia de un cimarrón
Miguel Barnet

from $5.79

The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying
The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

from $4.89

Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen : Reflections on Sixty and Beyond
Larry McMurtry

from $5.29

Rogue Warrior
Rogue Warrior
Richard Marcinko

from $5.09

Anything We Love Can Be Saved
Anything We Love Can Be Saved
Alice Walker

from $5.59

The Classic Slave Narratives
The Classic Slave Narratives
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

from $4.69

Non-Fiction

Jesus as a Boy: Children in the Bible
Jesus as a Boy: Children in the Bible

from $5.59

Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
C.G. Jung

from $8.49

A Tale of three Kings: A Study of Brokenness
A Tale of three Kings: A Study of Brokenness
Gene Edwards

from $5.19

Father and I were Ranchers
Father and I were Ranchers
Ralph Moody

from $13.49

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Susan Orlean

from $4.99

Life Among the Pirates: The Romance and the Reality
Life Among the Pirates: The Romance and the Reality
David Cordingly

from $4.99

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace

from $8.09

The Day After Roswell
The Day After Roswell
Philip J. Corso

from $10.59

Peau noire, masques blancs
Peau noire, masques blancs
Frantz Fanon

from $8.89

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
Jean-Dominique Bauby

from $4.19

Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse
Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse
James Wesley, Rawles

from $6.79

One-Straw Revolution
One-Straw Revolution
Masanobu Fukuoka

from $11.09

Brown Paper School book: Blood and Guts (Brown Paper School Book)
Brown Paper School book: Blood and Guts (Brown Paper School Book)
Linda Allison

from $4.89

The Best of James Herriot
The Best of James Herriot
James Herriot

from $4.89

The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
Peter Maas

from $4.19

Iberia
Iberia
James A. Michener

from $4.29

The Copper Scroll
The Copper Scroll
Joel C. Rosenberg

from $4.19

The Stairway to Heaven
The Stairway to Heaven
Zecharia Sitchin

from $6.49

Coming into the Country
Coming into the Country
John McPhee

from $4.49

The Mismeasure of Man
The Mismeasure of Man
Stephen Jay Gould

from $4.39

Contemporary

The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger

from $5.99

Beloved
Beloved
Toni Morrison

from $3.69

Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom

from $4.19

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky

from $4.99

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

from $5.89

East of Eden
East of Eden
John Steinbeck

from $4.99

The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway

from $4.29

One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez

from $3.99

The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

from $4.19

The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck

from $3.99

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck

from $4.19

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien

from $4.19

The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison

from $3.99

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

from $4.09

Firefly Lane
Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah

from $5.49

A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini

from $4.19

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie

from $3.69

L'Étranger
L'Étranger
Albert Camus

from $3.99

The Road
The Road
Cormac McCarthy

from $3.99

Redeeming Love
Redeeming Love
Francine Rivers

from $4.19

Contemporary Romance Books

The Night Circus
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern

from $7.79

The Viscount Who Loved Me
The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn

from $5.59

Dragonfly in Amber
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon

from $3.99

Voyager
Voyager
Diana Gabaldon

from $4.79

The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
William Goldman

from $7.59

Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell

from $3.99

An Offer from a Gentleman
An Offer from a Gentleman
Julia Quinn

from $6.09

Drums of Autumn
Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon

from $4.79

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn

from $4.89

Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James

from $4.79

The Fiery Cross
The Fiery Cross
Diana Gabaldon

from $4.09

Between Sisters
Between Sisters
Kristin Hannah

from $8.39

Magic Hour
Magic Hour
Kristin Hannah

from $7.19

On Mystic Lake
On Mystic Lake
Kristin Hannah

from $6.89

One for the Money
One for the Money
Janet Evanovich

from $4.19

An Echo in the Bone
An Echo in the Bone
Diana Gabaldon

from $4.49

A Breath of Snow and Ashes
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon

from $4.29

Summer Island
Summer Island
Kristin Hannah

from $4.59

Beach Read
Beach Read
Emily Henry

from $6.59

The Notebook
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks

from $4.09

Fiction

The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Alice Walker

from $3.99

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom

from $4.09

Pillars of the Earth
Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett

from $4.09

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith

from $4.19

Catch-22
Catch-22
Joseph Heller

from $4.29

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien

from $4.19

The Stand
The Stand
Stephen King

from $5.69

It
It
Stephen King

from $7.39

The Shining
The Shining
Stephen King

from $7.29

Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand

from $3.99

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams

from $4.19

Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro

from $6.49

The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway

from $3.99

American Gods
American Gods
Neil Gaiman

from $4.09

The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien

from $4.69

1st to Die
1st to Die
James Patterson

from $3.59

A Clash of Kings
A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin

from $4.69

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson

from $4.19

The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

from $4.09

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon

from $4.19

Literature & Fiction

Holes
Holes
Louis Sachar

from $4.19

The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath

from $6.59

Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe

from $4.19

The Secret History
The Secret History
Donna Tartt

from $15.12

Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes

from $4.09

On the Road
On the Road
Jack Kerouac

from $3.99

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig

from $4.89

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Neil Gaiman

from $4.79

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Annie Barrows

from $4.59

The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss

from $4.99

11/22/63
11/22/63
Stephen King

from $11.69

Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

from $3.99

Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry

from $7.39

The Visitor (Jack Reacher, #4)
The Visitor (Jack Reacher, #4)
Lee Child

from $4.59

Life of Pi
Life of Pi
Yann Martel

from $4.19

Watership Down
Watership Down
Richard Adams

from $3.99

A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway

from $4.19

Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf

from $3.59

For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway

from $5.19

Invisible Man
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison

from $4.19

United States

Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult

from $4.09

The Enemy
The Enemy
Lee Child

from $4.89

The Black Echo
The Black Echo
Michael Connelly

from $4.49

Echo Burning
Echo Burning
Lee Child

from $4.59

Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler

from $16.37

Blood Meridian; or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian; or, the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy

from $15.12

The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan

from $4.19

The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver

from $3.59

True Colors
True Colors
Kristin Hannah

from $6.79

Wish You Well
Wish You Well
David Baldacci

from $4.29

The Celestine Prophecy
The Celestine Prophecy
James Redfield

from $4.59

The Help
The Help
Kathryn Stockett

from $3.99

Neverwhere
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman

from $3.99

Sula
Sula
Toni Morrison

from $4.19

Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

from $4.19

The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides

from $5.69

The Dragon Reborn
The Dragon Reborn
Robert Jordan

from $4.09

Hour Game
Hour Game
David Baldacci

from $3.59

The Hard Way
The Hard Way
Lee Child

from $3.99

Kindred
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

from $5.39

Common themes in these books on Contemporary Literature include: coming-of-age, personal growth, societal issues, family dynamics, love and relationships, historical events, survival, psychological struggles, and adventure. The books also explore themes of oppression, power dynamics, redemption, self-discovery, and the human condition. Many of these books use magical realism or science fiction elements to explore these themes.

Trustpilot

Popular Categories

Website

My Account

Partnerships

Quick Help

About Us

ThriftBooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. We personally assess every book's quality and offer rare, out-of-print treasures. We deliver the joy of reading in recyclable packaging with free standard shipping on US orders over $15. ThriftBooks.com. Read more. Spend less.

Follow Us

Link to Facebook
Link to Twitter
Link to Pinterest
Link to Tumblr
Link to Instagram
Copyright © 2024 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
GoDaddy Verified and Secured