Contemporary Fiction is a recurring topic in our coverage. This hub collects every article tagged Contemporary Fiction, newest first, each with the kind of informed, critical perspective that serious readers expect.
From Colson Whitehead's twin Pulitzer wins to Percival Everett's James, these nine novels published since 2016 are the ones prize juries, critics, and readers keep coming back to.
From Marlon James's Jamaica to Samantha Harvey's space station, the ten novels that won fiction's most argued-over prize between 2015 and 2024 — and why each one still matters.
Sally Rooney's fourth novel trades her signature romantic couple for two grieving brothers, and critics are calling it her most formally ambitious and emotionally generous book yet.
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