Favorite Contemporary Novels
1. Skinny Legs and All – Tom Robbins
2. Freedom – Jonathan Franzen
3. Social Blunders – Tim Sandlin
4. Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
5. Acts of Faith – Phillip Caputo
6. Ishmael – Daniel Quinn
7. The Bridge of Sighs – Richard Russo
8. The Accidental Tourist – Anne Tyler
9. The Road – Cormac McCarthy
10. The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
11. White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
12. Absurdistan – Gary Shteyngart
13. Therapy – David Lodge
14. Straight Man – Richard Russo
15. The Cider House Rules – John Irving
16. High Fidelity – Nick Hornby
17. Another Roadside Attraction – Tom Robbins
18. The Mosquito Coast – Paul Theroux
19. This is Where I Leave You – Jonathan Tropper
20. The Comedy Writer – Peter Farrelly
21. Sex and Sunsets – Tim Sandlin
22. A Widow for One Year – John Irving
23. The Story of B – Daniel Quinn
24. White Man’s Grave – Richard Dooling
25. A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
26. The Ruins of California – Martha Sherrill
27. Rules of the Wild – Francesca Marciano
28. Happiness – Will Ferguson
29. The Empire Falls – Richard Russo
30. Villa Incognito – Tom Robbins
31. The Last Picture Show – Larry McMurtry
32. Texasville – Larry McMurtry
33. Duane’s Depressed – Larry McMurtry
34. Hotel Honolulu – Paul Theroux
35. Horn of Africa – Phillip Caputo
36. Tomcat In Love – Tim O’Brien
37. Old School – Tobias Wolff
38. Breaking Her Fall – Stephen Goodwin
39. South Street – David Bradley
40. What I Lived For – Joyce Carol Oates
41. Homeboy – Seth Morgan
42. No Country for Old Men – Cormac McCarthy
43. The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
44. Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk
45. Fortunate Son – Walter Mosley
46. The Book of Joe – Jonathan Tropper
47. This Boy’s Life – Tobias Wolfe
48. Wrack & Ruin Don Lee
49. Sex Lives of Cannibals
50. About A Boy – Nick Hornby
51. The Keys to Tulsa – Brian Fair Berkey
52. Son of the Circus – John Irving
53. Casa Rossa – Francesca Marciano
54. Adventures of Kavilier and Clay – Michael Chabon
55. The Newsboys Lodging House – Jon Boorstin
56. Money Love – Brad Barkley
57. Still Life With Woodpecker – Tom Robbins
58. The Deer Park – Norman Mailer
59. The Interpreter of Maladies- Jhumpa Lahiri
60. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Hunter S. Thompson
61. Hells Angels – Hunter S. Thompson
62. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Tom Wolfe
63. The Wonder Boys – Michael Chabon
64. Round Rock – Michelle Huneven
65. Running In Heels – Anna Maxted
66. Candy – Luke Davies
67. Pimp – Iceberg Slim
68. Exile – Blake Nelson