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What are some contemporary books?

What Is Contemporary Fiction? Contemporary fiction (sometimes called metamodernism) is the term literary critics use to describe literature written between 1990 and the present..

What books count as contemporary?

The word contemporary literature means belonging to or occurring in the now, which suggests that writers after 1940 were focusing on their feelings, emotions and societies as they were experiencing them.
The writing styles can vary, but the main idea is to convey realistic characters and experiences..

What classifies a book as contemporary?

Books in the contemporary fiction genre are made up of stories that happen to real people in real settings, contain informal and conversational dialogue, and sometimes even regional dialects.
Most often, an author bases their story on real-life experiences and not solely on imagination..

What is considered a contemporary book?

Contemporary fiction stories are stories set in our world at approximately the same time that the book was written.
These books don't have any time travel, talking animals, or anything out of the ordinary, but they are still made-up..