Newly arrived from America, Link is finding it hard to settle into the venerable and prestigious Osney School. What kind of school ranks its students by how fast they can run round the school quad? When Link runs the slowest time in years, he immediately becomes the butt of every school joke. When his parents … View Post
Contemporary Books & Literature
Contemporary fiction often encompasses stories set in modern day and is a sub-genre of "realistic fiction". Modern day currently refers to 1990 onwards although this definition may change as the years go on. Contemporary books often focus on everyday experiences and showing the reader how other people may live.
Focus for contemporary novels can be around specific socially relevant topics. This can be politically motivated, raising social awareness of certain issues, or purely to entertain the reader. Issues like race relations, sexism, crime or poverty are included in many contemporary books.
Contempoary fiction is sometimes referred to as metamodernism.
Notable authors of Contemporary Fiction include
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Margaret Atwood
- Don DeLillo
- Jonathan Franzen
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Alixe Munro
- Haruki Murakami
- Zadie Smith
- Donna Tartt
- Colson Whitehead
- Hanya Yanagihara
Uptown Oracle Reads… Here We Are Now
Despite sending him letters ever since she was thirteen, Taliah Abdallat never thought she’d ever really meet Julian Oliver. But one day, while her mother is out of the country, the famed rock star from Staring Into the Abyss shows up on her doorstep. This makes sense – kinda – because Julian Oliver is Taliah’s … View Post
Uptown Oracle Reads… Sunflowers in February
Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. She has no idea how she got there. It is all very peaceful. and very beautiful. It is only when the police car, and then the ambulance arrive, and she sees her own body, that she realises that she is in fact… … View Post
Uptown Oracle Reads… Winterfolk
Rain is a homeless teen living with her father in the woods outside Seattle, near a community of other homeless people called the Winterfolk. She finds safety and sanctuary in this hidden world – until the day that safety is shattered when she learns the city plans to clear the woods of everyone who lives … View Post
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Most Dangerous Place on Earth
In an idyllic community of wealthy California families, new teacher Molly Nicoll becomes intrigued by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to Molly, a middle school tragedy in which they were all complicit continues to reverberate for her kids: Nick, the brilliant scam artist; Emma, the gifted dancer and party girl; Dave, the … View Post
Uptown Oracle Reads… Fix Me
The new drug Fix is extremely addictive and is what Pen’s sister was on before she killed herself. As Pen tries to quit the drug, she wants to find out who the mysterious Nate is as she only see’s him in her head, why her sister killed herself and where the missing girls are … View Post