Series

Vintage contemporaries

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31 books here · 1920–2003

Publication order

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The Coast of Chicago · Stuart Dybek
Falling in place 1980 · Ann Beattie
The Last Good Time 1984 · Richard Bausch
Distortions 1976 · Ann Beattie
Providence 1982 · Anita Brookner
Picturing Will 1989 · Ann Beattie
Revolutionary road · Richard Yates
Suttree · Cormac McCarthy
In a country of mothers · A. M. Homes
Through the Ivory Gate 1992 · Rita Dove
The safety of objects · A. M. Homes
Who do you think you are? · Alice Munro
State of grace 1973 · Joy Williams
Myra Breckinridge · Gore Vidal
Rare & Endangered Species 1994 · Richard Bausch
Catherine Carmier 1964 · Ernest J. Gaines
The Easter parade · Richard Yates
Dirty Work · Larry Brown
Dr Haggard's disease 1993 · McGrath, Patrick
Panama 1978 · Thomas McGuane
The House on Mango Street · Sandra Cisneros
Brief Lives 1990 · Anita Brookner
Ellen Foster 1987 · Kaye Gibbons
Mama Day 1988 · Gloria Naylor
Breath, Eyes, Memory · Edwidge Danticat
A Lesson Before Dying 1993 · Ernest J. Gaines
The Joy Luck Club · Amy Tan
Bailey's Café · Gloria Naylor
In my father's house 1920 · Ernest J. Gaines
A cure for dreams 1991 · Kaye Gibbons
Lewis Percy 1989 · Anita Brookner