Best Contemporary Fiction Book Review Blogs in 2026

https://literarysofa.com/

Literary fiction, writing and travel blog, featuring regular selections of recommended new releases plus guest authors.

Blogger: Isabel Costello

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 23

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Mail

⭐️ Accepts indie books? No

http://booksinherhead.com/

I generally review YA books with the occasional literary fiction (adult) or middle grade review. The books I choose to read are a combination of my interests/recommendations and ARCs that have come into my possession. All finished copies/ARCs received from publishers are reviewed with the same integrity; the sourcing of my copy does not affect how truthful my review will be.

Blogger: Mary

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 12

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? No

http://www.alittleblogofbooks.com/

It may not come as a surprise to you that I like books and I read quite a lot of them Ð mostly contemporary, literary and translated fiction. I love stories with unreliable narrators and my greatest fear is running out of books to read. I don't accept review copies of self-published books. However, do feel free to contact me with all queries via email or Twitter. Please be aware that I may not be able to respond straight away.

Blogger: Clare

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 26

👀 Average monthly visits: 7,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? No

http://www.stackedbooks.org/

STACKED welcomes your input and accepts material for review. We are honest and critical in our reviews, but acknowledge the five laws of Ranganathan. We believe that nearly all materials have an audience, and it is our goal to help identify that audience.

Blogger: Kelly & Kimberly

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 50

👀 Average monthly visits: 15,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? No

https://zooloosbookdiary.co.uk/

I promise on this blog, I will give my honest review and probably try to insert some humour along the way….which will probably fail. I can’t win them all! If you love reading then you have come to the right place!!

Blogger: Zoé

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 19

👀 Average monthly visits: 600 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.bookreporter.com/

The majority of our reviews on Bookreporter.com are fiction. We review bestsellers, debut authors, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, some fantasy/science fiction and some romance. We also delve into Non-Fiction, newsworthy books, biographies and memoirs.

Blogger: The Book Report

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 63

👀 Average monthly visits: 113,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Mail

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.thebookbindersdaughter.com/

Thank you for your interest in having a book reviewed on my book review blog. If you are an author or publisher and would like to request a review, please send an e-mail to me and follow all the instructions on my site.

Blogger: Melissa

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 38

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://bookishbrews.com/

A book blog that is dedicated to celebrating and bringing attention to diverse books and authors. Bookish Brews is helping people diversify their reading one book at a time.

Blogger: Amanda Khong

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 11

👀 Average monthly visits: 2,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://bookjotter.com/

Reviews, news, features and all things books for passionate readers.

Blogger: Paula Bardell

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 24

👀 Average monthly visits: 2,500 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/index.html

Established in 1976, the Midwest Book Review is an organization committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing.ÊWe post our reviews on the Internet with a number of thematically appropriate web sites, databases, and online discussion groups such as alt.books.reviews. Print books are reviewed free of charge. However, there is a charge of a $50 "Reader Fee" for reviewing ebooks, galleys, pre-publication manuscripts, uncorrected proofs, ARCS and .pdf files

Blogger: James A. Cox

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 48

👀 Average monthly visits: 6,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.bookriot.com/

We're always interested in hearing about new books, but even with a stable of writers across book blogs we can't get to everything. So if you'd like to tell us about something, shoot us an email. Before sending something for consideration, take a look around the site to get a feel for who we are, who our readers are, and how we go about things. Bonus points will go to submissions that have looked at our contributors and can suggest which contributor might be a good fit for the book.

Blogger: Book Riot Contributors

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 80

👀 Average monthly visits: 995,200 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://thewordyhabitat.com/

A cosy blog about books, blogging & life.

Blogger: Sumedha

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 16

👀 Average monthly visits: 7,500 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.girlplusbook.com/

Girl Plus Book accepts review requests of all fiction genres, but specializes in YA, SciFi, Fantasy, Dystopian, and Paranormal genres. We accept review copies from large and independent publishers, eBook publishers, and from requesting authors. Please e-mail us to submit your book for review.

Blogger: Girl Plus Book Team

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 18

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.thepbsblog.com/

I will pretty much read any genre but my favorites are Black Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction and General Fiction. I do not currently review the following genres. It is not intended to be discriminatory in All way. Thank you for understanding:

Blogger: EC

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 24

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.rathertoofondofbooks.com/

I am currently open to review requests but I'm being selective in what I accept due to running this book blog alongside dealing with medical stuff. I like to read most genres of book but my favourite genres are: contemporary fiction, literary fiction, women's fiction, thrillers, crime and mystery, young adult, chick lit/lad lit, and biographies.

Blogger: Hayley

Genres: Contemporary Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 29

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? No