Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A Great Starting Point

Coming at this book from the angle of someone who hasn't read a great deal of contemporary fiction, I found this book well worth the investment. While some seasoned readers may complain that specific authors didn't make the final cut, for me the book offered a wide selection of styles and genres to pick from. Furthermore, the "See Also" dialogues give several jumping-off points once you've exhausted a specific author's entire bibliography. For people who live and breathe by the New York Times Book Review, this probably won't provide much additional information. But if you've always enjoyed the contemporary literature you've read and want to find out a bit more, you can't go wrong with the two hundred authors listed here.