Books written in Third Person, Present tense?

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Any recommendations?

No sci-fi or horror. Dark fantasy is okay.
 

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AFTER by Amy Efaw.
 

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Rabbit, Run
The Time Traveller's Wife
 

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Confessions of a Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire (except the prologue)
 

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House of Sand and Fog, except for a few flashbacks.

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WAKE, by Lisa McMann (and probably the sequels, as well, though I haven't read them).
 

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I just finished one, a beautiful book by John O'Brian. Leaving Las Vegas.
 

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Thank you all so much! My newest wip dictates that it be written in 3rd, present. I started writing and realized how hard it is. :D So, decided I'd better get to reading.

I have Wake on the way, since it's closest to my tastes. I'll also check out the others.

Keep other recommendations coming, too!

Oh, just to clarify, I need 3rd person, present tense. I see some are in first person. But thanks for the recs anyway.
 
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I immediately thought of this thread yesterday when I flipped open THE WINDUP GIRL, by Paolo Bacigalupi. It's definitely third person, present tense. :)
 

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Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. It's under the sci-fi umbrella but really, I would say it's more of a psychological thriller with futuristic undertones.
 

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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson flips into past perfect a lot, but the prologue and many sections are true 3rd-person present tense. Many of them are military/war scenes, so the present tense works well for creating a sense of urgency, as one previous poster on your other thread touched on.
 

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Memoirs of a Geisha. A very interesting book, and suspenseful, and I liked it. (I was also going to say something sarcastic about it but I don't want to spoil the plot.)
 
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