contemporary / contemporaneous

Of the present, or of the same time, versus strictly of the same time.

Contemporary means of the present, or living at the same time: contemporary music, Shakespeare’s contemporary. Contemporaneous means occurring at the same time: contemporaneous records. Use contemporaneous when you need only the time match.

Examples

Usecontemporary fiction

Usecontemporaneous notes

Avoidcontemporaneous fiction (If you mean fiction of our time.)