Modern-day Classics (363 books)

The book you know will go into the canon of literature, on par with Tolkien, Shakespeare, Austen and other greats. The books that will one day be part of a school curriculum, or are beginning to be accepted as such. These are the books in the last hundred years or so that have really touched many by their literary genius.

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301	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I) by David Hackett Fischer 4.37 avg rating — 3,504 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
302	Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 460,381 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
302	The Clan of the Cave Bear, the Valley of Horses, the Mammoth Hunters, the Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone (Earth's Children, #1-5) by Jean M. Auel 4.45 avg rating — 2,106 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
302	Black Robe by Brian Moore 3.79 avg rating — 1,488 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
305	The Bad Seed by William March 4.01 avg rating — 19,729 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
305	The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,099 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
307	Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie 4.06 avg rating — 6,961 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
307	The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre 4.26 avg rating — 8,188 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
309	Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2) by John Steinbeck 4.12 avg rating — 19,004 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
309	Confederates by Thomas Keneally 4.07 avg rating — 1,308 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
311	The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone 4.04 avg rating — 1,855 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
311	Eclipse of the Sun (Children of the Last Days #3) by Michael D. O'Brien 4.44 avg rating — 858 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
313	The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier 3.72 avg rating — 2,753 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
313	The Eight (The Eight, #1) by Katherine Neville 3.93 avg rating — 45,722 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
315	Follow the River by James Alexander Thom 4.23 avg rating — 23,079 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
316	Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon 4.15 avg rating — 59,857 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
316	Hungry Hill by Daphne du Maurier 3.73 avg rating — 1,898 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
316	Gap Creek by Robert Morgan 3.74 avg rating — 54,339 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
319	The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin 3.88 avg rating — 53,115 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
319	A Walk in Wolf Wood by Mary Stewart 3.83 avg rating — 1,410 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
319	The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams 3.53 avg rating — 2,122 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
322	The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter 4.14 avg rating — 17,658 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
322	Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart 3.84 avg rating — 4,694 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
322	Great Maria by Cecelia Holland 4.10 avg rating — 596 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
325	The Crystal Cave/The Hollow Hills/Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 4.44 avg rating — 202 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
325	The Royal Succession (The Accursed Kings, #4) by Maurice Druon 4.28 avg rating — 9,147 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
327	The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst 3.33 avg rating — 11,815 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
327	The Poisoned Crown (The Accursed Kings, #3) by Maurice Druon 4.21 avg rating — 10,346 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
329	Replay by Ken Grimwood 4.15 avg rating — 43,787 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
329	The She-Wolf (The Accursed Kings, #5) by Maurice Druon 4.18 avg rating — 7,965 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
331	The Children of Men by P.D. James 3.67 avg rating — 51,554 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
331	The King Without a Kingdom (The Accursed Kings, #7) by Maurice Druon (Artist) 3.41 avg rating — 4,880 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
333	The Strangled Queen (The Accursed Kings, #2) by Maurice Druon 4.17 avg rating — 12,474 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
334	The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 19,343 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
334	The Lily and the Lion (The Accursed Kings, #6) by Maurice Druon 4.22 avg rating — 6,943 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
336	Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 167,797 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
336	Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 248,569 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
336	The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1) by Maurice Druon 4.08 avg rating — 22,680 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
339	Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 138,995 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
340	Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 268,256 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
341	A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin 4.33 avg rating — 7,906 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
341	She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3) by Sharyn McCrumb (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 4,413 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
343	A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines 3.98 avg rating — 63,417 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
343	Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 11,361 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
345	The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 205,465 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
345	Traveller by Richard Adams 3.91 avg rating — 1,258 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
347	Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3.90 avg rating — 47,462 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
347	An Unknown Welshman: A Historical Novel by Jean Stubbs 3.90 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
349	The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 68,305 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
349	The Wolves of Paris by Daniel P. Mannix 4.07 avg rating — 157 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
351	The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 4.03 avg rating — 30,299 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
352	Comrades of War by Sven Hassel 4.07 avg rating — 1,901 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
353	The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 3.92 avg rating — 86,003 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
354	I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) by Robert Graves 4.24 avg rating — 72,239 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
355	Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie by O.E. Rølvaag 4.03 avg rating — 6,097 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
356	A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry 3.85 avg rating — 108,516 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
356	Excellent Women by Barbara Pym 3.91 avg rating — 20,045 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
358	Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym 3.87 avg rating — 5,884 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
359	Filaree: A Novel of an American Woman by Marguerite Noble 3.72 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 19, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
360	The Big Sky (The Big Sky, #1) by A.B. Guthrie Jr. 4.01 avg rating — 5,678 ratings score: 18, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
361	The Way West by A.B. Guthrie Jr. 3.96 avg rating — 5,817 ratings score: 17, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
362	A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich 4.19 avg rating — 7,078 ratings score: 15, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
363	The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico 4.15 avg rating — 5,508 ratings score: 14, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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363 books · 188 voters · list created March 30th, 2012 by Sam Sigelakis-Minski (votes) .

Tags: canon, classics, literature, modern

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message 1: by Ayesha (last edited Mar 23, 2013 06:13AM) (new)

Mar 23, 2013 06:14AM

why is a goosebumps book on this list!!

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message 2: by Sarah (new)

Jun 09, 2013 07:46AM

I like this list, however there are some books on here that don't belong simply for the reason that they are not modern... Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens are great writers and their books are classics, but they belong to the 1800's... Not the last 50 years.

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 09, 2013 10:40AM

Sam, you want me to "clean" this list? Remove anything from before, say, 1960?

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message 4: by Sam (new)

Jul 20, 2013 09:51AM

Susanna wrote: "Sam, you want me to "clean" this list? Remove anything from before, say, 1960?"

Just cleaned it up a bit; please let me know if there are any other books you find should be removed.

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message 5: by Sam (new)

Jul 20, 2013 09:52AM

Sarah wrote: "I like this list, however there are some books on here that don't belong simply for the reason that they are not modern... Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens are great writers and their books are clas..."

Just cleaned it up a bit; please let me know if there are any other books you find should be removed.

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message 6: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jul 20, 2013 10:44AM) (new)

Jul 20, 2013 10:42AM

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was first published in 1950, and Animal Farm is from 1945.

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message 7: by Sam (new)

Jul 21, 2013 07:43AM

Susanna wrote: "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was first published in 1950, and Animal Farm is from 1945.">

The list does say "fifty years OR SO" for a reason; so that people can loosely interpret that and put books on here that they find are classics that have not entered the standard literary canon yet. That being said, I removed the books you think do not belong there so that there is no more problems.

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message 8: by Lina (new)

Oct 29, 2013 12:54PM

I'm fine with people voting for whatever they deem worthy to be called "modern classics". What I'm not fine with is that there are not a few books that are already undoubted classics, like books by Faulkner or Bulgakov. The idea is good but the list author doesn't seem to edit it accordingly.

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message 9: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 29, 2013 02:01PM

"The list author" is currently 63 people. Most listopias are crowd sourced.

It's easy to add books to lists; at the top of the list, at the tab next to "all votes."

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message 10: by Chris (new)

Jan 05, 2017 09:07AM

This list wants a bit of editing as some books are listed twice.

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message 11: by Sam (new)

Jan 05, 2017 09:12AM

Chris wrote: "This list wants a bit of editing as some books are listed twice."

I just ran the Goodreads "duplicate checker;" it has found and removed five duplicates from the list.

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message 12: by Chris (new)

Jan 05, 2017 09:20AM

Nice!

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message 13: by Fiona (new)

Aug 21, 2018 04:57AM

Published > 50 years ago:

To Kill a Mockingbird (#1)
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (#32)
Native Son (#105)
Rebecca (#121)
A Town Like Alice (#129)
On the Beach (#134)
1984 (#246)
Jamaica Inn (#269)
Frenchman's Creek (#271)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (#302)

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message 14: by Sam (new)

Aug 21, 2018 07:28PM

Fiona wrote: "Published > 50 years ago:

To Kill a Mockingbird (#1)
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (#32)
Native Son (#105)
Rebecca (#121)
A Town Like Alice (#129)
On the Beach (#134)
1984 (#246)
Jamaica I..."

What part of "or so" did you not understand?

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message 15: by Sam (new)

Aug 21, 2018 07:30PM

Catherine wrote: "I'm fine with people voting for whatever they deem worthy to be called "modern classics". What I'm not fine with is that there are not a few books that are already undoubted classics, like books by..."

That is a highly subjective opinion. This list is for the people to decide. You, as a person, can add books thst you feel are more fitting.

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message 16: by Kurt (new)

Oct 30, 2018 06:28PM

The Hobbit 1937 - 81 years. more than 50% greater than 50 years or so.
The Time Machine 1890s - over 100 years. More than twice 50 years.

If the list criteria had a firm date, it would make the list easier to maintain.

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message 17: by Sam (new)

Jan 22, 2019 08:14AM

Kurt wrote: "The Hobbit 1937 - 81 years. more than 50% greater than 50 years or so.
The Time Machine 1890s - over 100 years. More than twice 50 years.

If the list criteria had a firm date, it would make the li..."

Make your own list with firm criteria, then. This list was created literally seven years ago, and to be frank, I do not have time to maintain and edit it. People have the ability to add and subtract books at their own will. If you feel that strongly about this, I will change the description to 100 years.

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message 18: by Sam (new)

Jan 22, 2019 08:18AM

To all who are complaining that this list is inaccurate, has books outside of a time range you are comfortable with, or that you *insist* are already classics or not classics at all, become a Librarian and edit the list yourself.

From the Goodreads page:
"Important: if you're on this page you have been granted a special "librarian" status, and can edit list data. Don't take this responsibility lightly—if you can help correct any inaccuracies or add any missing data, please do so! But only make changes if you're sure they're correct."

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