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Future Classics
Tim
Apr 20, 2012 07:19PM
What books have a you read from the past 15-20 years (1990-2012) do you feel have a chance of becoming "classics?"
A book you think that will still be mentioned for the next 20 or 30 years, that a majority of people will recommend reading?
Much like books "The Catcher in the Rye" or "The Great Gatsby." Not everyone likes them but a lot of readers still recommend them to future readers.
I have nothing to contribute but am interested in seeing what everyone else has to say!
A book you think that will still be mentioned for the next 20 or 30 years, that a majority of people will recommend reading?
Much like books "The Catcher in the Rye" or "The Great Gatsby." Not everyone likes them but a lot of readers still recommend them to future readers.
I have nothing to contribute but am interested in seeing what everyone else has to say!
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
(Maybe) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
(Probably not, but I felt it should) When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling. I can't see that one going away for a while now.
This is just a guess, but those are books that I found basically flawless.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
(Maybe) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
(Probably not, but I felt it should) When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling. I can't see that one going away for a while now.
This is just a guess, but those are books that I found basically flawless.
the book thief
the pillars of the earth
mystic river
angela's ashes
(and, I agree with a clockwork orange, but it's actually way outside the range of 15-20 years...)
the pillars of the earth
mystic river
angela's ashes
(and, I agree with a clockwork orange, but it's actually way outside the range of 15-20 years...)
Oooh, interesting topic :)
I think Harry Potter would probably be one of those books... Also "A Walk To Remember"
I think Harry Potter would probably be one of those books... Also "A Walk To Remember"
I have never read them, but I am guessing the Harry Potter books.
A few of the chosen books are already contemporary classics in their own right. My five choices are less appreciated books that deserve to be classics.
1. City of Glass by Paul Auster
2. Night Circus by Erin Morganstern
3. Wool by Hugh Howley
4. Drop City by T.C. Boyle
5, The Box Man by Kobo Abe
1. City of Glass by Paul Auster
2. Night Circus by Erin Morganstern
3. Wool by Hugh Howley
4. Drop City by T.C. Boyle
5, The Box Man by Kobo Abe
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Swamplandia by Karen Russell
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chobsky
"High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby
"Things the Grandchildren Should Know" by Mark Oliver Everett
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
And many more, I'm sure.
"High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby
"Things the Grandchildren Should Know" by Mark Oliver Everett
The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
And many more, I'm sure.
My hope would be for these to stand the test of time, but who knows:
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
What is the What by Dave Eggers
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
What is the What by Dave Eggers
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
What about "The Time Traveler's Wife"?
It was good but disturbing too.
It was good but disturbing too.
The calibre of Australian fiction has moved forward in leaps and bounds these last two decades. This is my short, short-list of books that are either already 'classic' enough that they are being taught in highschool/university, or I think will be in the future
The Slap - Christos Tsolkas
Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
Pobby and Dingan - Ben Rice
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
Disquiet - Julia Leigh
The Trout Opera - Matthew Condon
And for that wonderful genre of 'picture-books-that-are-not-necessarily-children's-books'
The Rabbits - John Marsden
Anything illustrated/written by Shaun Tan
The Slap - Christos Tsolkas
Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
Pobby and Dingan - Ben Rice
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
Disquiet - Julia Leigh
The Trout Opera - Matthew Condon
And for that wonderful genre of 'picture-books-that-are-not-necessarily-children's-books'
The Rabbits - John Marsden
Anything illustrated/written by Shaun Tan
Life of Pi
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The City & the City
Blood Meridian
The Historian
Howl's Moving Castle
Oryx and Crake
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The City & the City
Blood Meridian
The Historian
Howl's Moving Castle
Oryx and Crake
Oooops...I just saw this after posting my own article. Your's is a little more coherent than that.
I'd like to see a few oriental works get on the list like "the conference of the birds", "essays in idelness", the "Tao te Ching".
I'd like to see a few oriental works get on the list like "the conference of the birds", "essays in idelness", the "Tao te Ching".
"Maniac McGee." That was a book I read when I was young and it won some kind of literature award.
It tells a story that binds people of all races and brings unity . . . all because one kid dare run between the two neighborhoods seemingly segregated.
It tells a story that binds people of all races and brings unity . . . all because one kid dare run between the two neighborhoods seemingly segregated.
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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