Station Eleven, Demon Copperhead, Homegoing, My Brilliant Friend, Atonement, Never Let Me Go, Americanah, Pachinko, Life After Life, The Great Believers.
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Any Cormac McCarthy novel (I would say a specific one but he has so many greats it’s hard to pinpoint just one)
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (ah honestly anything by him too, with maybe 1-2 exceptions)
On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Stoner by John Williams
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Overstory by Richard Powers
And tbh I think When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut could make that list as well
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
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I think the definition of “modern classics” can vary a bit depending on who you ask, but in my opinion some great modern classics are:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wedding by Dorothy West
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
And then, modern books which I think will *become* classics:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
James by Percival Everett
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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Wolf Hall in my opinion
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There will always be that one comment that mentions Cormac McCarthy on every book sub post lol.
Some good recs already, not sure I have any others to add tbh.
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Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Mrs Frisbee and the Rats of NIHM by Robert O’Brien
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
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Barbara Kingsolver (poisonwood bible, demon copperhead) and Margaret Atwood (the handmaid’s tale, the blind assassin) both jump to mind. How to talk to a widower by Jonathan Tropper is also excellent, though perhaps less well regarded than the others I’ve mentioned.
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To add to what’s already been mentioned:
Ordinary People.
Bastard Out of Carolina.
The Bluest Eye.
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The Secret History is mesmerizing.
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Maybe get a list of Booker prize winners
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.
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Station Eleven, Demon Copperhead, Homegoing, My Brilliant Friend, Atonement, Never Let Me Go, Americanah, Pachinko, Life After Life, The Great Believers.
Any Cormac McCarthy novel (I would say a specific one but he has so many greats it’s hard to pinpoint just one)
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (ah honestly anything by him too, with maybe 1-2 exceptions)
On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Stoner by John Williams
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Overstory by Richard Powers
And tbh I think When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut could make that list as well
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
I think the definition of “modern classics” can vary a bit depending on who you ask, but in my opinion some great modern classics are:
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wedding by Dorothy West
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
And then, modern books which I think will *become* classics:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
James by Percival Everett
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Wolf Hall in my opinion
There will always be that one comment that mentions Cormac McCarthy on every book sub post lol.
Some good recs already, not sure I have any others to add tbh.
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Mrs Frisbee and the Rats of NIHM by Robert O’Brien
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Barbara Kingsolver (poisonwood bible, demon copperhead) and Margaret Atwood (the handmaid’s tale, the blind assassin) both jump to mind. How to talk to a widower by Jonathan Tropper is also excellent, though perhaps less well regarded than the others I’ve mentioned.
To add to what’s already been mentioned:
Ordinary People.
Bastard Out of Carolina.
The Bluest Eye.
The Secret History is mesmerizing.
Maybe get a list of Booker prize winners
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.