What modern book do u think will be considered worthy of becoming a classic ….??
What modern book do u think will be considered worthy of becoming a classic ….??
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What modern book do u think will be considered worthy of becoming a classic ….??
Ooh love this question… no idea tho lol
I thought exactly the same!
I think the moralistic questions posed by the light between oceans
Great book!
I hated it too sad for me
May cause it to become a classic
Or possibly “we need to talk about kevin”
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Book Thief, The Kite Runner, Angela’s Ashes…
The book thief I agree
Angela’s Ashes is my all time favourite book!
I was going to say this one too
Book Thief and Kite Runner are excellent.
Great question. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Another fab one.
The hand maid’s tale
The poisonwood bible
I’ve just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. It was a very special and moving book and hopefully one that will stay around for a long time.
Yes!
Love this book
The Slap
please no. Spare future generations that pile of ****
I loved The Slap. It’s brilliantly written and always sparks conversation, which is a sign of a classic I think!
I could not get on with The Slap – it got on my nerves!
Dreadful book!
Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong deserves a place as a reminder of the horrors and futility of the First World War.
The Martian by Andy Weir
The natural way of things and one hundred years of solitude
I didn’t say I like the slap but that book come up in conversations all the time
I’ve never heard of it – I’ll have to have a look
I think it was well publicised and hyped up. I don’t think it’s stood the test of time and it’s not that old. Can’t see it being read in 50 years time, let alone another 10.
As I have no idea what it’s about I think you’re right ?
The Nightingale,
Got trilogy
The road?
The Nightingale
A Little Life
The art of racing in the rain,
The kite runner,
The invention of wings,
The confederacy of dunces
I think Confederacy is already considered a modern classic.
I loved The Art of Racing In the Rain!
The perks of being a wallflower
Agreed
Loved this
The help by katherine stockett
The Goldfinch by Donna Tart.
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Agree its astunning and compelling bit of writing
A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Trainspotting.
The Help.
Small Great Things.
This is hard to determine as what is really a classic. Is it longevity. If longevity I would have to say Mercedes Lackey in fantasy is probably one of the longest running authors and her arrows trilogy is the best of her work.
If you go horror it would probably be Stephen king and his work It.
40 days and nights.
The Harry Potter series ofc
The King of the Badgers.
Sebastian Faulkes Birdsong ?
The Book Thief
Great Question! I would have to say The Help
I think Gone Girl will be a classic. It has all of the qualifications for it. 1. You either love it or hate it. 2. It inspired authors and was a game changer, classics change the way we read, think, and write. 3. It was it’s in a class by itself, and since they have been looking for the next one, like singers are always being called the next Michael Jackson, comics are called the next Eddie Murphy, etc. and it’s just hype because they are. This year’s Gone Girl, won’t live up to Gone Girl there is only one. Unfortunately new books will be continue to be compared to Gone Girl. 4. It won’t go away people are still talking about it.
Along this same lines would be In ColdBlood by Truman capote — creating the true crime genre.
Goldfinch
Dove keepers
Jojo Moyes …Me before you…??
Adventure to DESTINY THE UNITY OBJECTIVE
Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. Very controversial and both had twists no one saw coming. The movies also helped them with hype.
All the light we cannot see. Almost the perfect novel.
Before I go to sleep…
The Nightingale
Wonder
My son just had to read this for his gifted class. I honestly believe this should be required reading. Beautiful and so needed for these days. Kindness rules!
Sarah’s Key. Such a heartbreaking story.
It was badly executed, in my opinion. Good concept, but she couldn’t hold it together.
@Joel just realised I have posted this on the wrong thread ?Was answering a thread about which book made you cry!!!
Oh? I guess that makes more sense!
@Joel yup, definitely not a classic in my opinion either. But it made me weep buckets!
The time travelers wife, a thousand splendid suns, the bell jar, the secret life of bees
Would Lord of the rings count?
That’s probably already considered a classic. When I think ‘modern’, I’m thinking 1995 and later.
Saturday – Ian McEwan. Reminded me of Joyce’s The Dead
When Breath Becomes Air
A Little Life
One Day
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
A little life
The Book Thief.
Cloud Atlas, The Goldfinch
Following so I can get some book ideas!
The Handmaid’s Tale
A Monster Calls?
Outlander
I haven’t read it, but people talk about Infinite Jest. Does it deserve to be called a modern classic, or it is hyped by intellectual snobs?
Stephen King, the stand
I am pilgrim
Confederacy of Dunces
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto.
The Curious incident of the dog in the night time.
I am pilgrim
A little life
We need to talk about Kevin