Top Ten Tuesday: Modern Books That You Think Will Be Classics In The Future

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Today’s Prompt:  Modern Books You Think Will Be Classics In The Future (submitted by Veros @ Dark Shelf of Wonders)

I am uncertain at how far back in year I am allowed to go; like what would still be considered modern? Some of these are from early 2000, does that count? I am going to have a limit of 25 years ish. Lol.

I had fun with this one!

Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers :”Becky Chambers’ series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?” This book is such a peaceful, gentle read.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy: “The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.” This book also was very depressing and I thought it about for a long time afterwards.

Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley: “Angeline Boulley takes us back to Sugar Island in this high-stakes thriller about the power of discovering your stolen history.” A very moving thriller, and one that made me wish I could do more to right wrongs.

Chlorine by Jade Song: “Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between a literary coming-of-age narrative and a dark unsettling horror tale, told from an adult perspective on the trials and tribulations of growing up in a society that puts pressure on young women and their bodies… a powerful, relevant novel of immigration, sapphic longing, and fierce, defiant becoming.” Phew this book is one of my favorites this year. It is a tough read sometimes but has so much to say, and is a powerhouse of a book.

City of Thieves by David Benioff: “By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, the New York Times bestseller City of Thieves is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.” This is another one that is a difficult read in terms of subject matter, but another that has stayed with me. It is one of my all time favorite books.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt: “Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality”

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian: “A story of loss, adventure, and the search for friendship in the wake of catastrophe, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is one of Chris Bohjalian’s finest novels to date—breathtaking, wise, and utterly transporting.”

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel: “An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days following civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.” I found this whole concept fascinating. I should really reread it.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie: “Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, based on the author’s own experiences and coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character’s art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.”

Virgil Wander by Leif Enger: “With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a “formidably gifted” (Chicago Tribune) master storyteller.” Another book that is an all time favorite of mine.

Have you read any of these? What do you think?

33 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday: Modern Books That You Think Will Be Classics In The Future”

  7. I messed up the “modern” prompt too. I just went with books I was seeing others tag as future classics, but some on my list probably already are considered so. 😉 Oh well! It’s all about having fun I guess. Thanks for visiting my list today!

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    1. It was pretty tough. I liked looking back at my reads, trying to decide what kids might study in college one day, looking at what was tagged future classics. I chose The Secret History because even though that type of fiction was already being written, it seemed to spawn that whole sub-genre of Dark Academia. Or the movement behind it at least. And Station Eleven I chose for the idea that people were attempting something beyond survival in post-pandemic, dystopian world.

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  11. OMG You and I are so likeminded. Even if I didn’t add all the same books as you, many of the books you list I love: anything by Leif Enger; The Absolutely True Diary of a Parttime Indian; The City of Thieves. I haven’t read The Secret History yet but understand it is phenomenal.

    Thank you for visiting my blog and making a comment about modern classics. I am responding very late as I was out of commission after receiving a flu and a COVID shot on the same day. Gulp. Not a good idea.

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    1. We have good taste!! Lol. And I feel like now I know I really do need to read Demon Copperhead and James. I had been thinking about them but putting it off. I also need to read more Leif Enger because I absolutely loved Virgil Wander.

      And oh no!!! Vaccines wipe me out and I try to only get one at a time. I had a tetanus shot over the summer and I was exhausted which surprised me!!

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  13. lesscher's avatar lesscher

    I definitely agree with you about The Road. Gosh, that was a bleak story, but so well written! City of Thieves is one I loved, but it doesn’t seem like very many of my blogging buddies have read it. It’s one of my all-time favorites, too. Both books are reviewed on my blog, if you’re interested.

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  16. Gail Is This Mutton's avatar Gail Is This Mutton

    I’ve read The Secret History and I agree with you on that. I downloaded The Road a while ago but haven’t got round to reading it. I’m ashamed to say I haven’t read any of the others but will add those that interest me to my list.

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