Anonymous
05/02/2024 08:51
Subject: Re:s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Agree with A Fine Balance, but it was published in the 1990s.
Ha! I was writing my post before you replied, and we have some good overlap. (I also meant to add “Never Let Me Go”!)
Anonymous
05/02/2024 08:49
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
If we’re doing literary classics:
“The Namesake” or “Interpreter of Maladies,” (wasn’t the latter short stories tho?) Jhumpa Lahiri
“Wolf Hall,” Hilary Mantel
“Homegoing,” Yaa Gyasi
“Hamnet,” Maggie O’Farrell
“The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich
“North Woods,” Daniel Mason
“The Namesake” or “Interpreter of Maladies,” (wasn’t the latter short stories tho?) Jhumpa Lahiri
“Wolf Hall,” Hilary Mantel
“Homegoing,” Yaa Gyasi
“Hamnet,” Maggie O’Farrell
“The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich
“North Woods,” Daniel Mason
Anonymous
05/02/2024 08:47
Subject: Re:s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Agree with A Fine Balance, but it was published in the 1990s.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Agree with A Fine Balance, but it was published in the 1990s.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 08:25
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:^^ also if you don’t want to read about rape death sad things happening all the time, don’t read kite runner or life of pi. Never let me go I didn’t think was sad in the same way but others might disagree.
Yeah, Kite Runner was awful. And about kids no less. I don't understand the accolades for Life of Pi at all. It was a quick, fun read but that was about it.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 07:47
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
^^ also if you don’t want to read about rape death sad things happening all the time, don’t read kite runner or life of pi. Never let me go I didn’t think was sad in the same way but others might disagree.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 07:45
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Surprise for all those votes for Life of Pi. I thought it was good but not a classic really. My kid is reading it in HS English though.
What about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norre? I really liked that when I read it.
This is also a little off topic, but can anyone tell me which of the suggested books are least depressing? I’ve had to swear off a lot of real literature because it really affects my mood. It’s like seasonal affective disorder but with literature. So I am constantly looking for good fiction that is not filled with rape, death of children, generally morose characters, etc.
PP’s comment about the Poisonwood Bible….i loved the first half of it. I was so gutted by the end part that I had to give up reading for a while afterward. So I haven’t dared reading her new one!
I’m the same way. I end up re reading Jane Austen or something sometimes because I’m afraid of newer books. FWIW- don’t follow the advice above me for “a little life”. Not a classic , it’s literally like porn for someone who wants to read horrible things happening to someone. I truly side eye anyone who thinks it’s a good book because I think it speaks to something dark in their character.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 07:40
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
A Little Life
Anonymous
05/02/2024 02:44
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Interpreter of the Maladies
House of Spirits (maybe 90s)
Pachinko
Thousand Splendid Suns
Those are my hardest hitting books and I read a ton. It seems harder and harder to find amazing reads.
Recently finished Covenant of Water (dud) and the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. Both highly rated, but not as impactful. I want to real more memorable books.
House of Spirits (maybe 90s)
Pachinko
Thousand Splendid Suns
Those are my hardest hitting books and I read a ton. It seems harder and harder to find amazing reads.
Recently finished Covenant of Water (dud) and the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. Both highly rated, but not as impactful. I want to real more memorable books.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 01:19
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Surprise for all those votes for Life of Pi. I thought it was good but not a classic really. My kid is reading it in HS English though.
What about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norre? I really liked that when I read it.
This is also a little off topic, but can anyone tell me which of the suggested books are least depressing? I’ve had to swear off a lot of real literature because it really affects my mood. It’s like seasonal affective disorder but with literature. So I am constantly looking for good fiction that is not filled with rape, death of children, generally morose characters, etc.
PP’s comment about the Poisonwood Bible….i loved the first half of it. I was so gutted by the end part that I had to give up reading for a while afterward. So I haven’t dared reading her new one!
What about Jonathan Strange and Mr Norre? I really liked that when I read it.
This is also a little off topic, but can anyone tell me which of the suggested books are least depressing? I’ve had to swear off a lot of real literature because it really affects my mood. It’s like seasonal affective disorder but with literature. So I am constantly looking for good fiction that is not filled with rape, death of children, generally morose characters, etc.
PP’s comment about the Poisonwood Bible….i loved the first half of it. I was so gutted by the end part that I had to give up reading for a while afterward. So I haven’t dared reading her new one!
Anonymous
05/02/2024 01:08
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:omg none of those listed above. You guys are reading absolute trash. go back to the classics and stop wasting your brains
Fr fr
Anonymous
05/02/2024 01:06
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:No, not kite runner. That's popular junk like saying the Dan brown novels are good.
+1 not a classic whatsoever
Anonymous
05/02/2024 00:55
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Harry Potter
That came out in the late 1990’s
Yes, but there are several (seven?) novels, and most of them were published after 2000.
Agree with Harry Potter (late 90s/early 200s) for the massive cultural impact. Along those lines, I'd also say Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones series). 90s/2000s. Same widely successful books and TV series.
I don't think any other books come close to the reach of these two series on the general public.
Anonymous
05/02/2024 00:49
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Stunning book.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 23:28
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Blindness
This was a great book, although doesn't meet OP criteria of after 2000.
Anonymous
05/01/2024 23:27
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
There are books that touched me and stayed with me but I doubt they will be considered classic.
One is The Idiot by Elif Batuman, another is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
I also like Elizabeth Strout’s writing but can never remember what the plot was
One is The Idiot by Elif Batuman, another is Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
I also like Elizabeth Strout’s writing but can never remember what the plot was