Anonymous
05/04/2024 18:48
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Not a specific book, but I think Kazuo Ishiguro’s body of work makes him a “new classic” author.
Yes. He won the Nobel Prize l, too. Alice Munro is another winner who I think will be a new classic.
Anonymous
05/04/2024 18:46
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
The NYT has compiled their best books from 2000 on. I was struck by how how “meh” I felt by them even if I liked them at the time.
Anonymous
05/04/2024 18:36
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
There There by Tommy Orange
On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong
All the Light We Cannot See Tony Doer
Sing Unburied Sing Jesmyn Ward
White Teeth Zaide Smith
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong
All the Light We Cannot See Tony Doer
Sing Unburied Sing Jesmyn Ward
White Teeth Zaide Smith
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
Anonymous
05/04/2024 14:55
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If A Little Life has no haters, I’m dead. I passionately hate that fckn book.
Don’t worry; I hate it too.
It’s so overwritten, too. But there was something particularly distressing about it. It felt performative, like a contest to inflict maximum pain on a gay male character. At some point it feels exploitative.
Anonymous
05/04/2024 12:39
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Not a specific book, but I think Kazuo Ishiguro’s body of work makes him a “new classic” author.
Anonymous
05/04/2024 12:36
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:If A Little Life has no haters, I’m dead. I passionately hate that fckn book.
There is no universally loved book - even a classic!
Anonymous
05/04/2024 11:19
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If A Little Life has no haters, I’m dead. I passionately hate that fckn book.
Don’t worry; I hate it too.
It has been sitting half-read on my nightstand for three months. I just can't get motivated to finish it...
Previous hater here: I liked the first half much better than the second half!
Anonymous
05/04/2024 10:47
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If A Little Life has no haters, I’m dead. I passionately hate that fckn book.
Don’t worry; I hate it too.
It has been sitting half-read on my nightstand for three months. I just can't get motivated to finish it...
Anonymous
05/04/2024 10:21
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Homegoing. A Fine Balance.
I was going to mention both these books. A Fine Balance really stayed with me and I thought about that book for a long time.
A Fine Balance 100%. I’m surprised it’s not talked about more on this site. Absolutely amazing.
Agreed, but it’s not from this century!
Eh it’s just 5 years. Can’t we squeeze it in?? 😂😂
Anonymous
05/04/2024 10:03
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
White Teeth
Anonymous
05/04/2024 09:56
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:If A Little Life has no haters, I’m dead. I passionately hate that fckn book.
Don’t worry; I hate it too.
Anonymous
05/04/2024 08:53
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
A Gentleman in Moscow read like a classic IMO.
Anonymous
05/04/2024 08:47
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Homegoing. A Fine Balance.
I was going to mention both these books. A Fine Balance really stayed with me and I thought about that book for a long time.
A Fine Balance 100%. I’m surprised it’s not talked about more on this site. Absolutely amazing.
Agreed, but it’s not from this century!
Anonymous
05/04/2024 07:58
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Agree with this, also add:
Empire Falls
Anonymous
05/04/2024 07:28
Subject: s/o from Reddit -- Which novel published after the year 2000 will be considered a classic?
Shuggie Bain. It won the Booker Prize, it's beautifully written, and the theme of growing up with an addicted parent will, unfortunately, continue to be relevant.
I agree with the suggestion of anything by Claire Keegan. I think she'd fit really nicely on many an English lit syllabus. Also, she demonstrates that you can write vividly without blathering on for 800 pages.
I agree with the suggestion of anything by Claire Keegan. I think she'd fit really nicely on many an English lit syllabus. Also, she demonstrates that you can write vividly without blathering on for 800 pages.