Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
My Brilliant Friend (& the Neapolitan Quartet) by Elena Ferrante
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Celena133 on
2666 by Roberto Bolaño. Conversation in The Cathedral by Vargas Llosa.
trustmeimabuilder on
The Nix by Nathan Hill.
CarpeDiemMaybe on
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
locallygrownmusic on
Not super recent but I think The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro will be a classic one day
Timely_Shock_5333 on
Maybe…
Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
I’d suggest Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver or James by Percival Everett but I think it’s quasi-cheating since they are heavily influenced by pre-existing classics.
Agree on Pachinko.
codex2013 on
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
AmTheUniverse on
The Handmaids Tale
jbjellybean on
I see The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt being a classic.
mistypatch on
A thousand splendid suns!
PrimalHonkey on
The Passenger, McCarthy
arrowhome on
In the children’s literature genre, The Wild Robot.
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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
My Brilliant Friend (& the Neapolitan Quartet) by Elena Ferrante
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
2666 by Roberto Bolaño. Conversation in The Cathedral by Vargas Llosa.
The Nix by Nathan Hill.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Not super recent but I think The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro will be a classic one day
Maybe…
Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
I’d suggest Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver or James by Percival Everett but I think it’s quasi-cheating since they are heavily influenced by pre-existing classics.
Agree on Pachinko.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaids Tale
I see The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt being a classic.
A thousand splendid suns!
The Passenger, McCarthy
In the children’s literature genre, The Wild Robot.