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Brooke Banning's avatar

Pretty good, though I'd take the asterisk off Crime and Punishment and Fight Club. They're just classic classics. Did you miss Jane Eyre? I also feel vindicated, re: The Master and Margarita. If we're doing modern classics, I feel like this list could use some Coetzee, Ferrante, Kingsolver, Robinson, July, Saunders, and Heti.

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Stephen Thomas's avatar

Fair. I tried not to put anything on from the last couple decades, but aside from that my inclusion of modern classics was almost entirely random

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Elizabeth Kennedy's avatar

Have you read Richard Powers? I love every book, every minute. This man is brilliant.

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Anonymous Dude's avatar

The first rule of classics lists is: you talk about reordering the classics lists.

The second rule of classics lists is:...

OK, I came here just to make that lame joke. Thanks for the list though.

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