Which recent books do you think will become classics?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak . he has an amazing way with words and the books told from deaths point of view.

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@threedaysgracee omg yes. I forgot about that until you mentioned it

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I've got to read the book theif, it sounds good, from deaths point of view?

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probably "the shadow of the wind", and also "Dance Dance Dance" by Haruki Murakami. I love japanese literature.

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I agree with pretty much everyone who says Harry Potter series will be a classic. It always was, no doubt.

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@emerald_angels Harry Potter, definitely! :D And maybe some Mitch Albom works like Five People You Meet In Heaven

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the help and of course harry potter but everyone already knew that ;)

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The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series <3

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I know people might want my head on a platter after this. I thought becoming a classic meant it would still be read in a hundred years. I don't think in this sense Harry Potter will become classic literature. Mainly because it's a series and not a short series but a long one. I know many may say "Oh well Lord of the Rings is considered classic" but Tolkien wrote LOTR as one book and the publishers split it up and into three books, not seven (plus LOTR is now available as Tolkien wanted it). Also, since the other series weren't published in the same year it would take a little longer for each one to become a classic. Also if you look at a list of classic literature the only series you would see is Lord of the Rings (billed as Lord of the Rings), the rest is stand alone literature. I doubt in a hundred years anyone is going to track down multiple books just to get the full story. I don't have a book that has been released recently that might become a classic but I did want to put in my two cents about HP becoming Classic Literature.

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^^ Agreed. While I enjoyed the Harry Potter series, I don't think they have the same literary merit as other fantasy novels such as Frankenstein and Dracula that have already made the list as a classic. And Twilight is just a craze. If any vampire novels become a classic it'll be written by Anne Rice.

I think Night by Elie Weisel will become a classic and I would like to see The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath on that list but she never seems to get much attention, does she? Also, I could see Nicholas Sparks books on the classics list.

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@ first few posts Shadow of the Wind? I've come across it before but I haven't read it yet. And I've heard from people that it's really good. It's on my 'to-read list' haha!

-> And as for the question; I'm not the biggest fan of it but I think Harry Potter will become a classic. Just look at all the people who love it.

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Honestly, I think all these fantasy books, even Harry Potter. But Lord of the Rings will (no doubt) make it on the list of classics. G R R Martin's series could too, and M Z Bradley's Avalon series, although it's not that popular, but deserves it.

Twilight has a short 'life'. It's not something that will appeal to people in the future, because it doesn't even appeal to older people here, while classic are meant to be read by anybody.

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Twilight will never become a classic, because it's not well-written. Harry Potter has no real literary merit either, but at least it has a good story. But let's be honest, young adult fiction probably won't become a classic. (Yes, there are exceptions, like CK Lewis, Lewis Carroll, and various others, but they're the exception that proves the rule). Commercial young adult fiction is unlikely to become a classic read by generations to come. At least I hope so. God, I hope so. Commercial fiction these days is pretty grim. No, Nicholas Sparks' books won't be classics.

Ah, it feels good to rant every now and then.

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Harry Potter series, of course. But "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Phillipa Gregory is such a magical piece of art in the form of words that I think, if more people picked it up, it would become an instant classic. :)

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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As Harry Potter has already been beaten to death in this thread, I'll say books like the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

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I say the Twilight series..not because of how good or bad they are but because most of our younger adult to preteen generation has read or seen the movies, i see them being passed down to create a new classic.

The Help , will probably end up being a forced read in some high schools

Harry Potter ..enough said :)

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I agree with Harry Potter, even though it HAS been beaten to death. I also think Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins will definitely become a classic...

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harry potter. 'nough said

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The Help

Let The Right One In

Middlesex

The Road

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Seriously, guys? I thought this was the classics club.

I'm sorry for saying this, but I disagree with most of you. Fantasy-type books like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight (ugh), and many other popular books teens enjoy reading for entertainment do NOT belong in the same category as Brave New World, Othello, The Crucible, Pride and Prejudice, and other books we read for English. Our favorite books today do not explore the uncomfortable truths about the world around us -- in fact, they are designed to help us escape from them.

Not that I don't enjoy them. I LOVE them. But, honestly, can you see yourself writing a literary analysis on Harry Potter?

My suggestion is A Prayer for Owen Meany.

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One of Margaret Atwoods dystopian novels maybe: The Handmaids Tale, that could well, and is already beginning, to be seen as a classic. I havn't read it yet, but just making a judgment call. Stephen King, The Stand, maybe also.

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I'm sure Cormac McCarthy's books (The Road, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, etc) will become classics. The Handmaid's Tale is a good candidate, it's already assigned reading in high school and college courses. I don't know about Stephen King, who can tell a good tale but is not a "great writer". However, good but not great writers, like Edgar Allan Poe, have become classic. I think a cultural phenomenon like Harry Potter has a good chance of becoming a children's classic, like Wizard of Oz. Twilight has no quality that will help it survive past the current and now diminishing fad for Vampire Romance.

Among sci-fi books, I once thought Dune by Frank Herbert had a good chance of becoming a classic, but it has been diminished by its sequels. I would vote for Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany and Imajica by Clive Barker for classic status.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel deserves to become a classic.

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@chiralphenomena "Among sci-fi books, I once thought Dune by Frank Herbert had a good chance of becoming a classic, but it has been diminished by its sequels."

That's a good point about the sequels. It is a shame, as although they are true to the content of the original trilogies, the style and spirit of them certainly isn't. It has turned innovatve sci-fi into mere space opera.

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