modern books that will be "classics" in the future (and why you should read them)

Id absolutely have the midnight library and the handmaids tale on there! Awesome video, very fun concept

Kinda would have wanted to see The Road (Im a McCarthy glazer) on here, to a lesser extent maybe some other novels that capture contemporary issues of the times, like American Psycho and Fight Club. Overall good list.

idk if you've ever read it but The Nightingale by Kristian Hannah has changed the way I view fighting against the system and the survivorship of being in a war

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I just added 10 books to my reading list, but why are most of them so short ? 200 pages at most, is this a modern thing too ?

i was scared when i saw it ends with us

I love this topic for a video! It isn't very long, but I would put forth The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle as worth considering for a future classic. I need to read it again! It's great that you enjoy/appreciate quality fiction! Do you ever enjoy beta reading new literary fiction manuscripts for up and coming authors?? I'm working on a manuscript/novel currently, and I would love more feedback/constructive criticism from readers who are well read within the literary fiction genre. 📚

I also believe that Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" has potential to become a classic in the future - my old teacher also studied this in university for his degree. I could also imagine "The Perks of being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky being studied in schools in the future.

I refuse to recommend A Little Life since it's truly just torture porn. Sorry to all those affected by this crime against humanity, but it's true.

wow im croatian and im so glad to see something about my history (sort of) and just see the representation with black butterflies

i thought that sally rooney is alr a classic writer... in my defense she is literally next to lolita in my book store

A Little Life is a classic... 'classic misery porn'. Never got the hype at all.

i hate a little life

First time watching a video from your channel and your voice, eloquent description of books, and witty delivery just made me click subscribe immediately. Can’t wait to watch your other content 🙌🏻

Yesss! I love hearing people talk about 'The Book Thief' it's been my favorite since I was literally 12 years old, if that's not a modern classic than I don't know what is!

A little life gets entirely too much hate. I too will die on the hill that it is a great book

That “It Ends With Us” was an absolute jump scare moment.

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when i go to the library i want to read those modern classics

Discovered Elif Shafak when There Are Rivers In The Sky was featured on Between The Covers, and I'm currently reading my way through her back catalogue!

I read The Hunger Games last year for the first time, at 60yrs! I devoured the trilogy, Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes is on request from my local library now. Powerful stuff indeed.
Some of these books were on my "to read in the near future" list, many more will be added. A few will be added to my "read your shelves" challenge .

I mean maybe it isn’t considered a “modern” one anymore BUT WHERE IS HARRY POTTER - she asked calmly.

Because it’s still a phenomenon and there is no way these books aren’t going to be studied by the historians, scientists etc.

At my school the huger games is one of the books english teachers can choose from to teach in school, it's already up there with 1984, animal farm, to kill a mockingbird ...

Could you do about some brazilian books ?

Jonathan strange and Mr. Norrell!!

I think the glass castle deserves a mention. Ik it’s a memoir but still

I swear I never know what's gonna come out of ur mouth next jack I literally passed away during the 'a little life' section. if you dont end up a writer which I know is impossible, you should give comedy a go I swear you make sad things funny like a little life which im reading right now lollll

Hunger games is just battle royale with Harry Potter protagonist.....this generation is fucked.

The Song of Achilles 🩵 A Little Life

Thank you so much Jack, i noted some of interesting titles 🙏

A thousand splendid suns should be in this list

I think it's safe to say that The Secret History is a potential front runner for becoming a classic as well. It just has that feeling about it. Same thing with Harry Potter. A lot of classics have that element of controversy to them that gets some of them banned in certain places, and Harry Potter has already done that. Genuinely, it's such a good series as most anybody who reads is already aware of.

I think as it gets older, Percy Jackson definitely is a contender for becoming a classic as well!

My life will never be the same after reading The Song of Achilles. It was truly amazing 🩵

I think twilight is definitely gonna be a classic.

i vividly remember learning about the hunger games. we were waiting for the bell to ring for our 6th grade social studies class and one of my friends told our table she had just finished the best book ever. within a week we had all read it and we were anxiously awaiting the release of catching fire. now as an adult i took the release day for sunrise on the reaping off the second it was announced.

from the beginning of the video, I was thinking "In Memoriam is so good, it's definitely a modern classic" (and I've had this thought before). when you pulled the book out, I screamed

I have written several small essays about the hunger games lmao

what a great video! Do you think it is important to read David Copperfield before reading Demon Copperhead?

I know its a graphic novel but Maus by Art Spiegelman. I know it was published in the 80s/90s but its become extremely popular and relivant now that there is push back on reading innacurate ww2 fiction like the boy in the striped pajamas. Its been banned in many schools despite the fact that it teaches middle grades to young adults very accurate hiastory in based on a real survivor. It should be propped up more as one of the best ww2 books of the modern day and should absolutely be required reading in schools and replace the boy in the striped pajamas completely

Wow. How do you talk so elegantly about books? I know how to summarise the book but I don’t know how to TALK about it. I hope that makes sense 😂

When I read the hunger games as a teenager it put me in a 5 year reading slump nothing could compare and I couldn't finish any book during those years 🫠

Too many
Almost more than years in the century

I just added each of these books to my hold list on Libby thru this video

I'm waiting for Lady Gaga's biography.

What's with the Christmas music in the background?

My favorite thing about the hunger games is that it wasn't actually intended for younger audiences. It was written as a very serious social critique of US "democracy" and includes a number of political and philosophical themes that Suzanne Collins is actually very educated on.

For me 'The invisible life of Addie La Rue' should definitely become a classic; the way the story is told and the whole message of the book is so powerful it makes you want to laugh cry and stare at the wall in silence at the end. I really could write an essay on its significance! to anyone reading definitely check it out!!

I'm so mad at you, Jack....for making my TBR list so much looooonger!

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir is on this list for me