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100 New Classics

Type: Preset list created by deldevries

Description: The 100 best reads from 1983 to 2008. Based on an article in Entertainment Weekly (2008) "The New Classics:" The 100 Best Books of the Last 25 Years. Source: http://www.ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-books

Based on tag: 100 New Classics

Members: 7 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
16,624 members, 356 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), SandraArdnas (1), ahef1963 (1), hipdeep (2), deldevries (50)

Score: 16.87

2
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
83,404 members, 773 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), deldevries (2), merrystar (4), ahef1963 (4), LesleyWebb (7)

Score: 14.84

3
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
32,686 members, 941 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), deldevries (3), SandraArdnas (5), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 10.86

4
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
23,353 members, 345 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), SandraArdnas (3), ahef1963 (14), deldevries (18)

Score: 10.41

5
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
19,397 members, 307 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), LesleyWebb (8), kara.shamy (10), deldevries (33)

Score: 8.97

6
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
18,182 members, 345 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: SandraArdnas (2), ahef1963 (5), deldevries (5)

Score: 8.71

7
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,079 members, 439 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), hipdeep (4), deldevries (15)

Score: 8.23

8
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
31,829 members, 893 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (1), ahef1963 (10), deldevries (31)

Score: 7.95

9
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
30,072 members, 648 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (11), deldevries (37)

Score: 7.82

10
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
45,167 members, 1,172 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (2), ahef1963 (8), deldevries (62)

Score: 7.17

11
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,405 members, 257 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), kara.shamy (5), deldevries (90)

Score: 7.01

12
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
by Jon Stewart
6,843 members, 59 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), hipdeep (6), deldevries (96)

Score: 6.87

13
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
38,843 members, 1,232 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (3), ahef1963 (9), deldevries (67)

Score: 6.75

14
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
28,605 members, 1,294 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: deldevries (1), kara.shamy (7)

Score: 6.46

15
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
11,654 members, 410 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), ahef1963 (27), deldevries (27)

Score: 6.34

16
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
17,085 members, 722 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (4), ahef1963 (16), deldevries (52)

Score: 6.32

17
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
11,172 members, 428 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), deldevries (22), ahef1963 (25)

Score: 6.19

18
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
11,639 members, 278 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: deldevries (9), kara.shamy (13), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 6.19

19
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
19,138 members, 306 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), deldevries (25)

Score: 5.79

20
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,374 members, 116 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), ahef1963 (18), deldevries (85)

Score: 5.64

21
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
14,902 members, 432 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9), ahef1963 (29), deldevries (64)

Score: 5.45

22
On Writing
by Stephen King
14,770 members, 432 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: deldevries (4), merrystar (6)

Score: 5.38

23
The Complete Maus
by Art Spiegelman
6,198 members, 203 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), deldevries (10)

Score: 5.29

24
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,296 members, 339 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), ahef1963 (21), deldevries (79)

Score: 5.28

25
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
15,224 members, 319 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), deldevries (13)

Score: 4.66

26
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
15,118 members, 166 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (5), deldevries (24)

Score: 4.48

27
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende
4,031 members, 52 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), deldevries (42)

Score: 4.25

28
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver
2,504 members, 85 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: SandraArdnas (4), deldevries (70)

Score: 4.21

29
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
19,237 members, 802 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (6), deldevries (73)

Score: 3.92

30
Blindness
by José Saramago
10,665 members, 343 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: deldevries (14), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 3.88

31
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
2,498 members, 54 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (15), deldevries (23)

Score: 3.86

32
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
15,141 members, 238 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), deldevries (21)

Score: 3.84

33
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
23,126 members, 456 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), deldevries (45)

Score: 3.74

34
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
4,053 members, 103 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16), deldevries (32)

Score: 3.68

35
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
6,963 members, 319 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19), deldevries (28)

Score: 3.66

36
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
8,403 members, 241 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20), deldevries (30)

Score: 3.6

37
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
30,968 members, 1,408 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), deldevries (60)

Score: 3.59

38
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
12,965 members, 376 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12), deldevries (72)

Score: 3.52

39
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
10,325 members, 229 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23), deldevries (36)

Score: 3.46

40
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman
9,906 members, 207 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22), deldevries (43)

Score: 3.41

41
Holes
by Louis Sachar
18,923 members, 886 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), deldevries (78)

Score: 3.38

42
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace
4,049 members, 64 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18), deldevries (61)

Score: 3.37

43
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
7,499 members, 297 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), deldevries (34)

Score: 3.37

44
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,126 members, 106 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), deldevries (77)

Score: 3.32

45
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
13,568 members, 175 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28), deldevries (81)

Score: 3.07

46
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr
3,397 members, 73 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: deldevries (6)

Score: 2.56

47
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
6,776 members, 159 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: deldevries (7)

Score: 2.46

48
Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
5,009 members, 120 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: deldevries (8)

Score: 2.38

49
Selected Stories
by Alice Munro
1,120 members, 12 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: deldevries (11)

Score: 2.2

50
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
11,835 members, 177 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: deldevries (12)

Score: 2.15

51
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
61,498 members, 1,217 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), LesleyWebb (9), deldevries (92)

Thumbs down: SandraArdnas, merrystar

Score: 2.06

52
Black Water
by Joyce Carol Oates
1,045 members, 44 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: deldevries (16)

Score: 2

53
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story
by Dave Eggers
2,070 members, 28 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: deldevries (17)

Score: 1.97

54
Rabbit at Rest
by John Updike
2,147 members, 23 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: deldevries (19)

Score: 1.92

55
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
8,300 members, 204 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: deldevries (20)

Score: 1.89

56
Naked
by David Sedaris
11,322 members, 114 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: deldevries (26)

Score: 1.77

57
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
11,407 members, 327 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: deldevries (29)

Score: 1.72

58
Birds of America: Stories
by Lorrie Moore
2,154 members, 39 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: deldevries (35)

Score: 1.65

59
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
8,061 members, 195 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: deldevries (38)

Score: 1.61

60
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
642 members, 12 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: deldevries (39)

Score: 1.6

61
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
by Paul Monette
633 members, 10 reviews
4.45 stars (4.45 stars)

Lists: deldevries (40)

Score: 1.59

62
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
by Melissa Fay Greene
400 members, 4 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: deldevries (41)

Score: 1.58

63
World's Fair
by E. L. Doctorow
1,097 members, 24 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: deldevries (44)

Score: 1.55

64
Clockers
by Richard Price
1,139 members, 24 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: deldevries (46)

Score: 1.54

65
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
14,812 members, 319 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: deldevries (47)

Score: 1.53

66
The Journalist and the Murderer
by Janet Malcolm
490 members, 9 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: deldevries (48)

Score: 1.52

67
Waiting to Exhale
by Terry McMillan
1,457 members, 18 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: deldevries (49)

Score: 1.51

68
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
by Chris Ware
2,839 members, 47 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: deldevries (51)

Score: 1.5

69
The Night Manager
by John le Carré
2,582 members, 29 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: deldevries (53)

Score: 1.48

70
Drop City
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
2,235 members, 50 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: deldevries (55)

Score: 1.47

71
Krik? Krak!
by Edwidge Danticat
990 members, 20 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: deldevries (56)

Score: 1.46

72
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
9,555 members, 192 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: deldevries (57)

Score: 1.46

73
Money: A Suicide Note
by Martin Amis
2,774 members, 48 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: deldevries (58)

Score: 1.45

74
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by Peter Guralnick
877 members, 10 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: deldevries (59)

Score: 1.44

75
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
6,329 members, 319 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: deldevries (63)

Score: 1.42

76
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
14,644 members, 604 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: deldevries (65)

Score: 1.41

77
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
by Anne Fadiman
3,958 members, 109 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: deldevries (66)

Score: 1.4

78
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
16,065 members, 293 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: deldevries (68)

Score: 1.39

79
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
by Buzz Bissinger
2,274 members, 63 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: deldevries (69)

Score: 1.39

80
A Sight for Sore Eyes
by Ruth Rendell
910 members, 23 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: deldevries (71)

Score: 1.38

81
Bright Lights, Big City
by Jay McInerney
2,607 members, 40 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: deldevries (74)

Score: 1.36

82
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
by Susan Faludi
2,495 members, 20 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: deldevries (75)

Score: 1.36

83
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,076 members, 578 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: deldevries (76)

Score: 1.36

84
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
2,901 members, 177 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: deldevries (80)

Score: 1.34

85
Close Range
by Annie Proulx
3,038 members, 64 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: deldevries (82)

Score: 1.33

86
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
by Ruth Reichl
1,741 members, 31 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: deldevries (83)

Score: 1.33

87
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
3,638 members, 57 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: deldevries (84)

Score: 1.32

88
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
11,395 members, 163 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: deldevries (86)

Score: 1.31

89
Parting the Waters : America in the King Years, 1954-63
by Taylor Branch
1,796 members, 18 reviews
4.53 stars (4.53 stars)

Lists: deldevries (87)

Score: 1.31

90
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
6,521 members, 200 reviews
4.55 stars (4.55 stars)

Lists: deldevries (88)

Score: 1.31

91
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
4,918 members, 53 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: deldevries (89)

Score: 1.3

92
Kaaterskill Falls
by Allegra Goodman
707 members, 18 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: deldevries (91)

Score: 1.3

93
Jesus' Son
by Denis Johnson
2,373 members, 63 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: deldevries (93)

Score: 1.29

94
The Predators' Ball The Junk Bond Raiders and the Man Who Staked Them
by Connie Bruck
393 members, 3 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: deldevries (94)

Score: 1.29

95
Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman
4,064 members, 113 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: deldevries (95)

Score: 1.28

96
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
18,745 members, 294 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: deldevries (97)

Score: 1.28

97
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
by Randy Shilts
2,364 members, 53 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: deldevries (98)

Score: 1.27

98
Pastoralia
by George Saunders
1,959 members, 41 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: deldevries (99)

Score: 1.27

99
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
1,214 members, 36 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: deldevries (100)

Score: 1.27

100
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
7,746 members, 113 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: deldevries (54)

Thumbs down: merrystar

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