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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: 13 participating members (show all)

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1
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
17,157 members, 371 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

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

Score: 24.87

2
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
34,821 members, 1,007 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (2), sturlington (2), Bretzky1 (2), kara.shamy (3), deldevries (3), SandraArdnas (5), ahef1963 (13), ManWithAnAgenda (29)

Score: 22.68

3
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
19,211 members, 360 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: SandraArdnas (2), sturlington (3), gypsysmom (4), ahef1963 (5), deldevries (5), hipdeep (7), ManWithAnAgenda (7), NinieB

Score: 22.18

4
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
46,211 members, 1,192 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), Bretzky1 (1), LesleyWebb (2), gypsysmom (3), ahef1963 (8), ManWithAnAgenda (26), deldevries (62)

Score: 19.98

5
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,742 members, 264 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), kara.shamy (5), sturlington (7), gypsysmom (8), ManWithAnAgenda (21), deldevries (90), NinieB

Score: 16.39

6
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
40,021 members, 1,258 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (3), gypsysmom (5), dara85 (5), sturlington (8), ahef1963 (9), ManWithAnAgenda (28), deldevries (67)

Score: 16.21

7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
86,817 members, 803 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 15.52

8
Watchmen #1
by Alan Moore
17,190 members, 467 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), sturlington (4), hipdeep (4), gypsysmom (6), deldevries (15), ManWithAnAgenda (24)

Score: 15.42

9
Northern Lights
by Philip Pullman
31,333 members, 675 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), sturlington (6), gypsysmom (7), ahef1963 (11), ManWithAnAgenda (23), deldevries (37)

Score: 14.66

10
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
32,519 members, 907 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (1), sturlington (5), gypsysmom (9), ahef1963 (10), deldevries (31)

Score: 12.93

11
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
24,343 members, 360 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), SandraArdnas (3), gypsysmom (10), ahef1963 (14), deldevries (18)

Score: 12.66

12
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
15,722 members, 459 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6), kara.shamy (9), gypsysmom (11), sturlington (13), ahef1963 (29), deldevries (64)

Score: 12.31

13
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
5,497 members, 123 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), ManWithAnAgenda (17), ahef1963 (18), gypsysmom (20), sturlington (21), deldevries (85), NinieB

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 12.04

14
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
23,718 members, 458 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), kara.shamy (11), gypsysmom (12), sturlington (17), deldevries (45)

Score: 11.86

15
On Writing
by Stephen King
15,515 members, 455 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: deldevries (4), merrystar (6), hipdeep (8), sturlington (14), ManWithAnAgenda (19)

Score: 11.75

16
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Jeannette Walls
17,746 members, 740 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), LesleyWebb (4), gypsysmom (13), ahef1963 (16), deldevries (52)

Score: 11.46

17
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
19,867 members, 315 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), LesleyWebb (8), kara.shamy (10), gypsysmom (14), deldevries (33)

Score: 11.04

18
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
29,760 members, 1,318 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: deldevries (1), kara.shamy (7), sturlington (9), gypsysmom (15)

Score: 10.8

19
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
11,902 members, 419 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), sturlington (10), gypsysmom (16), ahef1963 (27), deldevries (27)

Score: 10.59

20
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
11,530 members, 449 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), sturlington (11), gypsysmom (17), deldevries (22), ahef1963 (25)

Score: 10.36

21
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
32,715 members, 1,460 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4), ahef1963 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (16), sturlington (22), deldevries (60)

Score: 10.26

22
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
19,988 members, 321 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), sturlington (12), gypsysmom (18), deldevries (25)

Score: 9.88

23
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
12,164 members, 293 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), deldevries (9), kara.shamy (13), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 9.55

24
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
15,678 members, 174 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), LesleyWebb (5), sturlington (16), deldevries (24)

Score: 9.52

25
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
13,668 members, 406 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10), kara.shamy (12), gypsysmom (19), sturlington (23), deldevries (72)

Score: 9.51

26
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,786 members, 351 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), sturlington (15), gypsysmom (21), ahef1963 (21), deldevries (79)

Score: 9.18

27
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
by Jon Stewart
6,978 members, 60 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), hipdeep (6), ManWithAnAgenda (22), deldevries (96)

Score: 8.72

28
Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
5,231 members, 123 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: deldevries (8), gypsysmom (27), sturlington (28), NinieB

Score: 8.55

29
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
15,167 members, 324 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), gypsysmom (22), sturlington (31), deldevries (47)

Score: 8.43

30
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
15,652 members, 241 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), sturlington (19), deldevries (21), NinieB

Score: 8.43

31
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,247 members, 352 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: deldevries (14), ManWithAnAgenda (18), sturlington (18), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 7.76

32
The Complete Maus
by Art Spiegelman
6,459 members, 206 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), deldevries (10), ManWithAnAgenda (15)

Score: 7.32

33
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
3,807 members, 59 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (32), sturlington (36), deldevries (84), NinieB

Score: 7.31

34
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman
10,332 members, 230 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (14), ahef1963 (22), sturlington (25), deldevries (43)

Score: 7.27

35
Holes
by Louis Sachar
19,625 members, 909 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (13), ahef1963 (15), sturlington (26), deldevries (78)

Score: 7.26

36
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
6,622 members, 327 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (11), gypsysmom (23), sturlington (32), deldevries (63)

Score: 7.13

37
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
10,705 members, 235 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23), gypsysmom (24), sturlington (24), deldevries (36)

Score: 7.07

38
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
13,709 members, 181 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (20), sturlington (27), ahef1963 (28), deldevries (81)

Score: 6.72

40
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver
2,636 members, 86 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: SandraArdnas (4), ManWithAnAgenda (12), deldevries (70)

Score: 6.36

41
Naked
by David Sedaris
11,500 members, 113 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), hipdeep (11), deldevries (26)

Score: 6.35

42
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
63,328 members, 1,239 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), ahef1963 (7), LesleyWebb (9), gypsysmom (26), ManWithAnAgenda (27), deldevries (92)

Thumbs down: sturlington, SandraArdnas, merrystar

Score: 6.14

43
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
8,772 members, 251 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (9), ahef1963 (20), deldevries (30)

Score: 5.91

44
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
11,671 members, 167 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: sturlington (37), deldevries (86), NinieB

Score: 5.61

45
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker
2,564 members, 55 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (15), deldevries (23), gypsysmom (28)

Score: 5.6

46
Case Histories
by Kate Atkinson
7,156 members, 323 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19), sturlington (20), deldevries (28)

Score: 5.55

47
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
7,973 members, 116 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (35), sturlington (39), deldevries (54), NinieB

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 5.4

48
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
3,025 members, 181 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), sturlington (35), deldevries (80)

Score: 5.29

49
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
5,235 members, 110 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), gypsysmom (29), deldevries (77)

Score: 5.04

50
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
15,336 members, 634 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (30), sturlington (33), deldevries (65)

Score: 4.79

51
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,791 members, 587 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (31), sturlington (34), deldevries (76)

Score: 4.71

52
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami
15,810 members, 340 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), deldevries (13)

Score: 4.66

53
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
6,915 members, 210 reviews
4.55 stars (4.55 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (33), sturlington (38), deldevries (88)

Score: 4.59

54
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende
4,321 members, 60 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), deldevries (42)

Score: 4.25

55
Bright Lights, Big City
by Jay McInerney
2,689 members, 43 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), deldevries (74)

Score: 4.04

56
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
19,857 members, 809 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: LesleyWebb (6), deldevries (73)

Score: 3.92

57
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst
4,163 members, 107 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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

Score: 3.68

58
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
by Randy Shilts
2,471 members, 54 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (10), deldevries (98)

Score: 3.52

59
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
11,982 members, 344 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: sturlington (29), deldevries (29)

Score: 3.45

60
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace
4,202 members, 67 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

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

Score: 3.37

61
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
7,610 members, 303 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), deldevries (34)

Score: 3.37

62
Birds of America: Stories
by Lorrie Moore
2,193 members, 41 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: sturlington (30), deldevries (35)

Score: 3.35

63
Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman
4,371 members, 134 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (25), deldevries (95)

Score: 3.07

64
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
19,381 members, 304 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (34), deldevries (97)

Score: 2.93

65
Selected Stories
by Alice Munro
1,151 members, 12 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: deldevries (11)

Score: 2.2

66
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
12,109 members, 182 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: deldevries (12)

Score: 2.15

67
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
7,045 members, 162 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: deldevries (7), gypsysmom (36)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.09

68
Black Water
by Joyce Carol Oates
1,070 members, 47 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: deldevries (16)

Score: 2

69
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
8,536 members, 213 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: deldevries (20)

Score: 1.89

70
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
8,470 members, 197 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: deldevries (38)

Score: 1.61

71
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
672 members, 13 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: deldevries (39)

Score: 1.6

72
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
by Paul Monette
659 members, 12 reviews
4.48 stars (4.48 stars)

Lists: deldevries (40)

Score: 1.59

73
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
by Melissa Fay Greene
413 members, 4 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: deldevries (41)

Score: 1.58

74
World's Fair
by E. L. Doctorow
1,142 members, 27 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: deldevries (44)

Score: 1.55

75
Rabbit at Rest
by John Updike
2,215 members, 25 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: deldevries (19), gypsysmom (37)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.54

76
Clockers
by Richard Price
1,161 members, 27 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: deldevries (46)

Score: 1.54

77
The Journalist and the Murderer
by Janet Malcolm
521 members, 10 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: deldevries (48)

Score: 1.52

78
Waiting to Exhale
by Terry McMillan
1,515 members, 18 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: deldevries (49)

Score: 1.51

79
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
by Chris Ware
2,891 members, 50 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: deldevries (51)

Score: 1.5

80
The Night Manager
by John le Carré
2,764 members, 33 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: deldevries (53)

Score: 1.48

81
Krik? Krak!
by Edwidge Danticat
1,029 members, 21 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: deldevries (56)

Score: 1.46

82
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
9,829 members, 192 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: deldevries (57)

Score: 1.46

83
Money: A Suicide Note
by Martin Amis
2,873 members, 52 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: deldevries (58)

Score: 1.45

84
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
by Peter Guralnick
930 members, 11 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: deldevries (59)

Score: 1.44

85
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
by Anne Fadiman
4,112 members, 115 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: deldevries (66)

Score: 1.4

86
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
by Buzz Bissinger
2,369 members, 67 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: deldevries (69)

Score: 1.39

87
A Sight for Sore Eyes
by Ruth Rendell
941 members, 25 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: deldevries (71)

Score: 1.38

88
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women
by Susan Faludi
2,528 members, 20 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: deldevries (75)

Score: 1.36

89
Close Range
by Annie Proulx
3,124 members, 66 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: deldevries (82)

Score: 1.33

90
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table
by Ruth Reichl
1,780 members, 33 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: deldevries (83)

Score: 1.33

91
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63
by Taylor Branch
1,871 members, 20 reviews
4.54 stars (4.54 stars)

Lists: deldevries (87)

Score: 1.31

92
Kaaterskill Falls
by Allegra Goodman
730 members, 19 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: deldevries (91)

Score: 1.3

93
Jesus' Son: Stories
by Denis Johnson
2,434 members, 65 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: deldevries (93)

Score: 1.29

94
The Predators' Ball The Junk Bond Raiders and the Man Who Staked Them
by Connie Bruck
403 members, 5 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: deldevries (94)

Score: 1.29

95
Pastoralia
by George Saunders
2,058 members, 46 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: deldevries (99)

Score: 1.27

96
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
1,238 members, 36 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: deldevries (100)

Score: 1.27

97
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr
3,535 members, 74 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: deldevries (6)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 0.56

98
Drop City
by T. C. Boyle
2,255 members, 50 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: deldevries (55)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

99
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
16,497 members, 306 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: deldevries (68)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

100
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
7,114 members, 75 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: deldevries (89)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

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