This week's topic is: Top ten books published in the last 10 years that you hope people will still be reading in 30 years' time.
This exercise has mostly just convinced me of how old I am getting. :)
1. The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth (2005)
My favourite Roth book, and such a powerful comment on history and tolerance.
2. Naive. Super, by Erlend Loe (2005)
A book that appears on these lists a lot, because it's so simple and so heartbreaking and so uplifting all at the same time.
3. The Little Friend, by Donna Tartt (2002)
Mostly this is here because I love Donna Tartt, and I hope people will still be picking up her books in 30 years.
4. The Ruby Oliver books, by E. Lockhart (2005 - 2010)
Growing up, a lot of the YA books I read were from the 1980s, but the good ones always stuck in my mind, and the less-than-contemporary setting never bothered me. Teenagers are teenagers, and good YA is good YA.
5. Mary Ann in Autumn, by Armistead Maupin (2010)
Because if they're reading this, then they're probably reading the rest of the "Tales" series too...
6. The Sorrows of An American, by Siri Hustvedt (2008)
I am a big fan of Hustvedt's novels, and this is probably my favourite of hers.
7. The Unit, by Ninni Holmqvist (2007)
Feminist dystopia for the win!
8. The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (2006)
Not for everyone, granted, but this is an important book to me.
9. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002)
Just sneaking in at ten years old... I love Eugenides' novels, and I would hope that they'll still be popular in years to come!
10. Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins (2010)
Another excellent bit of YA that I think deserves to still be on shelves in a few years time!
What's on your list?
I think Anna and the French Kiss is some of the best YA Contemporary to come out of the past couple of years. Great list!
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