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100 Great Novels by Living Authors

This list was posted on the Medium website by Blair Mahoney, who is the editor of Poem of the Day on that site. It is a companion challenge to "100 Great Novels By Dead Authors". Each book has a 10-20 line summary which could help decide whether the book is worth reading.
The source list seems to be a little inaccurate, not taking into account the relatively recent deaths of the following authors!
Gilbert Adair (2011)
E.L. Doctorow (2015)
Günter Grass (2015)
Russell Hoban (2011)
Ursula K. Le Guin (2018)
Terry Pratchett (2015)
Toni Morrison (2019)
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A Closed Book (Gilbert Adair)
A Closed Book
1
Gilbert Adair
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
2
Chimamanda Adichie
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
Time's Arrow
3
Martin Amis
Things We Didn't See Coming (Steven Amsterdam)
Things We Didn't See Coming
4
Steven Amsterdam
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life
5
Kate Atkinson
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
6
Margaret Atwood
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
7
Paul Auster
Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
Darkmans
8
Nicola Barker
The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
The Regeneration Trilogy
9
Pat Barker
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Julian Barnes)
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
10
Julian Barnes
A Long Long Way (Sebastian Barry)
A Long Long Way
11
Sebastian Barry
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (John Barth)
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor
12
John Barth
The Children's Book (A.S. Byatt)
The Children's Book
13
A.S. Byatt
My Life as a Fake (Peter Carey)
My Life as a Fake
14
Peter Carey
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries
15
Eleanor Catton
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
16
Michael Chabon
Red Earth and Pouring Rain (Vikram Chandra)
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
17
Vikram Chandra
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
18
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
19
J.M. Coetzee
Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma
20
Being Dead (Jim Crace)
Being Dead
21
Jim Crace
Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big
22
John Crowley
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
23
Mark Danielewski
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
24
Don Delillo
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai
25
Helen Dewitt
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate
26
E.L. Doctorow
S. (J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst)
S.
27
J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
28
Roddy Doyle
The World as I Found It (Bruce Duffy)
The World as I Found It
29
Bruce Duffy
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
30
Jennifer Egan
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
31
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
32
Jeffrey Eugenides
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
Then We Came to the End
33
Joshua Ferris
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
34
Richard Flanagan
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
35
Karen Joy Fowler
Spies (Michael Frayn)
Spies
36
Michael Frayn
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
37
Neil Gaiman
The Calcutta Chromosome (Amitav Ghosh)
The Calcutta Chromosome
38
Amitav Ghosh
Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold)
Carter Beats the Devil
39
Glen David Gold
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
40
Gunter Grass
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