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100 Great Novels by Living Authors - Page 2

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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The Secret River (Kate Grenville)
The Secret River
41
Kate Grenville
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
42
Mark Haddon
Light (M. John Harrison)
Light
43
M. John Harrison
Of a Boy (Sonya Hartnett)
Of a Boy
44
Sonya Hartnett
The Lazarus Project (Aleksandar Hemon)
The Lazarus Project
45
Aleksandar Hemon
The Mulberry Empire (Philip Hensher)
The Mulberry Empire
46
Philip Hensher
Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Riddley Walker
47
Russell Hoban
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
48
Nick Hornby
The Wanderers (Meg Howey)
The Wanderers
49
Meg Howey
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
50
Keri Hulme
Carry Me Down (M.J. Hyland)
Carry Me Down
51
M.J. Hyland
The Whale Rider (Witi Ihimaera)
The Whale Rider
52
Witi Ihimaera
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
53
John Irving
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
54
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Broken Earth Trilogy (N.K. Jemisin)
The Broken Earth Trilogy
55
N.K. Jemisin
Moral Hazard (Kate Jennings)
Moral Hazard
56
Kate Jennings
Life (Gwyneth Jones)
Life
57
Gwyneth Jones
Mister Pip (Lloyd Jones)
Mister Pip
58
Lloyd Jones
Transmission
Transmission
59
The Black Album (Hanif Kureishi)
The Black Album
60
Hanif Kureishi
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
61
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
62
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Hunter (Julia Leigh)
The Hunter
63
Julia Leigh
The Fortress of Solitude (Jonathan Lethem)
The Fortress of Solitude
64
Jonathan Lethem
An Imaginary Life (David Malouf)
An Imaginary Life
65
David Malouf
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
66
Hilary Mantel
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
67
Cormac McCarthy
Remainder (Tom McCarthy)
Remainder
68
Tom McCarthy
Enduring Love (Ian McEwan)
Enduring Love
69
Ian McEwan
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
70
China Mieville
Such a Long Journey (Rohinton Mistry)
Such a Long Journey
71
Rohinton Mistry
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
72
David Mitchell
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
73
Toni Morrison
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
74
Haruki Murakami
The Plains (Gerald Murnane)
The Plains
75
Gerald Murnane
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
76
Tim O'Brien
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road
77
Ben Okri
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
78
Michael Ondaatje
The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Club Dumas
79
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Three Dollars (Elliot Perlman)
Three Dollars
80
Elliot Perlman
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