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100 Great Novels by Living Authors - Page 3

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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Angelica (Arthur Philips)
Angelica
81
Arthur Philips
King Dork (Frank Portman)
King Dork
82
Frank Portman
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
83
Richard Powers
The Colour of Magic 25th Anniversary Edition (Terry Pratchett)
The Colour of Magic 25th Anniversary Edition
84
Terry Pratchett
The Book of Dirt (Bram Presser)
The Book of Dirt
85
Bram Presser
The Adjacent (Christopher Priest)
The Adjacent
86
Christopher Priest
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
87
Thomas Pynchon
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
88
Arundhati Roy
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
89
Salman Rushdie
Everything Is Illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Everything Is Illuminated
90
Jonathan Safran Foer
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
91
Vikram Seth
The Accidental (Ali Smith)
The Accidental
92
Ali Smith
The Autograph Man (Zadie Smith)
The Autograph Man
93
Zadie Smith
A Grain of Wheat (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
A Grain of Wheat
94
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
The End of Mr Y (Scarlett Thomas)
The End of Mr Y
95
Scarlett Thomas
House of Day, House of Night (Olga Tokarczuk)
House of Day, House of Night
96
Olga Tokarczuk
The News From Paraguay (Lily Tuck)
The News From Paraguay
97
Lily Tuck
Bright Air Black (David Vann)
Bright Air Black
98
David Vann
The Night Watch (Sarah Waters)
The Night Watch
99
Sarah Waters
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
Old School
100
Tobias Wolff
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