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Contemporary Modern Classics

This is a list of books from the past fifty years that I think are going to become renowned classics, up there with books like The Great Gatsby and Pride & Prejudice.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1
Mildred D. Taylor
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)
Tuck Everlasting
2
Natalie Babbitt
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
3
Stephen King
It (Stephen King)
It
4
Stephen King
Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)
Forrest Gump
5
Winston Groom
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
6
Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter
7
J. K. Rowling
Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
8
George R. R. Martin
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
9
Phillip Pullman
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
10
Lois Lowry
The Hunger Games Trilogy (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games Trilogy
11
Suzanne Collins
The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
12
The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
The Tale of Despereaux
13
Kate DiCamillo
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
14
Khaled Hosseini
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
15
Neil Gaiman
The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
16
John Green
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
17
Markus Zusak
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
18
Anthony Doerr
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
19
Madeline Miller
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
20
Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
21
Dan Brown
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
22
Stieg Larsson
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
23
Louis Sachar
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
24
Tim O'Brien
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