Must-Read
Modern Classics Every Reader Should Know
Six titles from the last fifty years that have already earned the word "classic." These are the books that reshape how a reader thinks once they have closed the cover. Start anywhere. Finish all of them.
6 books on this list.
The Hoursby Michael Cunningham
5.0“The Hours by Michael Cunningham review. The 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that triangulates Virginia Woolf, a 1949 LA housewife, and a contemporary NYC editor. One of the great American literary novels of its decade.”
Rubyfruit Jungleby Rita Mae Brown
5.0“Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown 1973 review. The landmark coming-of-age novel about Molly Bolt, a smart, queer Florida kid who refuses every social script she is handed.”
Microserfsby Douglas Coupland
5.0“Microserfs by Douglas Coupland review. The 1995 novel about Microsoft programmers starting a Bay Area startup. The defining Silicon Valley novel of its decade.”
The Cat Who Walks Through Wallsby Robert A. Heinlein
4.0“The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein 1985 review. A late-Heinlein World-As-Myth novel in which the writer Richard Ames is recruited into a multiverse-spanning conspiracy on Luna.”
The Light Of Other Daysby Arthur C. Clarke
4.0“The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter 2000 review. Wormhole technology lets anyone look anywhere, anytime. The end of privacy and the end of secret history arrive in the same decade.”
Atomic Habitsby James Clear
5.0“The single best book on building good habits. Clear breaks down the science into a practical system anyone can follow - and actually stick with.”