When we think of reading the classics, often dusty tomes from the last two centuries come to mind. Yet there are many titles from the past few decades that have been so widely loved and read that they have become modern classics, earning their places on the shelves alongside old masterworks. So if you are looking for a great recent read, here’s a list of our favorites. Be sure to check out our display when you visit the library. Happy reading!
Nonfiction:
Maus : a survivor’s tale by Art Spiegelman
The complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Fun home : a family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Educated : a memoir by Tara Westover
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America’s great migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fiction:
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Midnight’s children by Salman Rushdie
White teeth : a novel by Zadie Smith
Sing, unburied, sing : a novel by Jesmyn Ward
The color purple ; The temple of my familiar by Alice Walker
She’s come undone by Wally Lamb
The underground railroad : a novel by Colson Whitehead
The sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Interpreter of maladies : stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
Beloved : a novel by Toni Morrison
The secret history by Donna Tartt
We need to talk about Kevin : a novel by Lionel Shriver
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
