Good morning ladies & gents! So, time for Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books Written In the Past 10 Years That I Hope People Are Still Reading in 30 Years. Whew, that’s wordy. But a good topic, because let’s face it – most of the books out today are not going to stand the test of time. It’s hard to try to think about what will become something of a classic, but let’s get to it, shall we?
1. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray - Seems like a weird first choice, but this is the only recent YA novel that I can think of that should definitely become a regular on those summer reading lists for teens. AWESOME book full of important topics like consumerism, beauty, sexuality, society, vanity, intelligence, acceptance… the list goes on.
2. Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku - Actually I still hope that this book is still around 100 years from now, just to see which of his predictions are right.
3. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling - Well, at least some of the books were written in the past decade. In all seriousness though, how can this series NOT become a classic?
4. Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon - Like the Harry Potter books, I’m counting it since she’s still writing them. I would LOVE it if I can still talk to people reading this series when I’m in my 50′s.
5. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - And the rest of trilogy/series, of course. This is definitely one of the major epic fantasy books of this decade.
And I’m stopping it halfway through. Partly cause I got stuff to do (it’s my little brother’s 19th birthday today!) and partly because anything else I add to this list would be half-hearted. The sad truth is that most of the stuff we read today probably isn’t awesome enough to become a sort of modern classic, or have any sort of huge effect on future generations. A lot of the books written today don’t even have a particular message or theme.
Anyways, what’s on your list??
~Sarah
In my head Harry Potter is already a classic. How could it not be? I have Beauty Queens but I haven’t read it yet, but I’ve heard really good things about it.
You should! It’s a really funny book but with really great themes too.
I so agree with the Outlander series!! I love those books so, so much.
Anna is a great pick! Also, I love Twilight too…
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Aw, happy birthday to your brother! (This seems like SUCH a birthdayish time, can I just say- it’s literally crazy all the May birthdays I know of!) Harry Potter is totally on my list, and it’s about the only thing on my list that I can confidently say ‘yeah, I’m fairly certain this will still be around in 30 years.’
I feel the same way about HP. It’s practically already a classic series. And thanks for the birthday wishes! May is kind of a big birthday month for me too.
Harry Potter is definitely a classic to me already. Also, I would add Hunger Games.
Hunger Games might be a good pick too, good thinking!
Yay for Harry Potter and the Outlander series!
Both are wonderful I’m currently reading Dragonfly in Amber
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Oooh! Yes! Beauty Queens! I looooove that book! I practically needed a diaper, I was laughing so hard! I love your honesty in stopping 1/2 the way through!
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It was hysterical, I need to re-read it!
LOVE this list! I thought about Beauty Queens but then I was hoping the world would be different in 30 years so maybe it wouldn’t be as funny?! I’m also a huge fan of the Name of the Wind. I feel like that one is likely to just be appreciated more and more over time, especially once the series is completed!
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I hope the world is different and that Beauty Queens maybe isn’t as relevant… but I’m a bit of a pessimist too, lol.
I haven’t read Beauty Queens but your synopsis has me intrigued. Plus now I want to know what the predictions from Physics of the Future were! And I’ve definitely got to get around to Outlander nad The Name of the Wind soon! I only had 5 books on my list as well…it’s a pity I haven’t read more amazing books and most of what I’ve read probably won’t be relevant in 30 years either.
I hope you get to read some of these then! They’re really great books. I highly recommend Physics of the Future, Kaku’s theories for what the future will look like in 100 years are REALLY interesting.
Harry Potter & The outlander!
Greaaaaaat!
If HP won’t be read in around 30 years, I’m going to eat all my shoes. Those books aren’t only about magic, they ARE magic.
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I couldn’t agree more. Although I might not eat my shoes, cause you know… just sayin’.
Do you think we need some vampires on the list just because in 50 years, people will be able to tell something about our reading tastes and maybe by then it will be obvious why we were so preoccupied with them. Right now, I have no idea why they were so important to us (it does seem to be fading a little now though). Does that make sense?
That does make sense! I’m hoping the vampire thing is just a fad and doesn’t actually say much about our society… zombies would be much more telling, because I think to a lot of people it’s a lot more of a “it could happen” type of scenario. So yes, I should have added some vamps & zombies! Maybe “The Historian” for to rep for the vampires…
Great list. I’ll have to look into Physics of the Future.
I hope you do! Come back here and tell me about it if you read it!
Great picks! Definitely Harry Potter and definitely Outlander.
Speaking of Outlander, I should start reading the rest of the series one of these days! I need to catch up.
I hope you do! Book 8 will be out in like 2 years, that should give you enough time to catch up, lol.