Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
Oooooh, so we’re closing out March with a tough topic, courtesy of Lisa @ Hopewell. There were so many great books that have come out in the 2000s, but some are definite stand outs. I’m not sure if they’ll be considered “classics,” but I definitely considered them as classic and think that many of them should be part of school curricula.
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- The Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Maus by Art Spiegelman
What do you think? Did I miss any?
Categories: Top Ten Tuesday
Leah's Books 
I have Middlesex and The Goldfinch on my list, too. You have some other admirable books on your list. My TTT list of books I hope will become classics
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Thank you!
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The Silence of the Girls was exquisite! I ummed and ahhed about putting it on my list but some others snuck in above it!
This is my list of possible classics of the future – there are so many others too!
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There’s so many incredible books! I thought that the follow up, Women of Troy was amazing too!
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A good looking list. I haven’t read any of these! It was quite hard this week to pick books that I think will stand the test of time!
Happy TTT!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
Here is my TTT post: https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/03/29/top-10-tuesday-22/
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Thank you – all of these are so good! And while there’s a lot of books I adore, I don’t think many of them will stand the test of time. It was definitely a tough prompt.
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I loved The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (and that sort of thing recently) which I don’t think will stand the test of time. I am enjoying them in the moment though 😂
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Haha yeah, romance is an ever changing genre, and while I do love them, I don’t see most becoming classics
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They are very now aren’t they?
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Absolutely.
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I agree with you on The Hate U Give. 🙂
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-21st-century-books-i-think-will-become-classics/
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Definitely! That’s one that should be taught in school.
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Great choices! I think Song of Achilles will be for sure a classic.
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Thank you! I love Madeline Miller’s work.
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I had Middlesex on my list as well, although I haven’t read it. I’m seeing The Hate U Give turning up on a lot of lists so perhaps I need to get around to reading that.
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Yes! You should read them both – they’re incredible.
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Thanks for the recommendations. (Sighs, and adds to wishlist 😁)
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This is a great list!! The Silence of the Girls and Felix Ever After are on my TBR.
My TTT: https://nonbinarylibrarian.wordpress.com/2022/03/29/ttt-21st-century-books-i-think-will-become-classics/
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Thank you! They’re some amazing books.
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Fantastic list! I love the books you chose. I’ve only read a couple of them, but I’ve heard such good things about the others.
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Thank you!
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I’ve only read The Song of Achilles but definitely agree with that one
My TTT
https://seriesbooklover.wordpress.com/2022/03/29/top-ten-tuesday-21st-century-books-i-think-will-become-classics/
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I was debating on that vs. Circe, but ultimately I think that story will always be a popular one.
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I like how you include graphic novels. They should be incorporate with books that are classics.
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Thank you, and I fully agree! There’s so many amazing graphic novels and they have the ability to reach more people!
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Great list! I have Achilles on my list too. I still need to read Middlesex and I love Nevermoor!
My Top Ten!
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Thank you! Middlesex is an incredible book.
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I’ll get to it one of these days!
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Great picks, Leah! I have a couple of these on mine too. 🙂
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Thank you! Can’t wait to check your list out.
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I haven’t read any of these, but I’ve heard great things about all of them. When a book receives such rave reviews and is almost universally popular, that feels like a classic-in-the-making to me!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Agreed – and I truly hope that future readers value these as classics.
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Great list! We completely agree with Persepolis!
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It’s so good!
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Nevermoor would be a great classic! I would have loved that series as a kid.
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Me too! The audiobook was absolutely amazing.
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I haven’t read them but The Song of Achilles and the Golfinch have been on my tbr for some time
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I hope you give them a read!
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