The Vulture's "A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon"

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True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

384 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction crime historical adventurous dark slow-paced
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass

His Dark Materials #3

Philip Pullman

480 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

639 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Black and Blur by Fred Moten

Black and Blur

consent not to be a single being #1

Fred Moten

360 pages • paperback • 2017

nonfiction philosophy poetry race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

169 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

All My Puny Sorrows

Miriam Toews

321 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Dept. of Speculation

Jenny Offill

179 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

771 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction contemporary literary mystery dark emotional reflective slow-paced
My Struggle, Book 2: A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgård

My Struggle, Book 2: A Man in Love

Min kamp #2

Karl Ove Knausgård

592 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
White Girls by Hilton Als

White Girls

Hilton Als

344 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir race reflective medium-paced