This is a great answer! It doesn't get enough attention.
Which Modern Book Will Become a Classic in the Future?
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I think it will still become a classic. I have never read them, as I never got interested and now I just know too much about them to enjoy them, but controversies have always been around. HP has a very large following I find it hard to believe it will not become a classic.Mary Bircher wrote: ↑19 Feb 2023, 16:30 I would have said HP a couple of years ago, but not now with the controversy. Maybe something like The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
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I think what ends up making something a classic is either it is written in a way that makes it timeless or it is ahead of its time and attracts a future generation of readers which secures its place in time. I think it's interesting many of the classics today weren't the top seller of the year they were released but have outlasted the top sellers which faded into memory.
I love reading a classic dystopia like Brave New World or 1984 and I wonder what will end up becoming the next of their class. I really enjoy the work of Jeff Vandermeer, in particular Annihilation, and hope his work will survive through time.
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I've seen mentions of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games and while I don't dispute that these series have touched many many hearts and have been important pieces of literature in the times we live in, for some reason (perhaps the literary elitist in me), has associated classic literature with literary fiction rather than YA genre fiction. So while I understand the sentiment, these don't fit into my understanding of what future generations will look back on and perceive as groundbreaking literature of the early 21st century.