[kobe]

I've been trying to get into modern stuff. But I can't tell what's actually good, ya know? I mean art is so subjective I feel like a lot of critics will gush at the idea of something more than the execution.

Any lit recommendations are fine actually, but I've read a lot of the "traditional" great English authors so I'd love to hear any recommendations from the 80's+

[Godstud]

British author E. L. James





KIDDING!!!

[kobe]

I will murder you.

[Godstud]

21 New Authors You Need To Know
http://www.refinery29.com/best-new-authors-2015#slide

[Americanroyalty]

Don't get caught up in lists (they're almost as bad as quizzes).
Just finished "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace, defenitely worth a read.

[kobe]

yeah I've seen the lists and was unimpressed by the reccomendations. What's that book aboot?

[Nattering Nabob]

Try The World According to Garp by John Irving (1978)...

[Godstud]

He meant a new author, I think. Probably from this century.

[Nattering Nabob]

He meant a new author, I think. Probably from this century.

Well he said 80's+ so I figured 1978 was close enough

[Drlee]

Patrick Obrian.

A spectacular author. 21 books in the Aubrey Maturin series. According to the New York times "The best historical novels ever written". Harvard review of books: "The greatest writer in English since Jane Austen".

Start at the beginning and by book three you will be a life-long fan.

[Godstud]

Downloading his first book, now. I like that sort of thing.

[kobe]

Thank you for the recommendations, keep them coming. Huge historical fiction fan so I will check it out. Also into scifi stuff and obviously any really hilarious books.

[Potemkin]

Anything by Hank Bukowski.

[Azure Angel]

Anything by Hank Bukowski.

Factotum is amazing in my humble opinion.

[Noelnada]

I think this is the most recent book i have read, except the first tome of Game of Thrones (which i gave up). It was rather satisfying, a rather plausible view of the future.

I've read few other "modern" books but i don't think they exist in english version or worth the effort.

[Pants-of-dog]

Anything by Neal Stephenson.

If you like historical, read The Baroque Trilogy.

Cryptonomicon is a good start.

[Potemkin]

Alasdair Gray's Lanark

It took him nearly 30 years to write, so you know it's gotta be good.

[Heisenberg]

It took him nearly 30 years to write, so you know it's gotta be good.

Are you sure about that?

[kobe]

Thanks everyone, I'm on vacation but these are amazing suggestions.

[Le Rouge]

Do you like science fiction? I recommend all of Kim Stanley Robinson's work. His style of writing is ecological science fiction. The Mars trilogy is an eco-drama of colonizing and terraforming Mars. I've literally weeped hours over the book in pure rapture. It's also the book that inspired me to become a Marxist. He also writes Three CAlifornias: the same portion of Southern California through three different alternate narratives. A series on global warming. Also a new semi-dystopian novel on interstellar travel.