Homemama2 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Our history text for next year only takes us up till 2010. I already have some speeches (and of course current events) to fill in here, but I'd like a couple of "not to be missed" history, biography or literature suggestions for this time period. Actually the last 20 years is fine, since I'm not sure yet how current our literature goes. Our year is very full already, so if I could just get a couple of really great books, that would be perfect. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Hindsight is 20/20 so I don't think we have it yet about 21st century literature by any means. I think you'd be fine to choose any award-winners from the last decade and run with them. Is there are theme or geographic area? This list has some good stuff... but most of it is from the early 2000's and not the last few years:http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150119-the-21st-centurys-12-best-novels This Powell's list is also good and includes some nonfiction:https://www.powells.com/post/lists/25-books-to-read-before-you-die-21st-century 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) USA contemporary lit ideas2001 = Peace Like a River (Enger) -- realistic; set in the 1960s 2005 = Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Foer) -- 9-1-1 aftermath 2006 = American-Born Chinese (Yang) -- graphic novel set at time of writing 2007 = Auralia's Colors (Oversetree) -- fantasy; first of a quadrilogy 2008 = Anathem (Stephenson) -- sci-fi 2009 = The Help (Stockett) -- African Americans working as domestic help in the 1960s Deep South 2011 = The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot) -- African American woman/medical ethics; nonfiction, 1950s2012 = Night Circus (Morgenstern) -- fantastical/romance2016 = Hidden Figures (Shetterly) -- African American mathematical women/space race; nonfiction, 1960s 2017 = The Hate U Give (Thomas) -- or -- All American Boys (Kiely & Reynolds) -- Black lives matter 2000-present world contemporary lit ideasAfghanistan -- 2003 =The Kite Runner; or, 2007 = A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hosseini) -- PREVIEW! intense/adult content!African Savannah -- 2003 = Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai (Lekuton) -- nonfiction autobiographyAlgiers -- 2002 = The Swallows of Kabul (Khadra)-- PREVIEW! intense/adult content!Canada/India -- 2001 = Life of Pi (Martel)China -- 2001 = Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Sijie) German/Australian -- 2005 = The Book Thief (Zusak) -- set in WW2Iran -- 2000 = Persepolis (Satrapi) -- autobiographyIran/USA -- 2003 = Reading Lolita in Tehran (Nafisi) Japan/UK -- 2005 = Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro) -- dystopianJapan -- choice of classic work of MangaMalawi -- 2010 = The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Kamkwanda) -- nonfiction autobiographyNigeria -- 2008 = Say You're One of Them (Akpan) -- short story collection; -- PREVIEW! intense/adult content!Pakistan -- 2013 = I Am Malala (Yousafzai) -- nonfiction autobiographySierra Leone -- 2007 = A Long Way Gone (Beah) -- nonfiction autobiography South Africa -- 2008 = Invictus (Carlin) -- about events in the early 1990s UK -- 2011 = Shades of Grey (fforde) -- NOT the s*x book; this is is creative dystopian novel Edited May 24, 2020 by Lori D. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Thanks for all the suggestions!! So helpful 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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