There are many books that survive time. Classics are such books. Then there are books that survive that aren't but are still widely read. Can you think of one?
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
Shosha, by Issac Bashevis Singer
The Burger’s Daughter, by Nadine Gordimer
"Midnight’s Children," and "The Moor’s Last Sigh" by Salman Rushdie
Unbearable Lightness, of Being Milan Kundera
Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner
Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Possession, by A.S. Byatt
Corelli’s Mandolin, by Louis De Bernieres
A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
Many.
"Norstrilia" by Cordwainer Smith.
"The Men in the Jungle" by Norman Spinrad.
"40.000 in Gehenna" by C.J. Cherryh.
"The Dispossessed" by Ursula K. Le Guin.
"Grass" by Sheri S. Tepper.
"The Shattered Horse" by S. P. Somtow
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