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Do you know of a book that should be considered a classic, but is not?

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?

Posted - September 12, 2016

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  • 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

     

      September 12, 2016 5:21 AM MDT
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  • 2515
    @Hartfire, great list! Maybe they will in the future. Thanks!
      September 12, 2016 5:33 AM MDT
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  • 5354

    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

    ...

      September 12, 2016 7:39 AM MDT
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    "The Sundial"       Shirley Jackson   (maybe it is considered a classic, I don't know.)








    "The Kraken Wakes"   John Wyndham





      March 3, 2022 7:02 PM MST
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    'The Cat in the Hat'

      March 3, 2022 7:37 PM MST
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