What to read? The best books of the 21st century

Classical books worth reading thoughOnce every educated person, now everyone is on hearing. But modern authors, whose work is quite comparable with Dostoevsky or Pushkin, while still remain in the shadows. What are they, the best books of the 21st century? You will learn about this after reading the article.

The top best books were drafted by the editorsliterary online magazine. The most interesting and exciting books of our time were determined by two groups of people. The first included critics, writers, as well as journalists - individuals closest to literature. The second group is ordinary readers who could vote for the work they liked on the social network. Based on the results of these two surveys, the following list was compiled.

So, opens it "A short and amazinglife of Oscar Wo, "written by an American Juno Diaz. This novel is half autobiographical and tells about the fate of an unhappy child who is obese, who is experiencing the process of growing up and tragically dying.

Another novel, which readers attributed to the list"The best books of the 21st century," is "2666" by the writer from Chile Roberto Bolaño. He is already from a distance already posthumously, and he consists of five different books, not connected with each other by the plot.

A very bold problem of our time raised inhis book Jeffrey Evgenidis. The work "Middle sex" tells about the life of the hermaphrodite. The narration is from the first person. By the way, for this book the author in 2003 received the Pulitzer Prize.

The title of the next book, which alsotop "Bestsellers of the 21st century", probably familiar to many because of her recent adaptation. This "Cloud Atlas", created by David Mitchell. It echoes six stories that occurred at different times.

Another book worth reading is"Road". Its author Cormac McCartney is not afraid to describe the harsh reality of the world without romance, masks and hypocrisy. The plot is simple: a small boy with his father travels around the country that survived the apocalypse.

Many of the best books of the 21st century for some reason containits plot of heroes-children. "Atonement" by Ian McEwen is by no means an exception. This is a diary, which leads a teenage girl. The events of adult life she perceives through her childhood fantasy.

Interesting book with a memorable name"The Adventures of Chevalier and Clay" was written by Michael Chabo. It is also recognized as a bestseller. The plot is as follows: during the Second World War, two young Jews became kings of one of the comics in the American town. With the help of such an unusual art they struggle with those who want to destroy their nation.

The best books of the 21st century did not bypasstraditional conflict for the literature of fathers and children. It is about him that the novel "Amendments" Jonathan Franzen tells. Only here the mutual relations of two generations are considered here through the prism of modernity - the Internet and globalization.

Another book, which, unfortunately, was not yettranslated into Russian is "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinso. Its action takes place in 1956 in Iowa. The work is written as the letters that the old priest wrote to his little son.

The novel "White Teeth" written by Zedi Smee closes the ten of the best books of our century. This bright debut of a British writer is unlikely to leave indifferent experienced readers.