Contemporary American Authors rate the Best Books of the Past 25 years

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I liked Beloved but I LOVED Song of Solomon, which I think is a superior work.

I actually think there is a rather large selection of wonderful Contemporary American writers. so I'll have to respectfully disagree with Wendybeth.

I highly recommend Ray Bradbury, Kelly Link, Aimee Bender, Paul Auster, Audrey Niffennegger, Craig Clevenger, Chuck Palahniuk, Shirley Jackson...just to name a few.

I was referring to the list printed in the OP. I love Shirley Jackson, Eudora Welty, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, Tom Wolfe, Edgar Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, etc. I just thought the NPR list rather sucked- we are not putting out much great lit these past few decades.

Except here, of course.