Hey bookworm friends! Today’s TTTopic is one that I suggested so I obviously have to participate this week 😉. I first thought of this topic when I started seeing the lists of “best books of the 21st century” going around last year, and actually I have seen more of those circulating lately again! As fun as those lists are, I find it odd to be selecting ‘the best of’ a century that’s only a quarter over. I actually prefer to think about that general idea in terms of books I think deserve to be considered classics in the future. Books that I can imagine being studied in classes, that feel timeless, or have left an impression on the public consciousness. Often the books I read in school as a kid are ones that made the biggest impact on me so I had to include middle grade and young adult books. Here are my top 10 modern books that could be future classics!
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Modern Books That Could Be Future Classics
1. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
2. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
3. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
4. The Deep by Rivers Solomon
5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
6. Educated by Tara Westover
7. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
8. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
9. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan
10. The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
Let’s chat in the comments!
Do you agree or disagree with any of my picks? Or, If you participated in TTT this week feel free to share your link with me 🖤
I’m glad you picked The Deep, too!
It’s so good and gives so much food for thought, in the future the classics are going to be way more diverse! 🖤
Anxious People was fun!
It really was! It was my first Backman and I certainly want to read some of his others too! 🙂
I’ve read a couple of these. The Percy Jackson tales were good ones.
Here’s a link to my TTT post
https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/%f0%9f%93%9a-toptentuesday-10-modern-books-that-might-be-future-classics-tuesdaybookblog-booktwitter-bookx/
Yes, the Percy Jackson books were great and a perfect entry point to get kids interested in Myths. 🙂
Anxious People was an interesting read. And I’ve loved the PJO books, all 15 of them. LOL!
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https://readbakecreate.com/what-nonfiction-books-have-i-read-in-2025/
I’m glad you thought Anxious People was interesting too and I loved the PJ books a lot but I haven’t read the new ones yet!! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Pam 🙂
The Hunger Games has been on lots of lists this week! I wish I’d thought of The Song of Achilles. Such a good book.
Thanks for visiting my post earlier.
Right? I was happy to see it included in so many lists haha 🙂 & I agree, I love The Song of Achilles too! My pleasure 🙂
I love anything by Fredrik Backman! I hope all of his books are classics one day.
That’s awesome! I have only read the one but several of his other titles call to me!! & Here’s hoping!
Evelyn Hardcastle was so good! I’m glad to see it on your list. 🙂
It’s so good! I think on top of being fun it has a lot to discuss in it and it does interesting things with plot and genres!
Persepolis is an interesting choice!
Thanks 🙂 Persepolis made me cry and left me feeling like everyone should read it!
The Deep is a great pick. I would love to have been able to discuss this with my classmates when I was in school! (Alas, it hadn’t been written yet… 😅 )
Thank you! I really loved that book and there is so much meat in that short story, certainly lots to talk about in a class! 🙂 aw haha bad timing 😛
The Hunger Games is a great choice, I feel like it already is a modern classic. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is amazing and I think it definitively deserves more love!
Yeah I actually kind of agree with you, The Hunger Games almost already feels like it has a modern classic status already lol. & Addie LaRue was gorgeous, what a stunning book.
Great choices! I picked The Hunger Games too. Loved The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, Song of Achilles, Anxious People, and The Deep — all deserve to be read for a long time to come!
Thank you , Lisa! Yeah it was fun to see just how many people had the Hunger Games on their lists! And I’m glad you loved some of my other picks too! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
And I totally forgot about The Song of Achilles!
aha that’s how I felt reading other people’s lists, like oh my god of course I should have added that one too! lol
I’m thrilled Backman made your list!
Oh yay, I’m glad I made you happy with that choice :)!
An interesting list. I’ve only read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
Have a great week
Thanks, Emily! I Really loved The 7 1/2 Deaths! 🙂
Through my years reading / book blogging, I’ve seen a lot of praise for books by V.E., so I’m sure some of those will be considered classics and lots of people say The Hunger Games will be too! 🙂
I’ve seen so much praise for V. E. Schwab and I haven’t read nearly enough of her books!
I thought Persepolis was a completely novel way of telling a story. I suspect Song of Achilles might become a classic, too.
I loved Persepolis so much and thought it was quite novel as well! 🙂
Nice picks! Some new to me ones but I have been seeing a bit of Hunger Games and Percy Jackson!
Thanks for visiting my TTT!
Thanks, Jessica 🙂 & Yes so many ppl included Hunger Games in their lists!
The Song of Achilles is such a good book. I now don’t feel the need to read the original. Ha!
Thank you for visiting my blog and making a comment about modern classics. I am responding very late as I was out of commission after receiving a flu and a COVID shot on the same day. Gulp. Not a good idea.
That’s a fantastic retelling that can tell you the story in such a satisfying way that you don’t want to explore the original haha that says a lot! My pleasure, Anne no problem at all. I’m behind on replying too. I hope you feel better now after some rest, I did that last year (both shots on the same day) and it’s a lot!
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller is so good! Glad you included this one.
Great list!
Thank you, Rebecca :)! I appreciate you stopping by!
We definitely do have a few in common, I think anything Madeline Miller writes should be a modern classic. She writes so beautifully! I have Addie LaRue and Evelyn Hardcastle both on my TBR Still!
I haven’t read Educated or Hunger Games but based on what little I know p, I can see why they made your list.
I would highly recommend both if you like those sorts of stories 🙂 & Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, Carla!
Great topic suggestion this week! I went rogue because I didn’t think I could come up with a list of 10 books… But it turns out, if my memory was cooperative, I would’ve definitely been able to 🤭 The Song of Achilles would’ve made my list too, but I love seeing The Deep and Addie LaRue on this list too! Love this post 🙂
Thank you Dini, I’m glad you like the topic and I totally understand. Sometimes as soon as you have to pull specifics from the top of your head, everything you’ve ever known evaporates! 😝 I’m glad you like a lot of the titles I picked too 🖤!
I love this topic!
And I haven’t read Anxious People yet, but I think that Backman is a good pick. His books have this universal quality about the characters that could appeal to and move the readers, and I think they would make good classics!
Thanks Susy, I’m glad you like the topic and I totally agree about Backman (based on the only book I’ve read by him). But Anxious People is so outside of my comfort zone and for me to love it as much as I did makes me feel that it does have some universal quality as you say! 🙂
Great choices. Song of Achilles and The Invisible Life of Addie Larue are inspired – I wish I’d thought of them.
Lynn 😀
Thanks so much, I’m glad you liked my picks, they’re both such great books for sure! 😄
last cuentista is great, i can definitely see it as a modern classic <3
I loved that book so much and I certainly hope lots of children (and adults too) get to read it! 🖤
We have The Song of Achilles, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Hunger Games in common! And I forgot about Percy Jackson, but that’s indeed such a good one too!
Yes, we were certainly on the same wavelength there for a bit 😛
I’ve read and loved so many of these!
I’m so glad to hear that!
The Hunger Games is definitely a great choice!
Thank you 😀 It seems a lot of people agreed with me that week 🙂
I haven’t read all of these, but considering I still recognize them, I have to agree that they have a good chance at becoming modern classics! Great list 🙂
Oh that is a good way of looking at it, there are certainly books I haven’t read but that I know tidbits about from being in the cultural consciousness so I think they might be future classics too!
Ooh fun topic, im sorry to have missed it; especially as it was a suggestion of yours. Maybe I’ll make a list for it during one of TTT’s Freebie weeks.
Ive only read two of your choices but I definitely agree with them. There’s no way that THG won’t be considered to be a future classic. There’s so much food for thought involved throughput. And Addie LaRue is a masterpiece so naturally im rooting for that one 😍
Based on the authors stength of writing within Circe I could definitely see Song For Achilles fitting too as well as some of the others based on what ive seen said about them. A few are on my high priority TBR so it would be interesting to come back and see if I agree once ive read them actually 🤔
Oh no worries you have nothing to be sorry for my friend, I’m just happy you’re back 💕. If you do use the topic for a freebie, I’d love to see it though! 🥰 I’m so glad you agree with the picks that you’ve read haha 🙂 For sure, the fact that THG is still relevant says a lot.
Yeah I personally prefer Circe, but I think Song of Achilles is more well-loved generally so that’s why I suspect that one would be a classic though I’d love it if Circe was too! Yeah I’d love to know what you think of any of these if you do give them a try.
Thank you 🥰🥰 glad to be back. Or mostly back anyway. I’m determined to get the bulk of my catch up done over the next 2-3 days 🤞
I’ll make sure I tag you in it if I do. And very true. The latest one had some propaganda coverage that felt especially relevant lately.
Ooh interesting. I’ll have to let you know which I prefer too once I get the other read (which will definitely be this year). I’ll definitely keep you posted 😊
Nicee 🙂 & Okay, thank you! Hmm yeah that’s interesting, only a bummer it’s so relevant.
Sounds good!!