Favorite Book Published After 1985?

[waryan]

what is your all time favorite book/ or books, published since 1985?

[jenmcd]

Amongst Women - John McGahern
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

[PeterL]

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

[SirRaustusBear]

Probably Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian

[bruirn]

Any Human Heart by William Boyd.

[djy78usa]

Its hard to pick just one, so I'll post two of my favorites (although I don't know if they're necessarily my absolute favorites).

Fiction: A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (1989)
Non-fiction: Citizen Soldiers - Stephen Ambrose (1998)

[tractatus]

Christopher Unborn from Carlos Fuentes, (****1/2)
The Elementary Particles from a Michel Houellebecq the ones i can recall now.

And many good writers were active on 1985+ years.
John Barth, Michel Butor, Rushdie, Eco, Grillet, Grass, Llosa, Saramago ... Surely they have some.

[amalia1985]

"The Name Of The Rose" by Umberto Eco.

[JBI]

"The Name Of The Rose" by Umberto Eco.

You are 2 years too late. or 5 years if we count the Italian as the date

[PeterL]

"The Name Of The Rose" by Umberto Eco.

That was published in 1980.

[JBI]

The first Italian edition came out in 1980. The first English edition in 1983.

[Scheherazade]

Fiction: A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (1989) The BC read this one last year if you would like to have a look at the discussion thread:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24399

Personally, I am not a fan of the book.

My favorite post-1985 books:

- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

- The Hours by Michael Cunningham

- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

- Shipping News by Annie Proulx

- The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Or at least the ones I could think of at the moment.

Interesting; I thought I hadn't read many books written after 1985.

[Niamh]

Hellfire by Mia Gallagher
Bitterbynde saga by Cecilia Dart Thornton
Curious Incedent of the Dog in the night time by Mark Haddon
No.1 Ladies Detective agency series by Alexander Macall Smith (they're great!)
the boy in the striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory

[Kafka's Crow]

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy:
http://www.amazon.com/God-Small-Things-Arundhati-Roy/dp/0060977493/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209041581&sr=8-2

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time: by Mark Haddon
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-Time/dp/1400032717/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209038331&sr=8-1

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon:
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Wind-Carlos-Ruiz-Zafon/dp/0753820250/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209038404&sr=8-1

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly:
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lost-Things-Novel/dp/074329890X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209038511&sr=8-1

Non-fiction:
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by James Knowlson:
http://www.amazon.com/Damned-Fame-Life-Samuel-Beckett/dp/0802141250/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209038671&sr=8-1

The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity by Tariq Ali:
http://www.amazon.com/Clash-Fundamentalisms-Crusades-Jihads-Modernity/dp/185984457X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209040551&sr=8-1

Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil by Alain Badiou:
http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Essay-Understanding-Evil-War/dp/1859844359/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209041022&sr=8-2

[Niamh]

No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is terrific! Always puts a smile on my face. :)

Have you read the new one? Miracle at Speedy Motors? Its real good fun!


Kafkas Cow: Did you really think Book of lost things was that good? I'll admit it was a good read and i enjoyed it, but i found it plagerised too many books.

[Scheherazade]

Kafkas Cow: There is a shortage of "r"s in Ireland these days??? :p :p :p

Also added to my list:

- Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

[Niamh]

There is a shortage of "r"s in Ireland these days??? :p :p :p

Also added to my list:

- Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

Oops!!!:blush:

[JBI]

Would have to be some of the volumes of poetry by Thylias Moss.

[Kafka's Crow]

Kafkas C[r]ow: Did you really think Book of lost things was that good? I'll admit it was a good read and i enjoyed it, but i found it plagerised too many books.

It is a book about books, about stories, ultimately telling the story of a life. This is metafiction. How can you write about fairy tales without, well, talking about fairy tales?

[higley]

It is a book about books, about stories, ultimately telling the story of a life. This is metafiction. How can you write about fairy tales without, well, talking about fairy tales?

Agreed. ;) Plus, most of those fairy tales were adapted from local oral tales anyway, so it's not like they were original the first (written) time 'round! I read that book only recently and loved it, surprising myself--I skirted around the title for a while until I finally tried it.

[Niamh]

Yes but there where things in that book that plageries NON fairytale books. Thats what i mean.:)

[Nico87]

"Quartered Safe Out Here" by George McDonald Fraser. Best "memoir-book" I've read from WW2, or at least it's up there with "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" by E.B. Sledge

[ben.!]

The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde

We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver

Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

High Fidelity - Nick Hornby

About a Boy - Nick Hornby

[Trystan]

I really haven't read that many books published after 1985, but from the ones I have read I think "Kafka on the Shore" by Haruki Murakami is my favorite. I also liked his "Sputnik Sweetheart".

[grace86]

I would have to say Shadow of the Wind.

[Joreads]

I not long ago read The Road that would have to be on my list. As well as Across the nightingale floor and to many more to list.

[valleyjune]

My favourite is "The Queen of South" by Arturo Perez Reverte. I think it's one of the most well written books I have ever read, it combines action and emotion. Good descriptions and nicely developed characters whom I just came to love even if I did not identify with any of them. A one-of-a kind book by a very skillful writer who has the talent to turn common "everyday" characters to something unique focusing in an almost poetic way on every little detail of their psyche. I am highly recommending it....:yawnb: