Really great modern literature for someone with conservative taste?

[Eiseabhal]

I agree about Pym - excellent woman ( forgive the pun)

[julian94]

I read the "The time traveler's wife" by Audrey Niffenegger *is* absolutely amazing, and with more believable, interesting, and sympathetic characters than you'd expect from science fiction.

I hope you're kidding. I really am. That was a triple offense. Right there. Isn't it three penalties, and you're out?

For the thread: obviously 1984 and F451.

Try D.H Lawrence for romance. Of Sons and Lovers is addictive in a romantically-justifiable-mush-kinda way.

[Scheherazade]

I have just finished reading The Giver - there are four books in the series. I read it because I read a review that said if you like The Hunger Games you will love this book. It is more like 1984 than The Hunger Games but still a good read.

Say it ain't so...

Admittedly, I have read only the first book in the series (I thought it was a 3-book collection?) but the sugar-coatedness and superficial writing put me off enough not to consider reading the others.

It'd be great to find out which books LivesForever has decided to get but we have probably scared him off with our suggestions and incessant bickering over which books are worthwhile