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What is the defining book of the 2000s so far?

>> No.15036546

>>15036535
It should have been The Pale King.

>> No.15036751
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>>15036535
Fifty Shades of Grey

>> No.15036755

>>15036546
I survived Leonard Stecyk's 11th birthday blowout bash 1964

>> No.15036823

>>15036535
Atomised

>> No.15037056

People stopped reading much by the end of the decade. All I can think of is the DaVinci Code

>> No.15037069

>>15037056
Haha yeah. Maybe The Secret. Quintessential housewife garbage but goddamn it was popular.

>> No.15037146

>>15036751
This, but unironically

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>> No.15037168

>>15037160
is this actually worth reading

>> No.15037213

>>15036823
that's from the 90s

>> No.15037218

>>15037168
sure

>> No.15037235

i don't think this century has a defining book yet. if in the future it's decided that one was produced in the first couple decades then we have no way of knowing what it is. nothing really clearly stands out above everything else.

>> No.15037279

Finnegans Wake

>> No.15037300

Liveblog. You know I’m right.

>> No.15037325

>>15036535
Unironically Generation Kill. You might think it's a bad answer but in fact any book with the property of being "defining" is trash by nature.

>> No.15037442

John Green's the fault in our stars

>> No.15037462

>>15037160
>>15037218
Go to bed, Towel In.

>> No.15037502

Its SubaHibi and Sakura no Uta by SCA-Ji

>> No.15037512

>>15036535
DFW defines pretty well the 90s & 2000s
Atleast the tennis classes.

>> No.15037517

>>15037168
ever went to a party where there's a pothead talking about how "inspired" he gets when on drugs? that's the book. read chapter 5 at most. it is the only one worth reading.

>> No.15037543

>>15036535
Never Let Me Go. It has to be Never Let Me Go. One of the most moving novels I've ever read.

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>> No.15037603

>>15037160
That's my favorite book of the decade.

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>>15037160
>>15037300
Meggo Tao's sounds like a cryptic New Orleans food place

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>>15038027
It's pretty cool she felt like she needed another 10x8 picture from Goodwill

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>> No.15038345

My Twisted World
unironically