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Originally Posted by stop__dreaming
... books written now stand the test of time, as has the 'classics' we all love? If so, which books, today, do you feel could last with future readers?
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I think it's impossible to say which books published 'now' (say, the last ten years) will stand the test of time.
We might have some inkling for books published between ten and twenty years ago. I suspect that Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy might have a long life.
And I think that we can begin to have a good idea about book published between 50 and 100 years ago. The Hobbit won't going away. Nor will many of Agatha Christie's works (although some will sink like stones, except in 'complete works' sets). Kipling will still be read in 100 years, certainly.
And for books that are more than 100 years old now and still in-print and being read, I think that most of them will carry on being read.