Book Talks Novels of Literary Merit—Genres and Reviews.
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Book TalksNovels of Literary Merit—Genres and Reviews
Magical RealismMagical elements blend with the real world
Plots focus on family, relationships, and often love, violence, and war
Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laura Esquivel, Rudolfo Anaya, Toni Morrison
Dystopian FutureImagines totalitarian, degraded society—the antithesis of utopia
Serve as commentary on social, political, economic, and environmental issues
Aldous Huxley, Ayn Rand, Margaret Atwood
Period DramasLikely to be made into Masterpiece Theatre miniseries or Merchant-Ivory films
Romance, relationships, social roles and other character-driven complications
Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, E.M. Forster
Epic NovelsFeature large casts of characters and sweeping spans of time, adventure
Often VERY long—1000+ pages!
Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, Alexandre Dumas, Walter Scott
Small Town/Salt of the Earth
Focus on relationships, setting
Turn of the century American drama
Willa Cather, Sinclair Lewis, John Steinbeck
War & PoliticsStrategy, action, social commentary and personal drama
Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Heller, Robert Penn Warren, Erich Remarque
Race, Ethnicity, Cultural Studies
Sherman Alexie, Rudolfo Anaya, Zora Neale Hurston, David Guterson, Helena Maria Viramontes, Change-rae Lee, Joy Kogawa
Exile, Journeys, Self Discovery
Vikram Chandra, Isak Dinesen, James Fenimore Cooper, Cormac McCarthy, Yann Martel, Khaled Hosseini
Personal Recommendations
Mine: TC Boyle, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz, Ralph Ellison, Ian McEwan
Yours?