22 Responses to “Are your favorite books more current or classic?”

1. By David M on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   More current.
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2. By lїkegibberish (Be A Music Slob!) on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   They are quite 'classic': 'Animal Farm', 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and 'Slaughterhouse-Five'.
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3. By △ Nevermore on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   A little bit of both. I read some literature from the 1950's to the late 1960's. And a few books from this era, mostly just sci-fi, adventure, er, autobiographies, …
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4. By echo lily on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   its both.

   hairstyles of the damn
   echo
   sound and the fury
   frankenstein
   on the road
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5. By sjapaws on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   Current.
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6. By Solveig on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   Hi there,

   Well. My favourite books all have been published between 1500 and 2009. So I guess I'm quite… open-minded

   Cheers
   S
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7. By T.S.R.: Stuck in Velvet Snow on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   I haven't read Revolutionary Road, but I really want to. I love the other two books you listed.

   And I used to love the classics more–"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is still my favorite book (by default–I can't let it go for some reason). But now I'm more into books/poetry from the Modernist period to present.

   My three favorite authors (Vonnegut, O'Brien, and Palahniuk) all fit into this period, as does my favorite poet (and reason I'm majoring in literature) T.S. Eliot.
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8. By Mrs. Jamie Fraser ♥Outlander♥ on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   I love both contemporary and classic works. It doesn't matter to me if it was written in 1809 or 2009…as long as it's well-written and entertaining, with substance — I'll read it.
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9. By ‡ Vanity Fair ‡ on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

   I like classics better.
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10. By KORY K on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    more current with books on CD podcasts they are so much more accessible.
    of course there are many older books that are good as well. If I would have know more about the good (as in not dull) books available decades ago I would have read more.
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11. By Jack M on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    most of mine come from the 1930s.
    Doc Savage
    The Shadow
    The Big Sleep
    and other stuff along those lines.
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12. By ♥Magda♥ on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    My top three books–A Tale of Two Cities, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables–are all from the 1800s. So, classic, I guess.

    ♥M♥
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13. By tshmalloy on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    i like a nice healthy mix of both! one of my older favorites is a wrinkle in time, and one of my current favorites is the lovely bones.i especially love mysteries, older or newer.
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14. By Sabby Marilyn Monroe (week) on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Somewhere in between I have many beloved classics but I also have a few loved currents.

    -A few classics
    1984
    Taming of the Shrew
    To Kill a Mockingbird

    A few currents
    Twilight series
    Just Listen
    Jinx
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15. By i♥edwardcullen on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Current.
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16. By Law Man on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    These are my favorite Novels:

    "Lord Jim (1899) " by Joseph Conrad
    "Under Western Eyes (1911)" by Joseph Conrad
    "Of Human Bondage (1915)" by Somerset Maugham
    "The Beautiful and the Damned (1922)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    "Babbitt (1922)" by Sinclair Lewis
    "We (1924)" by Eugene Zamiatin
    "The Great Gatsby (1925)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    "The Day of the Locust (1933)" by Nathaniel West
    "The Last Tycoon (1941)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    "The Catcher in the Rye (1945)" by J.D. Salinger
    "Animal Farm (1946)" by George Orwell
    "1984 (1949)" by George Orwell
    "Naked Lunch (1959)" by William S. Burroughs
    "A Clockwork Orange (1962)" by Anthony Burgess
    "Slaughterhouse 5 (1969)" by Kurt Vonnegut
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17. By zeppelin_fool_in_the_rain on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Classic ranging from the early 1900's to the mid 1960's.
    The most modern ones are probably from the 1980's and early 1990's.
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18. By onederful2nite on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    Both

    Gone with the wind
    Blood will tell/John Bosco
    Clapton the Autobiography

    ♥♥♥
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19. By K8012 on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    both but I prefer classics…….
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20. By Methos on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    My taste is varied. I like old books–Hawthorne, for one, and Tennyson's poems, but I'm also a fan of Patrick O'Brian and Alexander McCall Smith.
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21. By howard s on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    i like current better
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22. By Jack Duluoz (Is A Lorry Driver) on Mar 1, 2009 | Reply

    My favorite books used to be more current, but nowadays they lean more towards classic. I currently have eight books to read, and they include "Naked Lunch" by William Burroughs, "Manifestoes of Surrealism", by Andre Breton, "A Season in Hell & The Drunken Boat" by Arthur Rimbaud, and "Visions of Cody" by Jack Kerouac. So my tastes tend to vary. Right now I'm indulging in the classics. Peace!
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