What books are read today from 200 years ago?

Jun 15, 2021
11:52:28am

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Only a very small percentage seem to really last.

I’d guess books like Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter may stick around.

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what book published in the 21st century will be read in 200 years?

TomPetty

6/15/21 11:46am

RE: what book published in the 21st century will be read in 200 years?

PJMort

6/15/21 11:48am

Will the answer have changed?

TomPetty

6/15/21 11:50am

We can only hope to stop the agony.

PJMort

6/15/21 11:55am

What the actual....???

m0resn0w

6/15/21 1:27pm

Megan Markle wrote a children's book

ColoSpgs

6/15/21 11:49am

nvm, I think she read a children's book

ColoSpgs

6/15/21 11:51am

Did she read it? Or was it read to her?

Greg Kite's 'stache

6/15/21 12:22pm

What books are read today from 200 years ago?

BYU Fan

6/15/21 11:52am

OK, a lower standard, will have influence lasting 100 years?

TomPetty

6/15/21 11:59am

The Wealth of Nations. Bible. Book of Mormon. Shakespeare. Ancient Epics. Jane

AggieWeekendCougar

6/15/21 12:06pm

Any in last 50 years that might make it?

TomPetty

6/15/21 12:08pm

7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Man's Search for

AggieWeekendCougar

6/15/21 12:25pm

I might even throw some Cormac McCarthy on there

sunspot

6/15/21 12:29pm

Euclid's Elements and Newton's Principia also

TomPetty

6/15/21 12:51pm

RE: Euclid's Elements and Newton's Principia also

AggieWeekendCougar

6/15/21 3:23pm

But the standard is 200 years from when written

TomPetty

6/15/21 4:49pm

Lincoln read Euclid

TomPetty

6/15/21 4:51pm

RE: what book published in the 21st century will be read in 200 years?

kcca

6/15/21 11:55am

I expect Harry Potter series to stay relevant for young adults

byujag

6/15/21 11:57am

The Complete Far Side

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