21st Century

[close] BBC Culture: "What are the greatest novels of the opening years of this tumultuous century? In search of a collective critical assessment, BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari polled several dozen book critics, including The New York Times Book Review’s Parul Sehgal, Time magazine's book editor Lev Grossman, Newsday book editor Tom Beer, Bookslut founder Jessa Crispin, C Max Magee, founder of The Millions, Booklist's Donna Seaman, Kirkus Reviews' Laurie Muchnick and many more. We asked each to name the best novels published in English since 1 January 2000. The critics named 156 novels in all, and based on the votes these are the top 12" What do you think? Do you agree? Let's discuss http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150119-the-21st-centurys-12-best-novels

[close] Get to know Europe through literature! This group is intended for people who want to get acquainted with the different cultures within Europe through books. To do so, we have established a list of countries we are reading . Every year we read classics, contemporary literature and short stories / novellas from six countries in our so-called Group Reads. In 2025 beside our annual European Lit Challenge displayed below, we will also have an EtL Bingo Challenge. More detailed pieces of information are provided on how to navigate this group. Authors! We kindly ask you to use this folder for (self-) promotion . Promotion in unsuitable places will be deleted. Current banner photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bookstore_(24583248219).jpg

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] Play realistic RP set in 21st century, the majority in Colorado Springs, Colorado. No magic or paranormal!