Modern Classics

Modern classics have been defined as books published after the first World War during a time when new ideology about gender, race, and class began emerging. However, generally, a modern classic refers to a book that has timeless elements set in a more modern environment.
 

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1. Fahrenheit 451

Book cover for "Fahrenheit 451"
Star rating for Fahrenheit 451
Author:
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Formats:
Book, Audiobook, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and...