I love seeing reading lists like this! I just finished the audio version of The Covenant of Water after pulling that name from another similar list. Totally different type of book than any on your list I think, but a beautiful portrait of South India through the 20th century. I love stories that follow multiple generations, giving some history for place - the book The Living is another example, and the looong movie The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) being another. Your mention of SciFi and post apocalyptic stories reminded me of two I've read that also choose something other than the Mad Max route - A Canticle for Leibowitz, and The Dazzle of Day - the later taking place in space, but on an agrarian space station searching for a habitable planet.
I love seeing reading lists like this! I just finished the audio version of The Covenant of Water after pulling that name from another similar list. Totally different type of book than any on your list I think, but a beautiful portrait of South India through the 20th century. I love stories that follow multiple generations, giving some history for place - the book The Living is another example, and the looong movie The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) being another. Your mention of SciFi and post apocalyptic stories reminded me of two I've read that also choose something other than the Mad Max route - A Canticle for Leibowitz, and The Dazzle of Day - the later taking place in space, but on an agrarian space station searching for a habitable planet.
Thanks for such a great reading list!