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100 Great Novels by Living Authors

This list was posted on the Medium website by Blair Mahoney, who is the editor of Poem of the Day on that site. It is a companion challenge to "100 Great Novels By Dead Authors". Each book has a 10-20 line summary which could help decide whether the book is worth reading.
The source list seems to be a little inaccurate, not taking into account the relatively recent deaths of the following authors!
Gilbert Adair (2011)
E.L. Doctorow (2015)
Günter Grass (2015)
Russell Hoban (2011)
Ursula K. Le Guin (2018)
Terry Pratchett (2015)
Toni Morrison (2019)
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A Closed Book (Gilbert Adair)
A Closed Book (Gilbert Adair)
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Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Adichie)
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Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
Time's Arrow (Martin Amis)
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Things We Didn't See Coming (Steven Amsterdam)
Things We Didn't See Coming (Steven Amsterdam)
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Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
Life After Life (Kate Atkinson)
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
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The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
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Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
Darkmans (Nicola Barker)
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The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Julian Barnes)
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Julian Barnes)
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A Long Long Way (Sebastian Barry)
A Long Long Way (Sebastian Barry)
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The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (John Barth)
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (John Barth)
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The Children's Book
The Children's Book
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My Life as a Fake (Peter Carey)
My Life as a Fake (Peter Carey)
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The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain (Vikram Chandra)
Red Earth and Pouring Rain (Vikram Chandra)
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Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell
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Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
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Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma
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Being Dead (Jim Crace)
Being Dead (Jim Crace)
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Little, Big (John Crowley)
Little, Big (John Crowley)
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House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
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The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
The Last Samurai (Helen Dewitt)
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Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
Billy Bathgate (E.L. Doctorow)
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S. (J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst)
S. (J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst)
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
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The World as I Found It (Bruce Duffy)
The World as I Found It (Bruce Duffy)
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A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
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What Is the What by Dave Eggers
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
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Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
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Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
Then We Came to the End (Joshua Ferris)
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
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We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler)
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Spies (Michael Frayn)
Spies (Michael Frayn)
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Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
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The Calcutta Chromosome (Amitav Ghosh)
The Calcutta Chromosome (Amitav Ghosh)
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Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold)
Carter Beats the Devil (Glen David Gold)
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The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
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