108. "Not one Martin Amis mention?" In response to In response to 0
I mean I haven't read him in awhile but he's still putting out novels and his earlier work is classic = The Information, Money, London Fields.
DeLillo is in the same boat. New stuff = not so much. Older stuff = essential. Underworld (if you can take the weight) but Mao II, The Names, Libra and the overrated White Noise.
James Salter is my personal favorite but his best work is almost 40 years old now.
I have to give Franzen the benefit of the doubt but I'm not sold. While The Corrections is an A+, his other two are C's.