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Somewhere between half a million and a million books 

 in the United States this year, but only a handful of those will ever be considered a classic.

"Every once in a while as I'm shelving new books, I think about what books will become new classics," bookseller Josie Leavitt 

writes on Publishers Weekly's ShelfTalker blog

. "We all know not every new book that is published is great; in fact it seems like half the books I buy won't make it three seasons before they're declared out of print. But every now and again a book comes along and you just know it's going to be around forever."

Which current books do you think will endure? Listeners offered some of their favorites: 

 "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,"

Share your favorite modern classic in the comments.

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Somewhere between half a million and a million books will be published in the United States this year, but only a handful of those will ever be considered a classic. Which books do you think will endure?

Listeners nominate books as modern classics

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