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100 New Book Classics: The Top 25

Which books from the past 25 years stand with the all-time greats? We've already counted down 75; here's the best of the best. See why ''Love in the Time of Cholera,'' ''Watchmen,'' ''Beloved,'' and others made the cut -- and our No. 1 New Classic

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100 New Book Classics: The Top 25

25. THE JOY LUCK CLUB, Amy Tan (1989)

Four elderly Chinese women with iron wills forged in the old country act out family dramas with their American-born daughters in ways that resonate for anyone with a mother.

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