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Question: Everything is Amazing and The Bestest

whimsicalnymph — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:57:22 -0800

What are other modern fiction titles with superlatives? I'm thinking of "Everything is Illuminated" and "Everything Here is the Best Thing Ever".

There seem to be a lot of these right now.

By: empath

empath — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:58:24 -0800

A heart breaking work of staggering genius.

By: caek

caek — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:58:57 -0800

Super Sad True Love Story

By: contraption

contraption — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:59:59 -0800

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

By: *s

*s — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:01:47 -0800

Infinite Jest

By: Sweetie Darling

Sweetie Darling — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:02:49 -0800

Memoir, not fiction, but Another Bullshit Night in Suck City.

By: Johnny Wallflower

Johnny Wallflower — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:03:47 -0800

Everything You Know Is Wrong

By: ClaudiaCenter

ClaudiaCenter — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:09:10 -0800

Not sure if these count, but similar language: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

By: peripathetic

peripathetic — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:13:49 -0800

Superlative in spirit--This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes.

By: BibiRose

BibiRose — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:20:25 -0800

The Saddest Summer of Samuel S, but it's from the 60s.

More recently, Into the Darkest Corner.

Personally I think the trope of the moment is "gone" but that may be confirmation bias.

By: Egg Shen

Egg Shen — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:21:05 -0800

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

By: BibiRose

BibiRose — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:21:48 -0800

Oh and The Last Song, The Last Lecture, The Last Olympian; "last" is a huge title word.

By: hurdy gurdy girl

hurdy gurdy girl — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:21:59 -0800

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

By: windykites

windykites — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:00:10 -0800

It's a wonderful life.

By: windykites

windykites — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:01:09 -0800

Sorry, missed the "modern" part.

By: Green With You

Green With You — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:07:30 -0800

This isn't too modern either, but when i was in 5th grade my teacher read us Danny Champion of the World. It's about poaching.

By: wintersonata9

wintersonata9 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:01:22 -0800

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By: DZack

DZack — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:23:26 -0800

The Great American Novel by Philip Roth (not that modern)
The Last Novel by David Markson
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders

By: JuliaJellicoe

JuliaJellicoe — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:24:13 -0800

All We Ever Wanted Was Everything

By: AthenaPolias

AthenaPolias — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:16:44 -0800

Everything Matters! by Ron Currie

By: Smallpox

Smallpox — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:18:37 -0800

"Mr. Simpson this is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against The Neverending Story."

By: rmless

rmless — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:04:17 -0800

Jimy Corrigan the smartest kid on earth by Chris Ware

By: katya.lysander

katya.lysander — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:53:00 -0800

No One Belongs Here More Than You, by Miranda July (book of short stories, not actually a novel).

By: Sunburnt

Sunburnt — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:56:41 -0800

The Saddest Music in the World

By: Decani

Decani — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:59:20 -0800

The Greatest Gift.

Oddly, quite a few of the suggestions here do not feature superlatives, as I'm sure you've noticed.