In term 4 last year, for Extension 1 English we had to do a "Reading Folio" of related texts for an assessment - basically, just as the previous post said, texts which reflect ways of thinking in the 20th-21st Century.
It's good to find texts that are set/composed during this period - they will always give some indication/reflect ways of thinking for navigating the global.
It's also good to do a wide range of texts - for example, a movie, with a novel, a poem etc. and to explore a wide range of perspectives. This was one thing we were marked on for that assessment.