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100 Modern Fiction Classics That Everyone Should Read

100 20th-21st century books of fiction that our maverick English Teacher believes are modern classics. He limited himself to one book per author and tried to include some books that are not on every list. He also made a conscious effort to include examples of genre fiction. He arbitrarily excluded drama, poetry, and non -fiction because he felt they should have lists of their own. Finally, this is not a "best of…" list; rather , it is intended as a list of recommendations for future reading.
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All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
1
Anthony Doerr
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
2
Erich Maria Remarque
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
3
Michael Chabon
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
4
Bret Easton Ellis
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
5
Agatha Christie
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
6
William Faulkner
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
7
Ian McEwan
August 1914 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
8
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
9
Chandler
The Blue Knight (Joseph Wambaugh)
The Blue Knight
10
Joseph Wambaugh
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
11
Toni Morrison
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
12
Markus Zusak
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
13
Thornton Wilder
The Bridge Over the River Kwai (Boulle)
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
14
Boulle
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
15
Jay McInerney
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
16
Henry Roth
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
17
Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
18
David Mitchell
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
19
Ambler
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
20
Charles Frazier
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
22
Jonathan Franzen
The Cruel Sea (Nicholas Monsarrat)
The Cruel Sea
23
Nicholas Monsarrat
Das Boot (Lothar Gunther Buchheim)
Das Boot
24
Lothar Gunther Buchheim
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
25
Josephine Tey
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
26
Thomas Mann
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
27
Ursula K. Le Guin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
28
Philip K. Dick
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
29
Frank Herbert
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
30
The Erasers
The Erasers
31
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer
32
Bernard Malamud
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
33
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
34
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
36
Bõll
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
37
Margaret Atwood
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
38
Shirley Jackson
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
39
Saul Bellow
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
40
Edith Wharton
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