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100 Modern Fiction Classics That Everyone Should Read - Page 2

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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I Am Legend (Richard Matheson)
I Am Legend
41
Richard Matheson
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
42
James Baldwin
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
43
Richard Ford
Indian Country (Philip Caputo)
Indian Country
44
Philip Caputo
The Inheritors (William Golding)
The Inheritors
45
William Golding
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
46
Ralph Ellison
Ironweed (William Kennedy)
Ironweed
47
William Kennedy
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
48
Michael Shaara
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
49
James Crumley
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
50
Thomas Berger
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
51
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lost Weekend (Charles Jackson)
The Lost Weekend
52
Charles Jackson
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
53
Gabriel García Márquez
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
54
Kinglsey Amis
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
55
Dashiell Hammett
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
56
Richard Condon
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
57
André Malraux
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
58
Salman Rushdie
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
59
Robert A. Heinlein
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
60
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
61
Willa Cather
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
62
Norman Mailer
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
63
Eco
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
64
Shute
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
65
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
66
Ken Kesey
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
67
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
68
Jerzy Kosinski
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
69
E.M. Forster
Paths of Glory (Humphrey Cobb)
Paths of Glory
70
Humphrey Cobb
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
71
Robert Bloch
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
72
E. L. Doctorow
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
73
Daphne Du Maurier
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
74
Kazuo Ishiguro
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
75
Richard Yates
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
76
Koji Suzuki
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
77
Cormac McCarthy
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
78
Alan Sillitoe
The Searchers (Lemay)
The Searchers
79
Lemay
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
80
Joseph Conrad
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