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20th Century Modern: Some of the English Teacher's Favorite Fiction and Drama

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian lists 150 novels, short story collections, and plays from the modern and post-modern maelstrom that was the 20th century. He himself was born at mid century in 1951, and has used what he knew, what he saw, and what he was taught to compile a personal list that reflects the literary/theatrical tone of those times. The list is hardly exhaustive or definitive; he stopped at 150 because he felt that if he didn't, he might never stop. Hardest choices- whether to include bestsellers "Gone with the Wind", "Peyton Place", "The Exorcist", or "Jaws". He decided not to include any of them.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Erich Maria Remarque
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
2
Tom Stoppard
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
3
William Faulkner
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
4
Gertrude Stein
Beloved (Ohio)
Beloved
5
Ohio
Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
Betrayal
6
Harold Pinter
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
7
Raymond Chandler
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
8
Heinrich Böll
Blues for Mister Charlie (James Baldwin)
Blues for Mister Charlie
9
James Baldwin
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
10
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
11
Thornton Wilder
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
12
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
13
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
14
Franz Kafka
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
15
J.D. Salinger
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
16
Raymond Carver
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
17
Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
18
Anthony Burgess
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
19
Stella Gibbons
Collected Shorter Plays (Samuel Beckett)
Collected Shorter Plays
20
Samuel Beckett
Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
21
The Comedians (Graham Greene)
The Comedians
22
Graham Greene
Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company
23
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
24
Samuel Beckett
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
25
Dorothy Parker
The Condemned of Altona (Jean Paul Sartre)
The Condemned of Altona
26
Jean Paul Sartre
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
27
Gary
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man
28
Saul Bellow
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
29
Thomas Mann
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
30
Arthur Miller
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Sue Kaufman)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
31
Sue Kaufman
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
32
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Doctor Is Sick (Anthony Burgess)
The Doctor Is Sick
33
Anthony Burgess
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
34
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
35
Joyce
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
36
Frank Herbert
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
37
Sinclair Lewis
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
38
Graham Greene
Endgame (Beckett)
Endgame
39
Beckett
The Erasers
The Erasers
40
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