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20th Century Modern: Some of the English Teacher's Favorite Fiction and Drama - Page 2

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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The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective (Harlan Ellison)
The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective
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Harlan Ellison
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
42
Flannery O'Connor
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
43
Raymond Chandler
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
44
Erica Jong
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
45
James Joyce
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
46
Ernest Hemingway
Gentlemen's Agreement (Laura Z. Hobson)
Gentlemen's Agreement
47
Laura Z. Hobson
The Glass Key (Dashiell Hammett)
The Glass Key
48
Dashiell Hammett
God Bless You Mr. Rosewatet (Kurt Vonnegut)
God Bless You Mr. Rosewatet
49
Kurt Vonnegut
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
50
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Group Portrait With Lady (Heinrich Böll)
Group Portrait With Lady
51
Heinrich Böll
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
52
Margaret Atwood
Happy Days (Samuel Beckett)
Happy Days
53
Samuel Beckett
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
54
Shirley Jackson
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
55
Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
56
Graham Greene
The Homecoming
The Homecoming
57
Honey for the Bears (Anthony Burgess)
Honey for the Bears
58
Anthony Burgess
The Honorary Consul (Graham Greene)
The Honorary Consul
59
Graham Greene
How It Is
How It Is
60
The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill)
The Iceman Cometh
61
Eugene O'Neill
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
62
James Baldwin
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
63
Italo Calvino
Ill Seen Ill Said (Samuel Beckett)
Ill Seen Ill Said
64
Samuel Beckett
In Celebration (David Storey)
In Celebration
65
David Storey
In the First Circle (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
In the First Circle
66
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In a Lonely Place (Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
67
Hughes
The Inheritors, William Golding (1955)
The Inheritors, William Golding (1955)
68
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
69
Ralph Ellison
Islands in the Stream (Ernest Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
70
Ernest Hemingway
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
71
Sinclair Lewis
Krapp's Last Tape (Samuel Beckett)
Krapp's Last Tape
72
Samuel Beckett
Last Year at Marienbad (Robe-Grillet)
Last Year at Marienbad
73
Robe-Grillet
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
74
Ursula K. Le Guin
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
75
Don Delillo
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
76
Eugene O'Neill
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
77
Raymond Chandler
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
78
William Golding
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
79
Heinrich Böll
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
80
James Hilton
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