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20th Century Modern: Some of the English Teacher's Favorite Fiction and Drama - Page 4

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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Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane
121
Jack Schaefer
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
122
Stephen King
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
123
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
124
Kurt Vonnegut
Snow White (Barthelme)
Snow White
125
Barthelme
The Snows of Killamanjaro and Other Stories (Hemingway)
The Snows of Killamanjaro and Other Stories
126
Hemingway
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
127
Toni Morrison
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
128
John Le Carré
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
129
John Brunner
Starmaker (Olaf Stapledon)
Starmaker
130
Olaf Stapledon
Stirrings Still (Samuel Beckett)
Stirrings Still
131
Samuel Beckett
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
132
Albert Camus
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
133
Robert A. Heinlein
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
134
Tennessee Williams
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
135
Ernest Hemingway
This Sporting Life (David Storey)
This Sporting Life
136
David Storey
This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Borowski - Penguin Classics)
This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
137
Borowski - Penguin Classics
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
138
Gunter Grass
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
139
Franz Kafka
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
140
John Dos Passos
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
141
James Joyce
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
142
Malcolm Lowry
The Unnamable (Beckett)
The Unnamable
143
Beckett
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
144
J.M. Coetzee
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
145
Samuel Beckett
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
146
Yevgeny Zamyatin
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
147
Shirley Jackson
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
148
Kurt Vonnegut
Winter's Tale (Mark Helprin)
Winter's Tale
149
Mark Helprin
Worstword Ho, (Beckett)
Worstword Ho,
150
Beckett
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