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35 Best Modern Classic Books (1900-1999)

"The twentieth century saw the publication of many of the greatest works of literature ever written.
All around the world, writers were inventing entire genres, pushing boundaries, blending fiction and philosophy, and so much more.
Many of the great novels that we call classic books today were written in the 20th century.
Here, you'll find the very finest of these novels. The best modern classic books of the 20th century."
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
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Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)
5
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
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Red Sorghum (Mo Yan)
Red Sorghum (Mo Yan)
7
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
9
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
10
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
13
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
Notes of a Crocodile (Qiu Miaojin)
14
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
15
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
17
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
18
Endless Blue Sky (Lee Hyoseok)
Endless Blue Sky (Lee Hyoseok)
19
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
20
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
21
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
22
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
23
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
25
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
26
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (Yu Hua)
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (Yu Hua)
27
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
28
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
29
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
31
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
32
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
33
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
34
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
35
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
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