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50 More Modern Classics: More Novels Everyone Should Read

50 more works of modern ( or, in the case of Conrad, modernist) fiction that , when taken together, make up what I feel is a good expanded core reading list. Once again, I limited the list to one book per author and did not include short story collections; Even after creating this SECOND list, I still had to eliminate many great and important books to keep the list at 50.
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All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
1
Robert Penn Warren
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2
Michael Chabon
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
3
Bret Easton Ellis
American Tabloid (James Ellroy)
American Tabloid
4
James Ellroy
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
5
George Orwell
Barabbas (Pär Lagerkvist)
Barabbas
6
Pär Lagerkvist
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
7
Heinrich Böll
Bright Lights, Big City (Jay McInerney)
Bright Lights, Big City
8
Jay McInerney
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
9
Ernest Hemingway
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
10
Kurt Vonnegut
Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke)
Childhood's End
11
Arthur C. Clarke
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
12
Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
13
David Mitchell
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
14
Ambler
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
15
Koestler
The Dispossessed (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
16
Ursula K Le Guin
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
17
Richard Russo
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
18
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
19
Kazantzakis
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
20
Carson McCullers
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
21
Greene
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
22
V.S. Naipaul
How It Is (Samuel Beckett)
How It Is
23
Samuel Beckett
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
24
Richard Ford
The Informer (Liam O'flaherty)
The Informer
25
Liam O'flaherty
The Inheritors (William Golding)
The Inheritors
26
William Golding
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
27
Italo Calvino
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
28
Haruki Murakami
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
29
Vladimir Nabokov
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
30
Raymond Chandler
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
31
Hammett
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
32
Salman Rushdie
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
33
Nathanael West
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
34
Willa Cather
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
35
William Gibson
Nostromo (Signet)
Nostromo
36
Signet
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
37
Jack Kerouac
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
38
Joyce
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
39
E.L. Doctorow
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
40
Daphne Du Maurier
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