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50 "Postmodern Genius" Novels Per Goodreads

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How many of these landmark postmodernist novels have you read?

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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
1
David Foster Wallace
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
2
Thomas Pynchon
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
3
Kurt Vonnegut
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
4
Thomas Pynchon
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
5
Italo Calvino
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
6
Don Delillo
V by Thomas Pynchon
V by Thomas Pynchon
7
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
8
Joseph Heller
The Naked Lunch
The Naked Lunch
9
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
10
Jorge Luis Borges
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
11
Mark Z. Danielewski
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
12
Vladimir Nabokov
The New York Trilogy
The New York Trilogy
13
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
14
Jorge Luis Borges
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
15
Vladimir Nabokov
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
16
Jonathan Safran Foer
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
17
Alan Moore
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
19
Kurt Vonnegut
Lost in the Funhouse
Lost in the Funhouse
20
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
21
Haruki Murakami
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
22
Flann O'Brien
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
23
John Barth
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
24
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
25
Zadie Smith
Against the Day (Thomas Pynchon)
Against the Day
26
Thomas Pynchon
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
27
Chuck Palahniuk
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
28
Margaret Atwood
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
29
Georges Perec
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
30
Flann O'Brien
1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
1Q84
31
Haruki Murakami
Watt
Watt
32
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
33
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
34
Roberto Bolaño
Huey Lambert's Walking Nuclear Circus
Huey Lambert's Walking Nuclear Circus
35
Rant
Rant
36
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
37
Alasdair Gray
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
38
William Gaddis
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo
39
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
40
Jonathan Franzen
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