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A Postmodernist Canon

"Even though postmodernism is essentially anti-canonical (although I disagree with this truism), here's a list of works that serve as a good primer to this movement. Although it focuses primarily on postmodernist novels, the list includes a few theoretical works and poetry, both of which contributed greatly to this aesthetic shift, one that is still largely being defined."
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
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Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
2
Roberto Bolaño
Ada or Ardor (Vladimir Nabokov)
Ada or Ardor
3
Vladimir Nabokov
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
4
Jorge Luis Borges
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
5
Lewis Carroll
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
6
Flann O'Brien
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
7
Ian McEwan
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
8
Italo Calvino
Bluebeard (Kurt Vonnegut)
Bluebeard
9
Kurt Vonnegut
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
10
Toni Morrison
Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory (Jorge Luis Borges)
Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory
11
Jorge Luis Borges
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
12
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
14
Margaret Atwood
Chimera
Chimera
15
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
16
Anthony Burgess
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
17
David Mitchell
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus
18
Art Speigelman
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
19
Italo Calvino
Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
20
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
21
J.G. Ballard
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
22
Thomas Pynchon
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
23
Philip K. Dick
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
24
Miguel De Cervantes
Don Quixote (Which Was a Dream) (Kathy Acker)
Don Quixote (Which Was a Dream)
25
Kathy Acker
The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)
The Doors of Perception
26
Aldous Huxley
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
27
Tom Wolfe
Exercises in Style
Exercises in Style
28
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
29
Jonathan Safran Foer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
30
Hunter S. Thompson
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
31
Jorge Luis Borges
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
32
Chuck Palahniuk
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
33
James Joyce
Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes)
Flaubert's Parrot
34
Julian Barnes
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
35
Philip K. Dick
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
36
Umberto Eco
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
37
John Fowles
A Frolic of His Own
A Frolic of His Own
38
Gender Trouble (Judith Butler)
Gender Trouble
39
Judith Butler
Giles Goat-Boy
Giles Goat-Boy
40
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