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Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Modern Classics - Page 2

Literary classifications are arbitrary, in other words. All the books were published after 1950 but are at least 20 years old, so nothing after 1997.
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
41
Joan Didion
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
42
Maya Angelou
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
43
Ursula K. Le Guin
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
44
Kurt Vonnegut
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
45
Helene Hanff
Lives of Girls and Women (Alice Munro)
Lives of Girls and Women
46
Alice Munro
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
47
Rudolpho Anaya
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
48
Tove Jansson
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
49
Gulag Archipelago
Gulag Archipelago
50
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
51
Annie Dillard
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
52
Maxine Hong Kingston
Too Loud a Solitude
Too Loud a Solitude
53
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
54
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star
55
Shining (Stephen King)
Shining
56
Stephen King
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
57
Iris Murdoch
If on a Winters Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winters Night a Traveller
58
Italo Calvino
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
59
Octavia Butler
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
60
William Styron
Clear Light of Day (Anita Desai)
Clear Light of Day
61
Anita Desai
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
62
Marilynne Robinson
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
63
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
64
Salman Rushdie
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
65
Mariama Bâ
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
66
Raymond Carver
The Colour Purple (Alice Walker)
The Colour Purple
67
Alice Walker
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
68
Isabel Allende
Look at Me
Look at Me
69
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
70
Umberto Eco
House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
House on Mango Street
71
Sandra Cisneros
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
72
Louise Erdrich
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
73
Marguerite Duras
Night at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Night at the Circus
74
Angela Carter
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
75
Milan Kundera
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
76
Cormac McCarthy
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
77
Margaret Atwood
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
78
Jeanette Winterson
Anagrams
Anagrams
79
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
80
Toni Morrison
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