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Bookriot's 100 Must-Read Modern Classics - Page 2

'...here are my arbitrary rules for what a modern classic is: all the books below were published after 1950 but are at least 20 years old, so nothing after 1997. This list is my best guess about the books that matter from a period of not-quite 50 years in the second half of the twentieth century. Somebody else could do their own list of 100 must-read modern classics that has absolutely no overlap with mine, and it would probably be a good list too. So check out my choices and tell me what you would add or take away!'
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
43
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
44
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
45
84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road
46
Lives of Girls and Women
Lives of Girls and Women
47
Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima
48
The Summer Book
The Summer Book
49
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
50
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago
51
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
52
The Woman Warrior
The Woman Warrior
53
Too Loud a Solitude
Too Loud a Solitude
54
Ceremony
Ceremony
55
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star
56
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
57
The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea
58
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
59
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
60
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
61
Clear Light of Day
Clear Light of Day
62
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
63
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus
64
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
65
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter
66
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
67
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
68
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
69
Look at Me
Look at Me
70
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
71
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
72
Love Medicine
Love Medicine
73
The Lover
The Lover
74
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus
75
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
76
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
77
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
78
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
79
Anagrams
Anagrams
80
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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