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Doc's List of Modern and Contemporary Classic Novels and Story Collections - Page 2

A personal, idiosyncratic list of 252 modern and contemporary classic novels and short story collections. I could have kept going, but I wanted to keep the list manageable. I define modern as beginning with the Modernist movement in approximately 1900 and running into the 1950s, with post-modernist works running to about 2000 give or take, and contemporary running from approximately 2000 to today. The list is by no means comprehensive nor should it be considered a "greatest hits" compilation. I've tried to be representative, and have included both literary and popular fiction.
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Dangling Man (Bellow)
Dangling Man
41
Bellow
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
42
Koestler
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
43
Willa Cather
Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
Deathbird Stories
44
Harlan Ellison
Deathbird Stories (Harlan Ellison)
Deathbird Stories
45
Harlan Ellison
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
46
James Dickey
Demian (Hesse)
Demian
47
Hesse
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
48
Philip K. Dick
DOUBLE INDEMNITY James M Cain
DOUBLE INDEMNITY James M Cain
49
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
50
Joyce
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
51
Herbert
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
52
John Steinbeck
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
53
Sinclair Lewis
Empire Falls (Richard Russo)
Empire Falls
54
Richard Russo
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Robbins)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
55
Robbins
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
56
Flannery O'Connor
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
57
Jonathan Safran Foer
Eye of the Needle (Ken Follett)
Eye of the Needle
58
Ken Follett
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
59
Ray Bradbury
Finnegan's Wake (Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake
60
Joyce
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
61
Daniel Keyes
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
62
Foundation (Asimov)
Foundation
63
Asimov
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
64
J.D. Salinger
From Russia With Love (Fleming)
From Russia With Love
65
Fleming
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin
66
Deighton
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
67
James Baldwin
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
68
Margaret Mitchell
Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye Columbus
69
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
70
Thomas Pynchon
Group Portrait With Lady (Bõll)
Group Portrait With Lady
71
Bõll
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
72
J.K. Rowling
Heart of Darkness (Conrad, Joseph)
Heart of Darkness
73
Conrad, Joseph
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Tiptree)
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
74
Tiptree
Howards End (E. M. Forster)
Howards End
75
E. M. Forster
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
76
Italo Calvino
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
77
Dorothy B. Hughes
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (Shepherd)
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
78
Shepherd
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
79
Richard Ford
Intruder in the Dust (William Faulkner)
Intruder in the Dust
80
William Faulkner
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