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Doc's List of Modern and Contemporary Classic Novels and Story Collections - Page 3

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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Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
81
Italo Calvino
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
82
Ralph Ellison
Islands in the Stream (Ernest Hemingway)
Islands in the Stream
83
Ernest Hemingway
Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)
Jitterbug Perfume
84
Tom Robbins
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
85
Susanna Clarke
Julian (Gore Vidal)
Julian
86
Gore Vidal
Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings (Katherine Anne Porter)
Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings
87
Katherine Anne Porter
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
88
D.H. Lawrence
Laura (Caspary)
Laura
89
Caspary
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
90
Don Delillo
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
91
Vladimir Nabokov
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
92
Larry McMurtry
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
93
Lord of the Flies (Golding)
Lord of the Flies
94
Golding
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
95
Gabriel García Márquez
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
96
Kingsley Amis
Ludwig's Room (Hotschnig)
Ludwig's Room
97
Hotschnig
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
98
André Malraux
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiří Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
99
Jiří Weil
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
Midcentury
100
John Dos Passos
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts & the Day of the Locust
101
Nathanael West
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Mother Night
102
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
103
Agatha Christie
Murphy (Beckett)
Murphy
104
Beckett
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
105
Willa Cather
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
106
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
107
Kazuo Ishiguro
Night Flight
Night Flight
108
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
109
J.D. Salinger
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
110
Cormac McCarthy
Nobody's Fool (Russo)
Nobody's Fool
111
Russo
Nohow on (Beckett)
Nohow On
112
Beckett
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
113
Haruki Murakami
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
114
John Steinbeck
On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach
115
Shute
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
116
Jack Kerouac
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
117
Solzhenitsyn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
118
Kesey
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
119
Virginia Woolf
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
120
Margaret Atwood
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