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Doc's List of Modern and Contemporary Classic Novels and Story Collections - Page 4

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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Pi Patel (Life of Pi) (Yan Martel)
Pi Patel (Life of Pi)
121
Yan Martel
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Pillars of the Earth
122
Ken Follett
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
123
Philip Roth
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
124
Joyce
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
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Robert Bloch
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
126
John Updike
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
127
Daphne Du Maurier
Ring (Koji Suzuki)
Ring
128
Koji Suzuki
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
129
Alan Sillitoe
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
130
Emily St.John Mandel
Seize the Day (Saul Bellow)
Seize the Day
131
Saul Bellow
Seven Days in May (Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey)
Seven Days in May
132
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
133
Katherine Anne Porter
Shoeless Joe (W P Kinsella)
Shoeless Joe
134
W P Kinsella
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha
135
Hesse
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
136
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
137
Bradbury
Sometimes a Great Notion (Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
138
Kesey
Spartacus (Howard Fast)
Spartacus
139
Howard Fast
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
140
Emily St. John Mandel
Steppenwolf (Hesse)
Steppenwolf
141
Hesse
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
142
Heinlein
The Accidental Tourist (Anne Tyler)
The Accidental Tourist
143
Anne Tyler
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
144
Saul Bellow
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
145
Michael Chabon
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft
146
H.P. Lovecraft
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
147
Chandler
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
148
Margaret Atwood
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
149
David Mitchell
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
150
Markus Zusak
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
151
Thornton Wilder
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
152
Junot Diaz
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
153
Franz Kafka
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
154
J.D. Salinger
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
155
Katherine Mansfield
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
156
Alice Walker
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
157
Greene
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
158
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
159
Ernest Hemingway
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
160
Jonathan Franzen
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