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Doc's List of Modern and Contemporary Classic Novels and Story Collections - Page 5

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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The Cruel Sea (Nicholas Monsarrat)
The Cruel Sea
161
Nicholas Monsarrat
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
162
Thomas Pynchon
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
163
Gary
The Daughter of Time (Tey)
The Daughter of Time
164
Tey
The Day of the Jackal (Frederick Forsyth)
The Day of the Jackal
165
Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Triffids (Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
166
Wyndham
The Doctor Is Sick (Burgess)
The Doctor Is Sick
167
Burgess
The Drowned World (J.G. Ballard)
The Drowned World
168
J.G. Ballard
The First Circle (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
169
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
170
Ayn Rand
The Ginger Man (J.P. Donleavy)
The Ginger Man
171
J.P. Donleavy
The Glass Key (Hammett)
The Glass Key
172
Hammett
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
173
Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
174
Jaroslav Hašek
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
175
John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
176
Fitzgerald
The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
177
Kazantzakis
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
178
Margaret Atwood
The Haunting of Hill House (Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
179
Jackson
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
180
Greene
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Collection (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Collection
181
Douglas Adams
The Informer (O'flaherty)
The Informer
182
O'flaherty
The Inheritors (William Golding)
The Inheritors
183
William Golding
The Ipcress File (Deighton)
The Ipcress File
184
Deighton
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
185
Michael Shaara
The Last Temptation of Christ (Kazantzakis)
The Last Temptation of Christ
186
Kazantzakis
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
187
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
188
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
189
Alan Sillitoe
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
190
Raymond Chandler
The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
191
Tolkien
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend
192
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
193
Shirley Jackson
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
194
Marguerite Duras
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
195
Hammett
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
196
Philip K. Dick
The Man Outside (Wolfgang Borchert)
The Man Outside
197
Wolfgang Borchert
The Man Who Died (D.H. Lawrence)
The Man Who Died
198
D.H. Lawrence
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
199
Richard Condon
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
200
Bradbury
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