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Doc's List of Modern and Contemporary Classic Novels and Story Collections - Page 6

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 Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
The Mists of Avalon
201
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
202
Agatha Christie
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
203
Norman Mailer
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
204
Eco
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
205
Hemingway
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
206
Philip Roth
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE James M Cain
207
The Power and the Glory (Greene)
The Power and the Glory
208
Greene
The Quiet American (Greene)
The Quiet American
209
Greene
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
210
Anita Diamant
The Regeneration Trilogy (Pat Barker)
The Regeneration Trilogy
211
Pat Barker
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
212
Cormac McCarthy
The Road Back (Erich Maria Remarque)
The Road Back
213
Erich Maria Remarque
The Sea, the Sea (Irish Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
214
Irish Murdoch
The Searchers (Lemay)
The Searchers
215
Lemay
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
216
Joseph Conrad
The Shining (King)
The Shining
217
King
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
218
Hemingway
The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
The Song of Achilles
219
Madeline Miller
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
220
William Faulkner
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
221
John Le Carré
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
222
Albert Camus
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
223
Ernest Hemingway
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
224
Margaret Atwood
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
225
Gunter Grass
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
226
Franz Kafka
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
227
Virginia Woolf
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
228
John Steinbeck
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
229
Michael Chabon
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
230
Chinua Achebe
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
231
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Sporting Life (Storey)
This Sporting Life
232
Storey
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
233
Beckett
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
234
John Le Carré
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
235
Harper Lee
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
236
Irvine Welsh
Tremor of Intent (Anthony Burgess)
Tremor of Intent
237
Anthony Burgess
Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan)
Trout Fishing in America
238
Richard Brautigan
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
239
John Dos Passos
Ubik (Philip K. Dick)
Ubik
240
Philip K. Dick
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