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E's 200 Modern Classics Reading Challenge

A list of (what I think of as) modern classics that I WILL read one day, hopefully sooner than later!
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avg. score: 42 of 200 (21%)
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Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
1
Michael Herr
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
2
Truman Capote
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
3
Hunter S. Thompson
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
Electric Koolaid Acid Test
4
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
5
James Baldwin
The Setting Sun (Osamu Dazai)
The Setting Sun
6
Osamu Dazai
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
7
Arundhati Roy
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
8
Philip K. Dick
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
9
Anthony Burgess
I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)
I Who Have Never Known Men
10
Jacqueline Harpman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
11
Douglas Adams
Hons and Rebels (Jessica Mitford)
Hons and Rebels
12
Jessica Mitford
Regarding the Pain of Others (Susan Sontag)
Regarding the Pain of Others
13
Susan Sontag
The Disoriented (Amin Maalouf)
The Disoriented
14
Amin Maalouf
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
15
Iris Murdoch
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
16
Angela Carter
The Group (Mary McCarthy)
The Group
17
Mary McCarthy
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
18
Donna Tartt
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
19
Ray Bradbury
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
20
Raymond Chandler
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
21
Irvine Welsh
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
22
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
23
Jack Kerouac
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
24
Elizabeth Bowen
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls
25
Edna O'Brien
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
26
Joan Lindsay
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
27
Margaret Atwood
July's People (Nadine Gordimer)
July's People
28
Nadine Gordimer
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
29
Art Spiegelman
The Glass Castle (Jeannette Walls)
The Glass Castle
30
Jeannette Walls
My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante)
My Brilliant Friend
31
Elena Ferrante
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
32
Erich Maria Remarque
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
33
Rainer Maria Rilke
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
34
Hermann Hesse
Family Lexicon (Natalia Ginzburg)
Family Lexicon
35
Natalia Ginzburg
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
36
Sylvia Plath
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
37
Vladimir Nabokov
The Vegetarian (Han Kang)
The Vegetarian
38
Han Kang
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
39
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
40
Carson McCullers
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