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Goodreads "Postmodern Genius" - Now 180% Longer!

"Avant-garde lit. Formally inventive styles. So unique it hurts." (Goodreads)
Mind you, there's debate on Goodreads as to whether some of these books are modernist, postmodernist or otherwise. But Markd9528 says "Who cares when they're great books?"
BTW, Item 206 should be 'Of Mice and Men'.
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
1
David Foster Wallace
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
2
Kurt Vonnegut
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
3
Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
4
Thomas Pynchon
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
6
Italo Calvino
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
7
Don Delillo
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
8
Vladimir Nabokov
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
9
Haruki Murakami
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
10
William S. Burroughs
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
11
Mark Danielewski
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
12
Jorge Luis Borges
V. (Thomas Pynchon)
V.
13
Thomas Pynchon
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
14
Gabriel García Márquez
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
15
Vladimir Nabokov
Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)
Watchmen
16
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
17
Paul Auster
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
19
Kurt Vonnegut
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
20
Jorge Luis Borges
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
21
David Mitchell
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
22
Chuck Palahniuk
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
23
Mikhail Bulgakov
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
24
José Saramago
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
25
Anthony Burgess
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
26
Jonathan Franzen
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
27
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
28
Jonathan Safran Foer
2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
2666
29
Roberto Bolaño
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
30
Umberto Eco
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
31
Albert Camus
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
32
Flann O'Brien
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
33
Umberto Eco
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
34
Bret Easton Ellis
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
35
William Gaddis
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
36
Cormac McCarthy
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
37
George Orwell
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
38
Margaret Atwood
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
39
J.D. Salinger
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
40
John Fowles
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