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Literature From 1945 to 1970

Post World War II saw plenty of changes in literature. From the dystopian builders of Orwell and William Goldings to racial prejudice in Harper Lee's most precious work yet.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
3
J.D. Salinger
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
4
Ralph Ellison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
5
Vladimir Nabokov
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
6
Samuel Beckett
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
7
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
8
Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
9
Chinua Achebe
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
10
Günter Grass
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
11
Harper Lee
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
12
Julio Cortázar
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
13
Joseph Heller
Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney)
Death of a Naturalist
14
Seamus Heaney
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
15
Truman Capote
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
16
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Paroles (Jacques Prévert)
Paroles
17
Jacques Prévert
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
18
Alan Paton
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
19
Yasunari Kawabata
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
20
Ernest Hemingway
The Lagoon and Other Stories (Janet Frame)
The Lagoon and Other Stories
21
Janet Frame
Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
22
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
23
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
24
J.R.R.Tolkien
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
25
Juan Rulfo
Memed, My Hawk (Yasher Kemal)
Memed, My Hawk
26
Yasher Kemal
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
27
João Guimarães Rosa
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
28
Allen Ginsberg
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
29
Boris Pasternak
La Jalousie (1957)
La Jalousie
30
1957
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
31
V.S. Naipaul
The Time Regulation Institute
The Time Regulation Institute
32
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
33
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
34
Ken Kesey
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
35
Anthony Burgess
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
36
Carlos Fuentes
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
37
Sylvia Plath
The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero
38
Mario Vargas Llosa
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
39
Thomas Pynchon
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
40
Jean Rhys
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