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Literature From 1970 to the Present

While the deemed "present" novels aren't even remotely close to 2021, they're, more or less, close enough to the more common tradition of story-telling. (Besides, I hardly even read any book that's come out from this year and prior)
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
1
Thomas Pynchon
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
2
Italo Calvino
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
3
Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
4
Salman Rushdie
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
5
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
6
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
7
Toni Morrison
Red Sorghum (Mo Yan)
Red Sorghum
8
Mo Yan
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
9
Peter Carey
Omeros
Omeros
10
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
11
Bret Easton Ellis
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
12
Vikram Seth
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
13
Donna Tartt
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
14
Haruki Murakami
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
15
José Saramago
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
16
J. M. Coetzee
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
17
Zadie Smith
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
18
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
19
Margaret Atwood
Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
20
Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
21
Margaret Atwood
The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
22
Jonathan Franzen
The Guest (Sok-Yong Hwang)
The Guest
23
Sok-Yong Hwang
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
24
Jonathan Safran Foer
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
25
J.K. Rowling
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
26
Hunter S. Thompson
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
27
J.G. Ballard
History (Elsa Morante)
History
28
Elsa Morante
The Aesthetics of Resistance (Peter Weiss)
The Aesthetics of Resistance
29
Peter Weiss
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
30
Alex Haley
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
31
Georges Perec
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
32
Angela Carter
A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season
33
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
34
Mariama Bâ
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
35
Isabel Allende
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
36
Milan Kundera
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
37
William Gibson
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
38
Marguerite Duras
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
39
Gabriel García Márquez
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
40
Don Delillo
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