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Modern Classics 1950-2008

This is a list of modern classics that i have already read or are still on my tbr. I ended the list in 2008 (15 years ago), because after that it's hard to say what will be considered a classic in the future. The books are sorted in chronological order.
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Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
1
Patricia Highsmith
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
2
C.S. Lewis
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
3
Eugene Ionesco
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
4
J.D. Salinger
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
5
Ernest Hemingway
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
6
John Steinbeck
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
7
E.B. White
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
9
Samuel Beckett
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
10
Ray Bradbury
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between
11
L.P. Hartley
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
12
Arthur Miller
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
13
William Golding
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
14
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
17
James Baldwin
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
18
Elie Wiesel
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
19
Ayn Rand
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
20
Boris Pasternak
Homo Faber (Max Frisch)
Homo Faber
21
Max Frisch
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
22
Jack Kerouac
Der Gute Gott Von Manhattan. Hörspiel (Ingebord Bachmann)
Der Gute Gott Von Manhattan. Hörspiel
23
Ingebord Bachmann
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
24
Truman Capote
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
25
T.H. White
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
26
Chinua Achebe
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter
27
Simone De Beauvoir
The Arsonists (Biedermann Und Die Brandstifter) (Frisch)
The Arsonists (Biedermann Und Die Brandstifter)
28
Frisch
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
29
Günter Grass
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
30
Daniel Keyes
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
31
Shirley Jackson
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
32
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
33
Joseph Heller
Andorra (Max Frisch)
Andorra
34
Max Frisch
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
35
Anthony Burgess
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
36
Shirley Jackson
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
37
Madeleine L'engle
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
38
Ken Kesey
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
39
Doris Lessing
The Physicists (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Physicists
40
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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