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Modern Greats

Great modern books from the last 30 years or so (only my opinion) from a variety of authors and genres.
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak
Broken Glass (Alain Mabanckou)
Broken Glass
2
Alain Mabanckou
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life
3
Hanya Yanagihara
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
4
Malorie Blackman
Days Without End (Sebastian Barry)
Days Without End
5
Sebastian Barry
Submission (Michel Houellebecq)
Submission
6
Michel Houellebecq
Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal
7
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
8
Pat Barker
The Constant Gardener (John Le Carre)
The Constant Gardener
9
John Le Carre
Dart (Alice Oswald)
Dart
10
Alice Oswald
Kavalier & Clay
Kavalier & Clay
11
True History of the Kelly Gang (Peter Carey)
True History of the Kelly Gang
12
Peter Carey
Small Island (Andrea Levy)
Small Island
13
Andrea Levy
Amsterdam (Ian McEwan)
Amsterdam
14
Ian McEwan
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
15
Zadie Smith
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
16
Anthony Doerr
The Green Road (Anne Enright)
The Green Road
17
Anne Enright
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
18
Colson Whitehead
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
19
Cormac McCarthy
The Wall (John Lanchester)
The Wall
20
John Lanchester
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
21
David Mitchell
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America
22
Philip Roth
Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)
Wolf Hall
23
Hilary Mantel
Underland (Robert MacFarlane)
Underland
24
Robert MacFarlane
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
25
Donna Tartt
West (Carys Davies)
West
26
Carys Davies
Home Fire (Kamila Shamsie)
Home Fire
27
Kamila Shamsie
God's Own Country (Ross Raisin)
God's Own Country
28
Ross Raisin
The Unseen (Roy Jacobsen)
The Unseen
29
Roy Jacobsen
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
30
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
31
Kathryn Stockett
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart)
Shuggie Bain
32
Douglas Stuart
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Richard Flanagan)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
33
Richard Flanagan
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
34
Dave Eggers
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
35
Sally Rooney
Crudo (Olivia Laing)
Crudo
36
Olivia Laing
The Sympathizer (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Sympathizer
37
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
38
Tara Westover
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
39
Margaret Atwood
Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
Any Human Heart
40
William Boyd
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