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Modern Literature, Give or Take a Few - Page 2

Riffing off a Book Riot list that sought to define modern classics that were published between 1950 and at least twenty years prior, which at the time of that list was 1997. I shunted the year range forward to 1955-2002 in an attempt to maintain the same sense of the list in the current year. Anyway, no guarantee that all of these are classics. Just a collection of works that I can either personally approve of or have heard good 'quality literature' things about.
P.S. The lovely individual in the list image is none other than the magnificent Arundhati Roy, for anyone who wants to know.
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Jagua Nana (Cyprian Ekwensi)
Jagua Nana
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Cyprian Ekwensi
Garden, Ashes (Danilo Kiš)
Garden, Ashes
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Danilo Kiš
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
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David Foster Wallace
Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros
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Derek Walcott
Hard Rain Falling (Don Carpenter)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
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Don Delillo
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
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The Wedding (Dorothy West)
The Wedding
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Novel Without a Name (Duong Thu Huong)
Novel Without a Name
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Duong Thu Huong
The Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace)
The Dragon Can't Dance
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The Tenants of Moonbloom (Edward Lewis Wallant)
The Tenants of Moonbloom
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Edward Lewis Wallant
Krik? Krak! (Edwidge Danticat)
Krik? Krak!
54
Edwidge Danticat
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher
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Elfriede Jelinek
Gate of the Sun (Elias Khoury)
Gate of the Sun
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Elias Khoury
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights
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Elizabeth Hardwick
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
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Elizabeth Taylor
The Last of the Angels (Fadhil Al-Azzawi)
The Last of the Angels
59
Fadhil Al-Azzawi
Lands of Memory (Felisberto Hernández)
Lands of Memory
60
Felisberto Hernández
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
Houseboy
61
Ferdinand Oyono
Palinuro of Mexico (Fernando Del Paso)
Palinuro of Mexico
62
Fernando Del Paso
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman
63
Flann O'Brien
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
64
Flanner O'Connor
Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
Sweet Days of Discipline
65
Fleur Jaeggy
Efuru (Flora Nwapa)
Efuru
66
Flora Nwapa
Body and Soul (Frank Conroy)
Body and Soul
67
Frank Conroy
The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)
The Waiting Years
68
Fumiko Enchi
The Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel García Márquez)
The Autumn of the Patriarch
69
Gabriel García Márquez
Corregidora (Gayl Jones)
Corregidora
70
Gayl Jones
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
Life: A User's Manual
71
Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos
A River Sutra (Gita Mehta)
A River Sutra
72
Gita Mehta
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place
73
Gloria Naylor
The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
The Art of Joy
74
Goliarda Sapienza
Waterland (Graham Swift)
Waterland
75
Graham Swift
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
76
Günter Grass
Ambiguous Adventure (Hamidou Kane)
Ambiguous Adventure
77
Hamidou Kane
A Dictionary of Maqiao (Han Shaogong)
A Dictionary of Maqiao
78
Han Shaogong
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
79
Harry Mulisch
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
80
Haruki Murakami
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