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Modern Literature, Give or Take a Few - Page 5

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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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Milan Kundera
Sanaaq (Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk)
Sanaaq
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Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
Big Breasts and Wide Hips (Mo Yan)
Big Breasts and Wide Hips
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Mo Yan
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Muriel Spark
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
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N. Scott Momaday
Miramar (Naguib Mahfouz)
Miramar
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Naguib Mahfouz
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
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Nawal El Saadawi
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
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Neal Stephenson
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
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Neil Gaiman
Petals of Blood (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
Petals of Blood
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Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o
The General Retires and Other Stories (Nguyễn Huy Thiệp)
The General Retires and Other Stories
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Tomboy (Nina Bouraoui)
Tomboy
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Nina Bouraoui
Maps (Nurrudin Farah)
Maps
173
Nurrudin Farah
The Legends of Khasak (O.V. Vijayan)
The Legends of Khasak
174
O.V. Vijayan
Warlock (Oakley Hall)
Warlock
175
Oakley Hall
Wild Seed (Octavia E. Butler)
Wild Seed
176
Octavia E. Butler
God's Bits of Wood (Ousmane Sembène)
God's Bits of Wood
177
Ousmane Sembène
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
178
Pat Barker
Hallucinating Foucault (Patricia Duncker)
Hallucinating Foucault
179
Patricia Duncker
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
180
Patricia Highsmith
Texaco (Patrick Chamoiseau)
Texaco
181
Patrick Chamoiseau
The Butcher Boy (Patrick McCabe)
The Butcher Boy
182
Patrick McCabe
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
183
Patrick Suskind
Imperial Woman (Pearl S. Buck)
Imperial Woman
184
Pearl S. Buck
The Pumpkin Eater (Penelope Mortimer)
The Pumpkin Eater
185
Penelope Mortimer
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
186
Percival Everett
Repetition (Peter Handke)
Repetition
187
Peter Handke
The Golden Compass (Phillip Pullman)
The Golden Compass
188
Phillip Pullman
This Earth of Mankind (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
This Earth of Mankind
189
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
If Not Now, When? (Primo Levi)
If Not Now, When?
190
Primo Levi
Last Words From Montmartre (Qiu Miaojin)
Last Words From Montmartre
191
Qiu Miaojin
River of Fire (Qurratulain Hyder)
River of Fire
192
Qurratulain Hyder
Take It or Leave It (Raymond Federman)
Take It or Leave It
193
Raymond Federman
Pitch Dark (Renata Adler)
Pitch Dark
194
Renata Adler
The Public Burning (Robert Coover)
The Public Burning
195
Robert Coover
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives
196
Roberto Bolaño
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (Roberto Calasso)
The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
197
Roberto Calasso
The Book of Lamentations (Rosario Castellanos)
The Book of Lamentations
198
Rosario Castellanos
Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Riddley Walker
199
Russell Hoban
Sartha - The Caravan (S.L. Bhyrappa)
Sartha - The Caravan
200
S.L. Bhyrappa
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