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Modern Literature, Give or Take a Few - Page 6

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 Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
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Salman Rushdie
The Lonely Londoners (Sam Selvon)
The Lonely Londoners
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Sam Selvon
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
203
Samuel R. Delany
The Doctor's Wife (Sawako Ariyoshi)
The Doctor's Wife
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Sawako Ariyoshi
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
205
Sebastian Faulks
Cereus Blooms at Night (Shani Mootoo)
Cereus Blooms at Night
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Shani Mootoo
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
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Sherman Alexie
Requiem (Shizuko Go)
Requiem
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Shizuko Go
Raag Darbari (Shrilal Shukla)
Raag Darbari
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Shrilal Shukla
Deep River (Shūsaku Endō)
Deep River
210
Shūsaku Endō
The Bridge of Beyond (Simone Schwarz-Bart)
The Bridge of Beyond
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Simone Schwarz-Bart
Raise the Red Lantern (Su Tong)
Raise the Red Lantern
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Su Tong
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
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Sylvia Plath
The Sand Child (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
The Sand Child
214
Tahar Ben Jelloun
The Ice Palace (Tarjei Vesaas)
The Ice Palace
215
Tarjei Vesaas
The Slynx (Tatyana Tolstaya)
The Slynx
216
Tatyana Tolstaya
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies)
Season of Migration to the North
217
Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies
Concrete (Thomas Bernhard)
Concrete
218
Thomas Bernhard
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List
219
Thomas Keneally
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
220
Thomas Pynchon
Going After Cacciato (Tim O'Brien)
Going After Cacciato
221
Tim O'Brien
The Night in Question (Tobias Wolff)
The Night in Question
222
Tobias Wolff
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
223
Toni Morrison
Replacement (Tor Ulven)
Replacement
224
Tor Ulven
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
225
Tove Jansson
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
226
Truman Capote
Nervous Conditions (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
Nervous Conditions
227
Tsitsi Dangarembga
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
228
Umberto Eco
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
229
Ursula K. Le Guin
Love and Longing in Bombay (Vikram Chandra)
Love and Longing in Bombay
230
Vikram Chandra
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
231
Vladimir Nabokov
Vertigo (W.G. Sebald)
Vertigo
232
W.G. Sebald
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai (Wang Anyi)
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
233
Wang Anyi
Any Human Heart (William Boyd)
Any Human Heart
234
William Boyd
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
235
William Gaddis
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
236
William Gibson
Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
Omensetter's Luck
237
William H. Gass
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
238
William Peter Blatty
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
239
William Styron
The Royal Family (William T. Vollman)
The Royal Family
240
William T. Vollman
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