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The Literature Book: Postwar Writing - 1945 to 1970

This challenge lists books in the penultimate chapter of 'The Literature Book' (James Canton, 2016.)
Understanding the layout might increase satisfaction.
MAIN SECTION (1-109)
Layout example for 1st theme:
1-7: Index book (1) & other similar/relevant works (2-7)
8-10: Other key works of index book's author (not always present)
Dystopia 1-7, 8-10
Birth of the Teenager 11-15, 16-18
Literature after Auschwitz 19-22
The civil rights movement 23-27
Banned books 28-33, 34-35
The Absurd 36-40
Postwar Japanese writers 41-44
The Beat generation 45-48, 49-52
Nigerian voices 53-58, 59-62
The unreliable narrator 63-68, 69-72
Southern Gothic 73-76
The antinovel 77-81, 82-85
American black humour 86-90
Postwar poetry 91-95
New journalism 96-98, 99-101
The Latin American boom 102-107, 108-109
FURTHER READING (110-139):
Main work +/- other key books by author
Note: There is some (intentional) duplication of books.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1
George Orwell
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
2
Thomas More
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
3
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
4
Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
5
Ray Bradbury
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
6
Anthony Burgess
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
7
Margaret Atwood
Burmese Days (George Orwell)
Burmese Days
8
George Orwell
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier
9
George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia
10
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
12
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
13
James Joyce
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
14
Sylvia Plath
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye
15
Charles Bukowski
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
16
J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
17
J.D. Salinger
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
18
J.D. Salinger
Poppy and Memory (Paul Celan)
Poppy and Memory
19
Paul Celan
In the Apartments of Death (Nelly Sachs)
In the Apartments of Death
20
Nelly Sachs
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
21
Primo Levi
The Nazi and the Barber (Edgar Hilsenrath)
The Nazi and the Barber
22
Edgar Hilsenrath
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
23
Ralph Ellison
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
24
Richard Wright
Annie Allen (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Annie Allen
25
Gwendolyn Brooks
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
26
James Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
27
Maya Angelou
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
28
Vladimir Nabokov
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
29
François Rabelais
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
30
Voltaire
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
31
Henry Miller
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
32
William S. Burroughs
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
33
Salman Rushdie
The Gift (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Gift
34
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
35
Vladimir Nabokov
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
36
Samuel Beckett
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
37
Albert Camus
The Blacks (Jean Genet)
The Blacks
38
Jean Genet
Rhinocéros (Eugène Ionesco)
Rhinocéros
39
Eugène Ionesco
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker
40
Harold Pinter
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