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Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
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William S. Burroughs
The Wonderful O (James Thurber)
The Wonderful O
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James Thurber
Written on the Body (Jeanette Winterson)
Written on the Body
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Jeanette Winterson
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Milan Kundera
The Clay Machine-Gun (Victor Pelevin)
The Clay Machine-Gun
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Victor Pelevin
Perfume (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume
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Patrick Suskind
The Tunnel (William Gass)
The Tunnel
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William Gass
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan
Extinction (Thomas Bernhard)
Extinction
9
Thomas Bernhard
The Universal Baseball Assn, Inc (Robert Coover)
The Universal Baseball Assn, Inc
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Robert Coover
Hello America (J.G.Ballard)
Hello America
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J.G.Ballard
The Double (José Saramago)
The Double
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José Saramago
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead
4321 (Paul Auster)
4321
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Paul Auster
Dead Babies (Martin Amis)
Dead Babies
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Martin Amis
The Butcher Boy (Patrick McCabe)
The Butcher Boy
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Patrick McCabe
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled
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Kazuo Ishiguro
The Accidental (Ali Smith)
The Accidental
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Ali Smith
Orfeo (Richard Powers)
Orfeo
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Richard Powers
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Italo Calvino)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
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Italo Calvino
I'm Not Stiller (Max Frisch)
I'm Not Stiller
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Max Frisch
Monsignor Quixote (Greene - Penguin Classics)
Monsignor Quixote
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Greene - Penguin Classics
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
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T.H. White
Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho)
Veronika Decides to Die
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Paulo Coelho
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
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Irvine Welsh
The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
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William Gaddis
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
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Paul Beatty
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
28
Flann O'Brien
V (Thomas Pynchon)
V
29
Thomas Pynchon
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
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Evelyn Waugh
Willard and His Bowling Trophies (Richard Brautigan)
Willard and His Bowling Trophies
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Richard Brautigan
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (Kenzaburō Ōe)
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
32
Kenzaburō Ōe
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
33
Djuna Barnes
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
34
Jerzy Kosinski
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style
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Raymond Queneau
Alphabetical Africa
Alphabetical Africa
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Missing Person (Patrick Modiano)
Missing Person
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Patrick Modiano
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
38
Kazuo Ishiguro
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
39
Richard Adams
Avoid (Georges Perec)
Avoid
40
Georges Perec
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