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20th Century Modern: Some of the English Teacher's Favorite Fiction and Drama

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian lists 150 novels, short story collections, and plays from the modern and post-modern maelstrom that was the 20th century. He himself was born at mid century in 1951, and has used what he knew, what he saw, and what he was taught to compile a personal list that reflects the literary/theatrical tone of those times. The list is hardly exhaustive or definitive; he stopped at 150 because he felt that if he didn't, he might never stop. Hardest choices- whether to include bestsellers "Gone with the Wind", "Peyton Place", "The Exorcist", or "Jaws". He decided not to include any of them.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
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Beloved (Ohio)
Beloved (Ohio)
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Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
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The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
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Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Heinrich Böll)
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Blues for Mister Charlie (James Baldwin)
Blues for Mister Charlie (James Baldwin)
10
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
12
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
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The Caretaker
The Caretaker
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The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
20
Collected Shorter Plays (Samuel Beckett)
Collected Shorter Plays (Samuel Beckett)
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Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
Collected Stories by Jean Stafford
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The Comedians (Graham Greene)
The Comedians (Graham Greene)
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Company (Samuel Beckett)
Company (Samuel Beckett)
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The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
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Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
Complete Stories of Dorothy Parker
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The Condemned of Altona (Jean Paul Sartre)
The Condemned of Altona (Jean Paul Sartre)
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The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
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Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
Dangling Man (Saul Bellow)
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Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
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Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
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Diary of a Mad Housewife (Sue Kaufman)
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Sue Kaufman)
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The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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The Doctor Is Sick (Anthony Burgess)
The Doctor Is Sick (Anthony Burgess)
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Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity
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Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners (Joyce)
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
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The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
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Endgame (Beckett)
Endgame (Beckett)
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The Erasers
The Erasers
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