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79 Captivating Modern Fiction Books

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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
2
P.L. Travers
A Wild Sheep Chase (Haruki Murakami)
A Wild Sheep Chase
3
Haruki Murakami
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
4
Cormac McCarthy
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
5
Susanna Clarke
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
6
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
7
Cormac McCarthy
Jaws (Peter Benchley)
Jaws
8
Peter Benchley
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
9
Irvine Welsh
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
10
Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore
11
Haruki Murakami
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
12
Anthony Burgess
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
13
Stephen King
The Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe)
The Book of the New Sun
14
Gene Wolfe
Fatherland (Robert Harris)
Fatherland
15
Robert Harris
The Lost World (Michael Crichton)
The Lost World
16
Michael Crichton
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
17
Colson Whitehead
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
18
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Dogs of Riga (Henning Mankell)
The Dogs of Riga
19
Henning Mankell
DC: Batman (Folio Society)
DC: Batman
20
Folio Society
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
21
Toni Morrison
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
22
Kazuo Ishiguro
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
23
Italo Calvino
Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Japan)
Wind Up Bird Chronicle
24
Japan
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
25
Shirley Jackson
DC Comics: The Golden Age (Folio Society)
DC Comics: The Golden Age
26
Folio Society
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
27
Ian Fleming
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
28
Jhumpa Lahiri
Faceless Killers (Henning Mankell)
Faceless Killers
29
Henning Mankell
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
30
Dodie Smith
The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse
31
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
32
Jack London
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
33
For Your Eyes Only (Ian Fleming)
For Your Eyes Only
34
Ian Fleming
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
35
Zora Neale Hurston
Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
Neverwhere
36
Neil Gaiman
Selected Short Stories (Philip K Dick)
Selected Short Stories
37
Philip K Dick
A Perfect Spy (John Le Carré)
A Perfect Spy
38
John Le Carré
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
39
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
40
Hunter S. Thompson
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