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An Essential Postmodern Reading List — Flavorwire

Flavorwire celebrates its undying love for postmodern literature — the chaotically playful, the metafictional, and the experimental alike — but it's just a starter list, and there are many important postmodern works not listed here
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The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
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William Gaddis
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
2
David Foster Wallace
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories
3
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
4
Jorge Luis Borges
House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
House of Leaves
5
Mark Z. Danielewski
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
6
Vladimir Nabokov
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
7
Thomas Pynchon
Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
8
David Markson
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
9
Julio Cortázar
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
10
John Barth
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
11
Italo Calvino
Blood and Guts in High School (Kathy Acker)
Blood and Guts in High School
12
Kathy Acker
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
13
Helen Oyeyemi
The Female Man (Joanna Russ)
The Female Man
14
Joanna Russ
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
15
Djuna Barnes
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