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Literature From 1945 to 1970

Post World War II saw plenty of changes in literature. From the dystopian builders of Orwell and William Goldings to racial prejudice in Harper Lee's most precious work yet.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
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Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
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The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
Günter Grass
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
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Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
Julio Cortázar
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney)
Death of a Naturalist
Seamus Heaney
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Paroles (Jacques Prévert)
Paroles
Jacques Prévert
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Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
Alan Paton
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Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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The Lagoon and Other Stories (Janet Frame)
The Lagoon and Other Stories
Janet Frame
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Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Farenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.Tolkien
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Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo
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Memed, My Hawk (Yasher Kemal)
Memed, My Hawk
Yasher Kemal
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The Devil to Pay in the Backlands (João Guimarães Rosa)
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
João Guimarães Rosa
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Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
Allen Ginsberg
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Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
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La Jalousie (1957)
La Jalousie
1957
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A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
V.S. Naipaul
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The Time Regulation Institute
The Time Regulation Institute
33
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
35
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
Carlos Fuentes
37
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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The Time of the Hero (Mario Vargas Llosa)
The Time of the Hero
Mario Vargas Llosa
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
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