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Literature From 1970 to the Present

While the deemed "present" novels aren't even remotely close to 2021, they're, more or less, close enough to the more common tradition of story-telling. (Besides, I hardly even read any book that's come out from this year and prior)
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
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The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
7
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
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Red Sorghum (Mo Yan)
Red Sorghum
Mo Yan
9
Oscar and Lucinda (Peter Carey)
Oscar and Lucinda
Peter Carey
10
Omeros
Omeros
11
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
12
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth
13
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
14
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
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Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
José Saramago
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Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
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The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood)
Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
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Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
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The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
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The Guest (Sok-Yong Hwang)
The Guest
Sok-Yong Hwang
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
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Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
J.K. Rowling
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
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Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
J.G. Ballard
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History (Elsa Morante)
History
Elsa Morante
29
The Aesthetics of Resistance (Peter Weiss)
The Aesthetics of Resistance
Peter Weiss
30
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
Alex Haley
31
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
Georges Perec
32
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter
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A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season
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So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
Mariama Bâ
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
37
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
William Gibson
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The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
Marguerite Duras
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
Don Delillo
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