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Modern Classics 1950-2008

This is a list of modern classics that i have already read or are still on my tbr. I ended the list in 2008 (15 years ago), because after that it's hard to say what will be considered a classic in the future. The books are sorted in chronological order.
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Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
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The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia
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The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
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Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
8
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
9
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
10
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
11
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
12
The Crucible
The Crucible
13
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
14
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
Bonjour Tristesse by Francois Sagan
15
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
16
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
17
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
18
Night
Night
19
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
20
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
21
Homo Faber (Max Frisch)
Homo Faber (Max Frisch)
22
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
23
Der Gute Gott Von Manhattan. Hörspiel (Ingebord Bachmann)
Der Gute Gott Von Manhattan. Hörspiel (Ingebord Bachmann)
24
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
25
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
27
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Simone De Beauvoir)
28
The Arsonists (Biedermann Und Die Brandstifter) (Frisch)
The Arsonists (Biedermann Und Die Brandstifter) (Frisch)
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The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
30
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
31
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
32
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
33
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Andorra (Max Frisch)
Andorra (Max Frisch)
35
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
36
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
37
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
38
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (Ken Kesey)
39
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook
40
The Physicists (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Physicists (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
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