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Modern Literature, Give or Take a Few - Page 2

Riffing off a Book Riot list that sought to define modern classics that were published between 1950 and at least twenty years prior, which at the time of that list was 1997. I shunted the year range forward to 1955-2002 in an attempt to maintain the same sense of the list in the current year. Anyway, no guarantee that all of these are classics. Just a collection of works that I can either personally approve of or have heard good 'quality literature' things about.
P.S. The lovely individual in the list image is none other than the magnificent Arundhati Roy, for anyone who wants to know.
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Jagua Nana (Cyprian Ekwensi)
Jagua Nana (Cyprian Ekwensi)
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Garden, Ashes (Danilo Kiš)
Garden, Ashes (Danilo Kiš)
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
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Omeros (Derek Walcott)
Omeros (Derek Walcott)
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Hard Rain Falling (Don Carpenter)
Hard Rain Falling (Don Carpenter)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
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The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
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The Wedding (Dorothy West)
The Wedding (Dorothy West)
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Novel Without a Name (Duong Thu Huong)
Novel Without a Name (Duong Thu Huong)
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The Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace)
The Dragon Can't Dance (Earl Lovelace)
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The Tenants of Moonbloom (Edward Lewis Wallant)
The Tenants of Moonbloom (Edward Lewis Wallant)
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Krik? Krak! (Edwidge Danticat)
Krik? Krak! (Edwidge Danticat)
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The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
The Piano Teacher (Elfriede Jelinek)
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Gate of the Sun (Elias Khoury)
Gate of the Sun (Elias Khoury)
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Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (Elizabeth Taylor)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (Elizabeth Taylor)
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The Last of the Angels (Fadhil Al-Azzawi)
The Last of the Angels (Fadhil Al-Azzawi)
60
Lands of Memory (Felisberto Hernández)
Lands of Memory (Felisberto Hernández)
61
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
62
Palinuro of Mexico (Fernando Del Paso)
Palinuro of Mexico (Fernando Del Paso)
63
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
The Third Policeman (Flann O'Brien)
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The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
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Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
Sweet Days of Discipline (Fleur Jaeggy)
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Efuru (Flora Nwapa)
Efuru (Flora Nwapa)
67
Body and Soul (Frank Conroy)
Body and Soul (Frank Conroy)
68
The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)
The Waiting Years (Fumiko Enchi)
69
The Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel García Márquez)
The Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel García Márquez)
70
Corregidora (Gayl Jones)
Corregidora (Gayl Jones)
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Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
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A River Sutra (Gita Mehta)
A River Sutra (Gita Mehta)
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The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
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The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
The Art of Joy (Goliarda Sapienza)
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Waterland (Graham Swift)
Waterland (Graham Swift)
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The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
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Ambiguous Adventure (Hamidou Kane)
Ambiguous Adventure (Hamidou Kane)
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A Dictionary of Maqiao (Han Shaogong)
A Dictionary of Maqiao (Han Shaogong)
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The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
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Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)
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