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The Literature Book: Postwar Writing - 1945 to 1970

This challenge lists books in the penultimate chapter of 'The Literature Book' (James Canton, 2016.)
Understanding the layout might increase satisfaction.
MAIN SECTION (1-109)
Layout example for 1st theme:
1-7: Index book (1) & other similar/relevant works (2-7)
8-10: Other key works of index book's author (not always present)
Dystopia 1-7, 8-10
Birth of the Teenager 11-15, 16-18
Literature after Auschwitz 19-22
The civil rights movement 23-27
Banned books 28-33, 34-35
The Absurd 36-40
Postwar Japanese writers 41-44
The Beat generation 45-48, 49-52
Nigerian voices 53-58, 59-62
The unreliable narrator 63-68, 69-72
Southern Gothic 73-76
The antinovel 77-81, 82-85
American black humour 86-90
Postwar poetry 91-95
New journalism 96-98, 99-101
The Latin American boom 102-107, 108-109
FURTHER READING (110-139):
Main work +/- other key books by author
Note: There is some (intentional) duplication of books.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
2
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia (Thomas More)
3
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
4
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
5
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
6
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
7
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
8
Burmese Days (George Orwell)
Burmese Days (George Orwell)
9
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
The Road to Wigan Pier (George Orwell)
10
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell)
11
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
12
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
13
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
14
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
15
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
Ham on Rye (Charles Bukowski)
16
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
17
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
18
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
19
Poppy and Memory (Paul Celan)
Poppy and Memory (Paul Celan)
20
In the Apartments of Death (Nelly Sachs)
In the Apartments of Death (Nelly Sachs)
21
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
22
The Nazi and the Barber (Edgar Hilsenrath)
The Nazi and the Barber (Edgar Hilsenrath)
23
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
24
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
25
Annie Allen (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Annie Allen (Gwendolyn Brooks)
26
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
27
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
28
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
29
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
30
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
31
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
32
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
33
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
34
The Gift (Vladimir Nabokov)
The Gift (Vladimir Nabokov)
35
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
36
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
37
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
38
The Blacks (Jean Genet)
The Blacks (Jean Genet)
39
Rhinocéros (Eugène Ionesco)
Rhinocéros (Eugène Ionesco)
40
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
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