Modern Classics

Classics must resonate with an audience and have continued readership. Modern classics are generally written after WWI. They are also popularly known as "contemporary classics." ...more

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The Bee Sting
The Promise
Black Butterflies
Septology
Det tredje ljuset / Små ting som dessa
All Desire Is a Desire for Being (Penguin Classics)
The Hemingway Stories
The Essential June Jordan (Penguin Modern Classics)
A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-century Women Writers
Without MAlice
Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season
Forty-Ninth
1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid's Tale
The Bell Jar
Fahrenheit 451
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
Lolita
Brave New World
Slaughterhouse-Five
A Clockwork Orange
The Stranger
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Inspiring Books
4,948 books — 4,021 voters
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas LlosaThe War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas LlosaLa ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas LlosaConversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Best Book by Mario Vargas Llosa
29 books — 60 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
46 books — 213 voters

Nuestra parte de noche by Mariana EnriquezTemporada de huracanes by Fernanda MelchorLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel AllendeDistancia de rescate by Samanta SchweblinCadáver exquisito by Agustina Bazterrica
Novelas en español escritas por mujeres
232 books — 117 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby YoungNegative Space by Lilly DancygerJust Kids by Patti Smith
New York Eats Its Young
74 books — 60 voters


Sylvia Plath
In the infinitesimal glow of the stars, the trees and flowers were strewing their cool odos. There was no moon.
Sylvia Plath

Harper Lee
…some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it…
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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