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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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Modern Classics"

The Bee Sting
Black Butterflies
The Promise
Septology
The Hemingway Stories
All Desire Is a Desire for Being (Penguin Classics)
Without MAlice
Forty-Ninth
A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-century Women Writers
The Essential June Jordan (Penguin Modern Classics)
Det tredje ljuset / Små ting som dessa
Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season

Modern Classics Books

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
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Lists

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
28 books — 53 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
573 books — 239 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best of Hemingway
28 books — 170 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
225 books — 113 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerGo Down, Moses by William Faulkner
Best of William Faulkner
85 books — 64 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Inspiring Books
4,881 books — 3,732 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Modern Classics”

Harper Lee
“ …some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it… ”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Donna Tartt
“ I prefer to think of it as redistribution of matter. ”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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Videos Tagged “Modern Classics”

Silent Fear (book trailer and associated film adaptation)
Silent Fear (book trailer and associated film adaptation)
SILENT FEAR (A novel inspired by true crimes) -- Book Trailer
SILENT FEAR (A novel inspired by true crimes) -- Book Trailer
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Groups Tagged "Modern Classics"

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Casual Book Club Enjoy. (Still active as of June 2020)
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