Postmodern

The term postmodern literature is used to describe certain characteristics of post-World War II literature (relying heavily, for example, on fragmentation, paradox, questionable narrators, etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas (that is, reforming society and advancing knowledge) implicit in Modernist literature.

The Crying of Lot 49
Slaughterhouse-Five
Infinite Jest
White Noise
Gravity’s Rainbow
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
House of Leaves
Catch-22
Pale Fire
Breakfast of Champions
V.
Cloud Atlas
Cat’s Cradle
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonOlivia by Ian FalconerKnuffle Bunny by Mo WillemsYou Might Be Special! by Kerri Kokias
Playful Picture Books
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiGood Omens by Terry PratchettInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Footnotes!
102 books — 75 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerUlysses by James JoyceIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Style as Text
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Evan Dara, Flee

D. Harlan Wilson
Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it.
D. Harlan Wilson, The Kyoto Man

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