The Great War and Modern Memory is non-fiction. So are The Strange Death of Liberal England (which, additionally, was first published in 1935), Ghost Wars, A Brief History of Time, The Great Bridge, The Gnostic Gospels, Working, The Gathering Storm, Six Easy Pieces, Nicholas and Alexandra, Death from the Skies, Summer of '49, Homicide, and Parting the Waters.

Besides the books listed in Susanna's comment from 2011, there are several other non-fiction books on this list, perhaps added since she wrote: Andre Agassi's Open; Alex Haley's Roots; and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

There are also several works that were written before the end of WWII: Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime & Punishment; Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God; Tennessee Wiliam's Glass Menagerie.

Lance, you're the starter of this list - do you want the non-fiction and the pre-1945 fiction removed?

I didn't see anywhere in the description that specifies the books must be fiction, am I missing something entirely?

Lance seems to have changed the original title and description from "best post-world war 2 fiction" to "best post-war books." (According to the change log.)

At any rate, I shouldn't think Doestoyevsky would qualify.

I don't think that, even under the most extreme and stretched conditions, Fyodor would be able to squeak by on the list.

Unless, perhaps, someone has entirely no knowledge of when WWII was... ha ha

You know, for the first time since I posted this list, I looked it over. I realize that some books have been added by people other than me. Such as: The Prince of Tides, Moo, Red Mars,Green Mars (although I really like those two), Sweet Thursday, Cannary Row, Sophie's Choice (again, excellent), Maise Dobbs, Lancelot, The Glass-Blowers, Lamb, The Devil's Company, the aforementioned Open, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (eh--), The Zoo Story and other Plays, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Uncommon Reader (who voted for that?), Their Eyes Were Watching God (fair suggestion, just not my taste), Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, Life of Pi, Love in a Cold Climate and Others, Crime and Punishment (you are right--published in 1866), What is the What, Possession, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, The Sirens of Titan (although excellent), Shoeless Joe, To Kill a Mockingbird (fine, although it surely does not deserve to be on the list twice!), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (great play), A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (I would pick The Gulag Archepelgio over this) and Lucky Jim. Those without a comment I simply haven't read.

In addition, several books I actually deem worthy were considered by others and those include The Lorax, Freedom, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Wolf Hall, The Quiet American, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Lord of the Rings. Of course, many more options, both valid and indignantly false are available thus summarizing human diversity of tastes.

The original mistake, the title, that I will take as my own. Hopefully my simple modification obliterates that confusion--

What, if anything, do you want me to remove, Lance?

Or were you intending this as a "private" list?

Nothing need be removed (even off-date selections). As stated: 'public order by decree.'

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Lance, you're the starter of this list - do you want the non-fiction and the pre-1945 fiction removed?"

Yes. I don't know how to do that, however.

Tima wrote: "I don't think that, even under the most extreme and stretched conditions, Fyodor would be able to squeak by on the list.

Unless, perhaps, someone has entirely no knowledge of when WWII was... ha ha"

Yes. There is no distinction. I said 'books.' Some of those non-fiction books belong here. The pre-WWII ones (Crime and Punishment?) should go.

Lance wrote: "Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Lance, you're the starter of this list - do you want the non-fiction and the pre-1945 fiction removed?"

Yes. I don't know how to do that, however."

A GR librarian can do it.

Removed, for being non-fiction:

The Great War and Modern Memory
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
The Strange Death of Liberal England
Silence: Lectures and Writings
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63
Open
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
A Brief History of Time
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Gnostic Gospels
Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do
The Gathering Storm

Removed for being pre-World War II:

Nausea
Crime and Punishment
Their Eyes Were Watching God

What is your position on books published in 1945, such as Animal Farm, Lance?

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Lance wrote: "Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Lance, you're the starter of this list - do you want the non-fiction and the pre-1945 fiction removed?"

Yes. I don't know how to do that, howe..."
Why are you 'censored by goodreads?' or is that just part of your label?

I'd send you a PM if you were accepting them. I'll just say that it dates to GR's Censorship Follies of 2013, and leave it at that.

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "What is your position on books published in 1945, such as Animal Farm, Lance?"

Orwell stays--

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "I'd send you a PM if you were accepting them. I'll just say that it dates to GR's Censorship Follies of 2013, and leave it at that."

Send away. I have no idea how i escaped their judgment.

Can't. There's no "send message" option on your profile.