Postmodern Books

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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.69 — 94,700 ratings — published 1966
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 211 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,461,421 ratings — published 1969
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White Noise White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 200 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.86 — 124,886 ratings — published 1985
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 198 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.25 — 99,559 ratings — published 1996
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Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.01 — 47,304 ratings — published 1973
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 161 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.02 — 109,381 ratings — published 1979
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.09 — 194,155 ratings — published 2000
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.99 — 877,754 ratings — published 1961
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Pale Fire Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.17 — 56,448 ratings — published 1962
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V. V. (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,948 ratings — published 1963
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Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.06 — 276,684 ratings — published 1973
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.01 — 264,402 ratings — published 2004
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 79 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.86 — 85,269 ratings — published 1987
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.15 — 431,250 ratings — published 1963
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.46 — 97,442 ratings — published 1959
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.00 — 758,432 ratings — published 1962
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The Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.14 — 390,150 ratings — published 1980
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Fight Club Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.18 — 633,339 ratings — published 1996
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Underworld Underworld (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.95 — 33,359 ratings — published 1997
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Kafka on the Shore Kafka on the Shore (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.12 — 535,334 ratings — published 2002
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.10 — 94,830 ratings — published 1972
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American Psycho American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.80 — 353,036 ratings — published 1991
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,081,488 ratings — published 1967
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.14 — 309,487 ratings — published 1994
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.11 — 531,323 ratings — published 1984
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Inherent Vice Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.79 — 37,356 ratings — published 2009
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2666 2666 (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.22 — 47,417 ratings — published 2004
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 46 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.87 — 927,603 ratings — published 1955
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Mason & Dixon Mason & Dixon (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.13 — 12,296 ratings — published 1997
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Lost in the Funhouse Lost in the Funhouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.68 — 6,665 ratings — published 1968
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.97 — 481,128 ratings — published 1987
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by (shelved 41 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.95 — 335,257 ratings — published 2009
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Midnight’s Children Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.98 — 131,447 ratings — published 1981
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Against the Day Against the Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,084 ratings — published 2006
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.88 — 55,127 ratings — published 1969
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Foucault’s Pendulum Foucault’s Pendulum (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.91 — 74,120 ratings — published 1988
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Vineland Vineland (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.76 — 14,782 ratings — published 1990
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Ficciones Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.40 — 76,952 ratings — published 1944
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The Sot-Weed Factor The Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,667 ratings — published 1960
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.84 — 218,636 ratings — published 1951
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.44 — 33,456 ratings — published 1962
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The Broom of the System The Broom of the System (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.85 — 24,158 ratings — published 1987
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Bleeding Edge Bleeding Edge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.62 — 13,877 ratings — published 2013
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Wittgenstein’s Mistress Wittgenstein’s Mistress (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,169 ratings — published 1988
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Voices in the Park Voices in the Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,639 ratings — published 1998
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Simulacra and Simulation Simulacra and Simulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,186 ratings — published 1981
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The Pale King The Pale King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as postmodern)
avg rating 3.97 — 19,582 ratings — published 2011
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.06 — 373,225 ratings — published 1971
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,354,796 ratings — published 1985
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Libra Libra (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as postmodern)
avg rating 4.05 — 19,841 ratings — published 1988
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Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
506 books — 582 voters
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
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102 books — 75 voters

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Thomas Pynchon
“On the doorsill the Paranoids, as we leave milk to propitiate the leprechaun, had set a fifth of Jack Daniels.”
Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49

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

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