Fav 20th Century Fiction
Explore the top 20th century fiction books that defined an era. Discover classic novels, must-read authors, and timeless stories in our curated list.
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The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
by Amos Tutuola
The ghosts live in the center of the jungle and this tells of what happens to the mortals who venture into the world of the …
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The Trial
by Franz Kafka
From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis: Written in 1914 but not published until 1925, a year …
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The Castle
by Franz Kafka
From the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial—one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century—the haunting tale of K.’s relentless, unavailing struggle with …
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Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
A nihilistic petit-bougeois named Bardamu opens his medical practice in the slums of suburban Paris.
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My Education
by William S. Burroughs
My Education is William S. Burroughs's final collection, first published two years before his death in 1997. It is a book of dreams, written over …
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The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
Originally published: Dana Point, Calif.: Ardis, 1995.
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Jesus' Son
by Denis Johnson
Jesus' Son is a visionary chronicle of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls. These stories tell of spiraling grief and transcendence, of rock bottom and redemption, …
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Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
Set in tropical Mexico, this is the story of a man's obsessive need to drink himself to death.