Modern Classics

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

1984
To Kill a Mockingbird
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Bell Jar
Fahrenheit 451
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
Lolita
Brave New World
Slaughterhouse-Five
A Clockwork Orange
Catch-22

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Forty-Ninth
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The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsTatiana and Alexander by Paullina SimonsOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Summer Garden by Paullina SimonsGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
War/Romance novels
508 books — 693 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaIn the Penal Colony by Franz KafkaThe Castle by Franz KafkaA Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
22 books — 64 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Best of John Irving
26 books — 337 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italy
973 books — 511 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoJonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe You Beyond You - The Knowledge of the Willing by Ramzi Najjar
Mysticism books
163 books — 155 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
45 books — 214 voters


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İşte bütün bunlar K.’ya kendisiyle bütün bağların koparıldığı, şimdi doğal olarak her zamankinden daha özgür olduğu ve ona başka zaman yasak olan bu yerde istediği kadar bekleyebileceği hissini verdi; sanki özgürlüğünü kimsenin yapamayacağı bir mücadeleyle elde etmişti ve kimse ona dokunamazdı, onu kovamazdı, hatta onunla konuşamazdı bile; ama bu inanç öylesine güçlüydü ki, sanki aynı zamanda bu özgürlükten, bu bekleyişten, bu dokunulmazlıktan daha anlamsız ve çaresiz bir şey yoktu.
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Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.
Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.
Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

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