The Greatest Modernist and Postmodern Books of All Time
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 488 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
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354 | Ferdydurke | Witold Gombrowicz | 1937 | Polish | Polish | |
496 | The Passion According to G.H. | Clarice Lispector | 1964 | Brazilian | Portuguese | |
1583 | Childhood | Nathalie Sarraute | 1983 | French | French | |
1658 | Concrete | Thomas Bernhard | 1982 | Austrian | German | |
1698 | Insatiability | Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz | 1930 | Polish | Polish | |
1698 | Death Sentence | Maurice Blanchot | 1948 | French | French | |
2100 | Garden, Ashes | Danilo Kiš | 1965 | Serbian | Serbo-croatian | |
2437 | The Unconsoled | Kazuo Ishiguro | 1995 | British | English | |
2527 | Sleepless Nights | Elizabeth Hardwick | 1979 | American | English | |
2905 | Watt | Samuel Beckett | 1953 | Irish | English | |
2956 | Querelle | Jean Genet | 1947 | French | French | |
3093 | Wittgenstein's Nephew | Thomas Bernhard | 1982 | Austrian | German | |
3575 | Inland | Gerald Murnane | 1988 | Australian | English | |
4520 | The Field of Vision | Wright Morris | 1956 | American | English | |
4659 | How It Is | Samuel Beckett | 1961 | Irish | French | |
5339 | Mount Analogue | René Daumal | 1952 | French | French | |
6013 | Two Serious Ladies | Jane Bowles | 1943 | American | English | |
6981 | The Arcades Project | Walter Benjamin | 1982 | German | German | |
7997 | The Loser | Thomas Bernhard | 1983 | Austrian | German | |
8291 | Travesties | Tom Stoppard | 1974 | British | English | |
8551 | Our Lord Don Quixote | Miguel de Unamuno | 1935 | Spanish | Spanish | |
11354 | Rivers and Mountains | John Ashbery | 1966 | American | English | |
11438 | Seven Types Of Ambiguity | William Empson | 1930 | British | English | |
12932 | Malina | Ingeborg Bachmann | 1971 | Austrian | German | |
13234 | The Voyeur | Alain Robbe-Grillet | 1955 | French | French | |
13255 | The Complete Stories | Clarice Lispector | 2016 | Brazilian | Portuguese | |
13497 | Selected Works | Alfred Jarry | 1901 | French | French | |
13497 | Seven Dada Manifestoes | Tristan Tzara | 1924 | French | French | |
14371 | The Baphomet | Pierre Klossowski | 1965 | French | French | |
14371 | Three Novels | Samuel Beckett | 1955 | Irish | French | |
14371 | Three Novels | Witold Gombrowicz | 1960 | Polish | Polish | |
14371 | Second Skin | John Hawkes | 1964 | American | English | |
14371 | Tatlin! | Guy Davenport | 1974 | American | English | |
14371 | The Double Dream Of Spring | John Ashbery | 1970 | American | English | |
14371 | Poems Of John Ashbery | John Ashbery | 1977 | American | English | |
14371 | Flow Chart | John Ashbery | 1991 | American | English | |
14371 | Hotel Lautréamont | John Ashbery | 1992 | American | English | |
14371 | Petrolio | Pier Paolo Pasolini | 1992 | Italian | Italian |