The Greatest Postmodern and Surrealism 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.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
53 Fictions Jorge Luis Borges 1944 Argentinian Spanish
304 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
408 Hopscotch Julio Cortazar 1963 Argentinian Spanish
489 The Aleph And Other Stories Jorge Luis Borges 1949 Argentinian Spanish
508 Nights At The Circus Angela Carter 1984 British English
1300 Lanark Alasdair Gray 1981 Scottish English
1531 Sixty Stories Donald Barthelme 1981 American English
1629 Kafka On The Shore Haruki Murakami 2002 Japanese Japanese
1670 The Infernal Desire Machines Of Doctor Hoffman Angela Carter 1972 British English
1698 Insatiability Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz 1930 Polish Polish
1968 A School For Fools Sasha Sokolov 1976 Russian Russian
1969 Nostalgia Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 Romanian Romanian
1988 The Clay Machine-gun Victor Pelevin 1996 Russian Russian
2069 Pricksongs and Descants Robert Coover 1969 American English
2300 The Box Man Kobo Abé 1973 Japanese Japanese
2332 The Melancholy of Resistance László Krasznahorkai 1989 Hungarian Hungarian
2382 The Castle of Crossed Destinies Italo Calvino 1969 Italian Italian
2437 The Unconsoled Kazuo Ishiguro 1995 British English
2485 1Q84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
2670 Satantango László Krasznahorkai 1985 Hungarian Hungarian
2905 Watt Samuel Beckett 1953 Irish English
3146 Larva Julián Ríos 1983 Spanish Spanish
3534 Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen 1966 Canadian English
3852 Cities of the Red Night William S. Burroughs 1981 American English
4239 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
4402 The Atrocity Exhibition J. G. Ballard 1970 British English
4763 B/Moondocks Arno Schmidt 1960 German Unknown
5081 Blue Lard Vladimir Sorokin 1999 Russian Russian
5125 The White Hotel D. M. Thomas 1981 British English
5339 Mount Analogue René Daumal 1952 French French
5669 Blinding Mircea Cărtărescu 1996 Romanian Romanian
6480 The Soft Machine William S. Burroughs 1961 American English
6927 Landscapes After the Battle Juan Goytisolo 1982 Spanish Spanish
6947 Heartsnatcher Boris Vian 1953 French French
7092 The Red Grass Boris Vian 1949 French French
7939 The Fourth World Diamela Eltit 1988 Chilean Spanish
8573 VALIS Philip K. Dick 1981 American English
9118 The Children Of The Dead Elfriede Jelinek 2024 Austrian German
9497 Nova Express William S. Burroughs 1964 American English
9592 The Ticket That Exploded William S. Burroughs 1962 American English
9720 Aphex Twin — A Disco Pogo Tribute Jim Butler 2024 Unknown Unknown
10560 Die Inkommensurablen Raphaela Edelbauer 2021 Austrian German
10610 Three Georges Perec 1991 French French
10801 Double Or Nothing Raymond Federman 1971 American English
10963 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
11943 Nog Rudy Wurlitzer 1969 American English
11962 Iq84 Haruki Murakami 2009 Japanese Japanese
12087 What Is This Buzzing, Do You Hear It Too? Luigi Malerba 1989 Italian Italian
12093 Entering Fire Rikki Ducornet 1986 American English
12163 The Invented Part Rodrigo Fresán 2014 Argentinian Spanish
12279 Tadanori Yokoo Daido Moriyama 2006 Japanese Japanese
12354 Animal Money Michael Cisco 2015 American English
12566 The Age of Wire and String Ben Marcus 1995 American English
12886 Роман Vladimir Sorokin 1998 Russian Russian
13497 Selected Works Alfred Jarry 1901 French French
13497 Seven Dada Manifestoes Tristan Tzara 1924 French French
14018 Cronopios And Famas Julio Cortazar 1962 Cuban Spanish
14371 T Zero Italo Calvino 1967 Italian Italian
14371 The Baphomet Pierre Klossowski 1965 French French
14371 Project For A Revolution In New York Alain Robbe-Grillet 1970 French French
14371 Spanking The Maid Robert Coover 1982 American English
14371 The Eye In The Pyramid Robert Shea, Robert Anton Wilson 1975 American English
14371 Trout Fishing In America Richard Brautigan 1967 American English