The Greatest 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 759 '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
17125 The Men Can't Be Saved Ben Purkert 2023 Unknown English
17125 I'm Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom Jason Pargin American Unknown
17125 Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend M.J. Wassmer Unknown Unknown
17125 Mild Vertigo Mieko Kanai 1997 Japanese Japanese
17125 Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders Instaread Summaries 2017 American English
17125 The Yiddish Policeman's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
17125 Alive At The End Of The World Saeed Jones 2022 American English
17125 The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again M. John Harrison 2020 British English
17125 Fox Dubravka Ugrešić 2017 Croatian Croatian
17125 The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or The Hithering Thithering Djinn Donald Barthelme 1971 American English
17125 Alternating Current Octavio Paz 1967 Mexican Spanish
17125 Verdigris Michele Mari 2007 Unknown Italian
17125 The Gray House Mariam Petrosyan 2009 Armenian Russian
17125 Infinite Ground Martin MacInnes 2016 British English
17125 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
17125 Die Kunst Des Verschwindens. Jim Dodge 1990 Unknown German
17125 Não Fossem As Sílabas Do Sábado Mariana Salomão Carrara 2020 Brazilian Portuguese
17125 Landscape Painted With Tea Milorad Pavic 1988 Serbian Serbian
17125 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English
17125 Ratner's Star Don DeLillo 1976 American English
17125 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17125 Harold Stephen Wright American English
17125 The Windup Bird Chronicle haruki murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17125 Melvill Rodrigo Fresán 2022 Argentine Spanish
17125 Drift Caroline Bergvall 2014 Unknown English