The Modern Library

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This list of 194 books published since 1950 represent titles considered the best by the compilers. There are familiar names - Naipaul, Updike , Bellow and Nabokov - and more surprising ones such as Mario Puzo and Thomas Harris.

Genres: NonfictionBooks About BooksReferenceIrelandLiterary CriticismLiteratureLiterary FictionWritingLit CritCriticism

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