61 Essential Postmodern Reads: Los Angeles Times (66 books)

Los Angeles Times' Jacket Copy section annotates a list of the 61 most essential Post-Modern reads. Are you the Po-Mo King or Queen? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacke...

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The average Goodreads member has read 6 out of 66 books on this list — how many have you read?

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1	Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges 4.44 avg rating — 33,938 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,490,187 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.01 avg rating — 112,826 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 4.17 avg rating — 57,961 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.91 avg rating — 1,446,782 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 4.02 avg rating — 48,570 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) by Paul Auster 3.86 avg rating — 87,470 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme 4.18 avg rating — 6,152 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner 3.99 avg rating — 48,192 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 923,727 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 98,964 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 4.14 avg rating — 316,548 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 1,058,356 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.15 avg rating — 346,832 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton 4.10 avg rating — 1,916 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 3.59 avg rating — 236,779 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers 3.69 avg rating — 183,873 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar 4.20 avg rating — 49,565 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover 3.84 avg rating — 2,517 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 3.73 avg rating — 22,990 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem 3.86 avg rating — 42,684 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera 3.95 avg rating — 54,526 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 102,083 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 256,228 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 164,009 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 10,510 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard 3.76 avg rating — 7,252 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco 3.39 avg rating — 12,751 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Tunnel by William H. Gass 4.07 avg rating — 2,016 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Dispatches by Michael Herr 4.22 avg rating — 21,905 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Notable American Women by Ben Marcus (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 1,100 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Remainder by Tom McCarthy 3.67 avg rating — 8,566 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien 3.85 avg rating — 14,363 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Best of American Splendor by Harvey Pekar 4.11 avg rating — 1,109 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald 4.22 avg rating — 17,802 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	In Memoriam to Identity by Kathy Acker 3.84 avg rating — 468 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	POENA DAMNI: THE TRILOGY (3-Book Box Set) by Dimitris Lyacos 4.69 avg rating — 93 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Hundred Brothers by Donald Antrim 3.65 avg rating — 1,327 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	THE FIRST DEATH (Poena Damni #3) by Dimitris Lyacos 4.55 avg rating — 173 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	With the People from the Bridge (Poena Damni Book 2) by Dimitris Lyacos 4.54 avg rating — 110 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	THE FIRST DEATH (Poena Damni #3) by Dimitris Lyacos 4.55 avg rating — 173 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Z213: EXIT (Poena Damni, #1) by Dimitris Lyacos 4.26 avg rating — 249 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Z213: EXIT by Dimitris Lyacos 4.26 avg rating — 249 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth 3.76 avg rating — 2,258 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	G. by John Berger 3.72 avg rating — 4,976 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Loser by Thomas Bernhard 4.02 avg rating — 13,302 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	2666 by Roberto Bolaño 4.22 avg rating — 49,324 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Log of the S.S. the Mrs. Unguentine by Stanley Crawford 4.08 avg rating — 978 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 202,495 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Great Jones Street by Don DeLillo 3.48 avg rating — 3,853 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	City of God by E.L. Doctorow 3.40 avg rating — 2,904 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D. H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 2,421 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Tours of the Black Clock by Steve Erickson really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 962 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,785 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 184,090 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	J R by William Gaddis 4.32 avg rating — 3,835 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Lime Twig by John Hawkes 3.84 avg rating — 1,339 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon 3.56 avg rating — 6,911 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Wittgenstein’s Mistress by David Markson 3.92 avg rating — 7,368 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Women and Men by Joseph McElroy 4.13 avg rating — 314 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright by Steven Millhauser 4.06 avg rating — 939 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Counterlife by Philip Roth 3.93 avg rating — 5,577 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Mulligan Stew by Gilbert Sorrentino 3.82 avg rating — 563 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Trance by Christopher Sorrentino 3.48 avg rating — 197 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	PopCo by Scarlett Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 5,963 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 3,442 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars