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Seminal novels that the author could have retired on (part 2)

The logic of this post is to list some novels that the author could have published and that'd have been enough to set them up as major in the writing history, even if they do have lots of other great works. Like Cervantes with  Don Quixote  . I'm going with books published after 1950. Some of these will probably be the only good book the author really did (like   Catch 22). In no particular order: 20.  The Catcher in the Rye - 1951 - United States of America - English by J.D. Salinger 19. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, or  : how violence develops and where it can lead ( Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann) - 1974- Germany - German by Heinrich B ö ll  18. The Master and Margarita - 1967 - Soviet Union - Russian by Mikhail Bulgakov 17. Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death - 1969- United States of America- English by...

The Definitive Reading List (part6) - Postmodern II

20. Haruki Murakami - The Wind-up Bird Chronicle -1995 - Japan 19. Vladmir Nabokov - Pale Fire - 1962 -USA 18. Flann O'Brien - At Swim-Two Birds - 1939 - Ireland 17. Harvey Pekar - American Splendor - 1976-2008 - USA 16. Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis - 1915 - Austria-Hungary 15. Thomas Bernhard - The Loser - 1983 - Austria 14. Phillip K. Dick - The Man in The High Castle - 1962 -USA 13. Julian Barnes - Flaubert's Parrot - 1984 -England 12. Martin Amis - Time's Arrow - 1991 -England 11. David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest -1996 -USA