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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 (part5) - Postmodern

10. Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnameable (The Trilogy) - Samuel Beckett - 1951-1953 - France 9. Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges -1962 - Argentina 8. American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis - 1991 - USA 7. Catch -22 - Joseph Heller- 1961 -USA 6. Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs -1959 -USA 5. The Blind Assassin - Margret Atwood -2000 - Canada 4. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut - 1969 - USA 3. Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon - 1973 -USA 2. If on a winter's a traveler - Italo Calvino - 1979 -Italy 1. Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer -2002- USA