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Magical Realism 1967

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

The devil visits Moscow. A masterpiece of satire, philosophy, and unyielding love.

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Experimental 1963

Hopscotch

Julio Cortázar

An anti-novel that can be read in multiple orders. A journey through Paris and Buenos Aires.

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Modernism 1929

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

A fractured, beautiful exploration of time, memory, and the decline of the South.

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Magical Realism 1967

100 Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

The definitive work of magical realism. Seven generations of the Buendía family.

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Modernism 1922

Ulysses

James Joyce

A single day in Dublin. Joyce redefines what literature can do with every sentence.

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Existentialism 1864

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

A descent into the dark corners of the human psyche. The first existentialist novel.

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"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

— Cicero