Topic
Modernism
20 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
20 posts
Where to Start with Ernest Hemingway: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Ernest Hemingway — how to approach The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and A Farewell to Arms. A complete reading guide to the master of the iceberg style.
Where to Start with Marcel Proust: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Marcel Proust — whether to begin with Swann's Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, or The Guermantes Way. A complete reading guide.
Best French Literature: Essential Novels from France
The best French literature — from Madame Bovary and Germinal to The Stranger and Swann's Way. Essential novels and the canonical reading list for French fiction.
Best German Literature: Essential Novels and Stories
The best German literature — from The Magic Mountain and The Tin Drum to The Trial and The Metamorphosis. Essential reading from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Best Stream of Consciousness Novels: The Greatest Works of Interior Fiction
The best stream of consciousness novels — from Ulysses to Mrs Dalloway to The Sound and the Fury. Fiction that renders the interior life in its full complexity.
James Joyce Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
James Joyce's complete bibliography in order — from Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist to Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Best starting points and why Ulysses matters.
Jean Rhys Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Jean Rhys's complete bibliography in order — from Wide Sargasso Sea and Good Morning, Midnight to Voyage in the Dark. Best starting points for new readers.
Samuel Beckett Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Samuel Beckett's complete bibliography in order — from Waiting for Godot and Molloy to The Unnamable and Malone Dies. Best starting points for new readers.
Thomas Mann Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Thomas Mann's complete bibliography in order — from The Magic Mountain and Buddenbrooks to Death in Venice and Doctor Faustus. Best starting points for new readers.
Vladimir Nabokov Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Vladimir Nabokov's complete bibliography in order — from Lolita and Pale Fire to Pnin and Speak, Memory. Best starting points and reading order for new readers.
Where to Start with Doris Lessing: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Doris Lessing — whether to begin with The Golden Notebook, The Grass Is Singing, or Martha Quest. A complete reading guide to the Nobel laureate.
Where to Start with Jean Rhys: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jean Rhys — whether to begin with Wide Sargasso Sea, Good Morning Midnight, or Voyage in the Dark. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Joseph Conrad: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Joseph Conrad — whether to begin with Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, or The Secret Agent. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Patrick White: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Patrick White — whether to begin with Voss, Riders in the Chariot, or The Tree of Man. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winning Australian novelist.
Where to Start with Samuel Beckett: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Samuel Beckett — whether to begin with Molloy, Malone Dies, or Waiting for Godot. A complete reading guide to his fiction and drama.
Where to Start with Yasunari Kawabata: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Yasunari Kawabata — whether to begin with Snow Country, The Sound of the Mountain, or The Master of Go. A complete reading guide.
William Faulkner Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
William Faulkner's complete bibliography in order — from The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying to Absalom, Absalom! and Light in August. Best starting points for new readers.
Fernando Pessoa Books in Order: Complete Reading Guide
All Fernando Pessoa major works in order — from The Book of Disquiet to his poetry and prose. Complete guide to the Portuguese modernist's work with reading order and best starting points.
Where to Start with Fernando Pessoa: The Best First Book
New to Fernando Pessoa? The Book of Disquiet is the right starting point for most readers — but this guide explains the heteronyms and which work suits different readers.
Books Like The Sound and the Fury: Modernist Masterpieces and Stream of Consciousness
Faulkner's fracturing of the Compson family across four radically different narrative voices is the peak of American modernism. These books share its formal ambition, its psychological depth, and its willingness to make narrative difficulty the price of genuine intimacy.
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