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Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1969
Science fiction and time travel, set in mid 20th century.
“Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”
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The Road Through the WallNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1948
About family secrets and class conflict, set in mid 20th century.
Mother NightNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962
About identity, set in our world and mid 20th century.
“Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”
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Green TownSeries
series31 books1946
completed
Set in mid 20th century.
“Written more than four decades apart, the two novels share Bradbury's recurring setting and nostalgic, myth-making tone rather than a single continuous plot.”
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The Scarlet LetterNovel
Nathaniel Hawthornestandalone novel1850
Historical fiction, about redemption, set in renaissance and early modern.
“In 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts of 1642-1649, a woman conceives a daughter through an adulterous affair, then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.”
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God Is DeadNovel
Ron Currie & Jr.standalone novel2007
About gods, set in our world and contemporary.