List of postmodern novels

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Some well known postmodern novels in chronological order:

Proto-postmodern and Early postmodern novels[edit]

1950s[edit]

1960s[edit]

1970s[edit]

1980s[edit]

1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

2010s[edit]

2020s[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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