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24 titles for readers of The Two World Wars by Thomas Pynchon, selected for shared themes: World Literature, 20th Century, American, and Classics.

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The Great Gatsby (Pretty Book Edition) — F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby (Pretty Book Edition)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

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A Thousand Ships A Novel

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Cold Spring Harbor — Richard Yates

Cold Spring Harbor

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Fire in the Flint — Walter Francis White

The Fire in the Flint

Walter Francis White

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Lie Down in Darkness — William Styron

Lie Down in Darkness

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Secretary — Mary Gaitskill

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Mosquitoes — William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Torrents of Spring — Ernest Hemingway

The Torrents of Spring

Ernest Hemingway

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Olga A Novel — Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Place of Dead Roads — William S. Burroughs

The Place of Dead Roads

William S. Burroughs

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn — Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Solaris — Stanisław Lem

Solaris — Stanisław Lem

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Heaven’s My Destination A Novel — Thornton Wilder

Heaven’s My Destination A Novel

Thornton Wilder

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Gravedigger’s Daughter — Joyce Carol Oates

The Gravedigger’s Daughter

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Actual — Saul Bellow

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Thanatos Syndrome A Novel — Walker Percy

The Thanatos Syndrome A Novel

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Professor’s House — Willa Cather

The Professor’s House — Willa Cather

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

An American Tragedy — Theodore Dreiser

An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Street — Ann Petry

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Rise of David Levinsky — Abraham Cahan

The Rise of David Levinsky

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

The Lottery and Other Stories 75th Anniversary Edition — Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories 75th Anniversary Edition

Shirley Jackson

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Ravelstein — Saul Bellow

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

Marmee A Novel — Sarah Miller

Themes: World Literature • 20th Century • American

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