White Noise by Don DeLillo
The novel is a postmodern exploration of death and consumerism in the United States. It follows a year in the life of Jack Gladney, a professor who has made his name by pioneering the field of Hitler Studies at a small liberal arts college in Middle America. Jack and his fourth wife, Babette, are afraid of death and are obsessed with finding a cure for their fear. Their lives are disrupted by an airborne toxic event, which forces them to confront their mortality and the toxic effects of modern life.
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- 4th on 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Complex)
- 30th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
- 63rd on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 82nd on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 416th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- As if You Don't Have Enough to Read, Fiction Edition (New York Times)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- National Book Award - Fiction (National Book Foundation)
- What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? (New York Times)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)