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20 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century

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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
3
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
4
Vladimir Nabokov
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
6
Harper Lee
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
7
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
8
Aldous Huxley
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
9
Ralph Ellison
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
10
George Orwell
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
11
Margaret Mitchell
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
12
James Joyce
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
13
Jack Kerouac
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
14
Toni Morrison
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
15
William Golding
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
16
Joseph Conrad
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
17
Ernest Hemingway
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
18
Henry Miller
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
19
J.R.R.Tolkien
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
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