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Greaterbooks.com: 1900 to Present

This challenge is the first of a series of four which highlight critically acclaimed books both historical and modern. It is derived from the latest version of "The Short List" at the "GreaterBooks.com" website. "The Short List" only features books that appear on at least 5 out of 47 source lists.
The books in each challenge are in descending order based on the number of source lists in which they appear. For example, books 72-107 are each on 5 source lists, while the top book ("Ulysses") is on 20 source lists.
The challenges will be published in reverse chronological order:
* 1900 to Present
* 1650 to 1900
* 700 to 1650
* Prehistory to 700 A.D.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
1
James Joyce
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
4
George Orwell
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
5
Marcel Proust
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
6
Franz Kafka
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
7
James Joyce
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
8
Franz Kafka
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
9
Albert Camus
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
10
William Faulkner
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
11
Samuel Beckett
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
12
Ralph Ellison
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods)
The Magic Mountain
13
Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
14
Virginia Woolf
The Education of Henry Adams (Henry Adams)
The Education of Henry Adams
15
Henry Adams
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
16
T. S. Eliot
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
17
Vladimir Nabokov
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
19
Virginia Woolf
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
20
T.S. Eliot
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
21
Joseph Heller
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
22
James Joyce
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
23
Franz Kafka
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
24
Chinua Achebe
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
25
Aldous Huxley
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
26
D. H. Lawrence
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
27
Albert Camus
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson/USA)
Silent Spring
28
Rachel Carson/USA
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
29
William Faulkner
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
30
Thomas Mann
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
31
Toni Morrison
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
32
Vladimir Nabokov
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
33
Eugene O'Neill
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
34
Richard Wright
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
35
Simone De Beauvoir
Ash Wednesday (T.S. Eliot)
Ash Wednesday
36
T.S. Eliot
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
37
William Faulkner
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
38
E.M. Forster
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
39
Sigmund Freud
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
40
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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