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51 Important Books From the 20th Century

Books that were written in the 20th century and still have great literary value... how many have you read?
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The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
1
Umberto Eco
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
2
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
3
Hermann Hesse
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
4
Italo Calvino
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
5
Ernest Hemingway
Paula (Isabel Allende)
Paula
6
Isabel Allende
The Moon and the Bonfires (Cesare Pavese)
The Moon and the Bonfires
7
Cesare Pavese
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
8
Mikhail Bulgakov
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
9
Primo Levi
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
10
Marcel Proust
Dream Story (Arthur Schnitzler)
Dream Story
11
Arthur Schnitzler
Zeno's Conscience (Italo Svevo)
Zeno's Conscience
12
Italo Svevo
The Clown
The Clown
13
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
14
Jack Kerouac
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
15
William Golding
The Shadow Line
The Shadow Line
16
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
17
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
18
Henry Miller
The Emperor's Tomb (Joseph Roth)
The Emperor's Tomb
19
Joseph Roth
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
20
Vladimir Nabokov
The Time of Indifference
The Time of Indifference
21
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
22
Virginia Woolf
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
23
Marguerite Duras
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
24
E.M. Forster
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
25
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati)
The Tartar Steppe
26
Dino Buzzati
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (José Saramago)
The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
27
José Saramago
The Woman Destroyed (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Woman Destroyed
28
Simone De Beauvoir
To Each His Own (Leonardo Sciascia)
To Each His Own
29
Leonardo Sciascia
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
30
Truman Capote
Diario Di Un Killer Sentimentale (Luis Sepulveda)
Diario Di Un Killer Sentimentale
31
Luis Sepulveda
Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
Post Office
32
Charles Bukowski
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
33
William Faulkner
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
34
Milan Kundera
The Late Mattia Pascal (Luigi Pirandello)
The Late Mattia Pascal
35
Luigi Pirandello
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
36
John Steinbeck
La Storia (Elsa Morante)
La Storia
37
Elsa Morante
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
38
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
39
J.D. Salinger
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
40
Boris Pasternak
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