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A Century of Beloved Books

This is a fun one: For the collection below, Goodreads editors decided to take a long-arc overview and tried to identify the most popular books published over the past 100 years, as determined by Goodreads members' digital shelves. To do this, they went year by year and picked one title from among the top of each pile.
It just goes to show, once again, that Goodreads members are interesting, widely read, devastatingly good-looking people.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
1
James Joyce
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
2
Kahlil Gibran
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
3
Yevgeny Zamyatin
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
5
Ernest Hemingway
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
6
Virginia Woolf
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
7
Radclyffe Hall
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
8
Nella Larsen
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
9
William Faulkner
The Joy of Cooking (Irma S. Rombauer)
The Joy of Cooking
10
Irma S. Rombauer
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
11
Aldous Huxley
In Praise of Shadows (Jun'ichirō Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
12
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
13
Agatha Christie
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night - A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
14
Dorothy L. Sayers
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
15
William Faulkner
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
16
Zora Neale Hurston
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
17
Daphne Du Maurier
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
18
John Steinbeck
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
19
Richard Wright
The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Library of Babel
20
Jorge Luis Borges
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
21
Albert Camus
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
22
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
23
Jorge Luis Borges
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
24
Tennessee Williams
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
25
Carson McCullers
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
26
Jean-Paul Sartre
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
27
Dodie Smith
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
28
George Orwell
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
29
C.S.Lewis
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
30
Isaac Asimov
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
31
Ralph Ellison
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
32
Ray Bradbury
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
33
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
34
Vladimir Nabokov
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
35
James Baldwin
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
36
Boris Pasternak
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
37
Chinua Achebe
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
38
Shirley Jackson
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
39
Harper Lee
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
40
Joseph Heller
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