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A Lifetime Reading Plan: One Hundred 20th Century Writers

As promised, this is my follow-up to the classics challenge at the link. It is derived from "The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded."
Definitely NOT a standard collection of 20th century literature. It even has 2 Australian works!
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
1
Richard Adams
The Girl in a Swing (Richard Adams)
The Girl in a Swing
2
Richard Adams
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
3
Kingsley Amis
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
4
Sherwood Anderson
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
5
Margaret Atwood
The Rector of Justin (Louis Auchincloss)
The Rector of Justin
6
Louis Auchincloss
The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss (Louis Auchincloss)
The Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss
7
Louis Auchincloss
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
8
James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
9
James Baldwin
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
10
John Barth
The Tidewater Tales (John Barth)
The Tidewater Tales
11
John Barth
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
12
Simone De Beauvoir
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
13
Paul Bowles
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (Fernand Braudel)
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
14
Fernand Braudel
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage & Her Children
15
Bertolt Brecht
The Good Woman of Setzuan (Bertolt Brecht)
The Good Woman of Setzuan
16
Bertolt Brecht
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
17
Bertolt Brecht
The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht)
The Threepenny Opera
18
Bertolt Brecht
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Bertolt Brecht)
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
19
Bertolt Brecht
So Forth: Poems (Joseph Brodsky)
So Forth: Poems
20
Joseph Brodsky
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
21
Pearl S. Buck
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
22
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
23
Anthony Burgess
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
24
Italo Calvino
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
25
Truman Capote
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
26
Truman Capote
Other Voices, Other Rooms (Truman Capote)
Other Voices, Other Rooms
27
Truman Capote
The Sea Around Us (Rachel Carson)
The Sea Around Us
28
Rachel Carson
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
29
Rachel Carson
My Ántonia (Willa Cather)
My Ántonia
30
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
31
Willa Cather
Shadows on the Rock (Willa Cather)
Shadows on the Rock
32
Willa Cather
Collected Stories (John Cheever)
Collected Stories
33
John Cheever
The Rebel Angels (Robertson Davies)
The Rebel Angels
34
Robertson Davies
What's Bred in the Bone (Robertson Davies)
What's Bred in the Bone
35
Robertson Davies
The Lyre of Orpheus (Robertson Davies)
The Lyre of Orpheus
36
Robertson Davies
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
37
E.L. Doctorow
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
38
Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
39
Theodore Dreiser
The Meaning of Relativity (Albert Einstein)
The Meaning of Relativity
40
Albert Einstein
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