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Goodreads' 200 Best Books of the 20th Century - Page 3

This list comprises books written from 1901-2000. Some books in a series have been grouped together as one item since this is how they appeared on the Goodreads list.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
81
Zora Neale Hurston
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
82
Wilson Rawls
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
83
Anthony Burgess
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
84
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
85
Samuel Beckett
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
86
Anita Diamant
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
87
William Styron
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
88
J.D. Salinger
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
89
Hunter S. Thompson
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
90
Larry McMurtry
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
91
Tim O'Brien
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
92
James Joyce
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
93
José Saramago
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
94
Virginia Woolf
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
95
Kurt Vonnegut
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
96
Daniel Keyes
She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
97
Wally Lamb
A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
A Game of Thrones
98
George R.R. Martin
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
99
William Goldman
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
100
A. A. Milne
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
101
Shel Silverstein
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
102
Jack London
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
103
Chuck Palahniuk
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
104
Franz Kafka
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
The Hiding Place
105
Corrie Ten Boom
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
106
Agatha Christie
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
107
Arthur Miller
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Patrick Suskind)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
108
Patrick Suskind
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
109
Alan Moore
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
110
Virginia Woolf
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
Blood Meridian, Or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarth
111
Calvin and Hobbs (Bill Waterson)
Calvin and Hobbs
112
Bill Waterson
Interview With the Vampire (Anne Rice)
Interview With the Vampire
113
Anne Rice
The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)
The Velveteen Rabbit
114
Margery Williams
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
115
Chinua Achebe
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
116
Stephen Chbosky
The Wasteland Elliot
The Wasteland Elliot
117
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
118
Margaret Wise Brown
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
119
William Faulkner
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
120
Kahlil Gibran
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