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Bookslut's 100 Greatest Books of the 20th Century

After noticing that most 100 Best Books of the 20th Century lists were sadly lacking in women authors, books in translation, and genre works, Bookslut decided to make its own.
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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
1
Chinua Achebe
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
2
James Agee
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
3
Nelson Algren
Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
4
Kingsley Amis
The Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov)
The Foundation Trilogy
5
Isaac Asimov
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
6
Margaret Atwood
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
7
James Baldwin
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
8
Samuel Beckett
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
9
Jorge Luis Borges
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
10
Ray Bradbury
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
11
Mikhail Bulgakov
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
12
Anthony Burgess
The Baron in the Trees (Italo Calvino)
The Baron in the Trees
13
Italo Calvino
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
14
Albert Camus
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
15
Willa Cather
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
16
Raymond Chandler
Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
Three Sisters
17
Anton Chekhov
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
18
Kate Chopin
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
19
Julio Cortázar
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
20
Don Delillo
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
21
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
22
Theodore Dreiser
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
23
Daphne Du Maurier
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
24
Umberto Eco
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
25
Ralph Ellison
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
26
Louise Erdrich
A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes
27
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Richard Fariña)
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
28
Richard Fariña
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
30
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
31
E.M. Forster
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
32
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
33
William Golding
No Place to Be Somebody (1970) (Charles Gordone)
No Place to Be Somebody (1970)
34
Charles Gordone
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
35
Günter Grass
Lanark (Alasdair Gray)
Lanark
36
Alasdair Gray
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
37
Graham Greene
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
38
Robert a Heinlein
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
39
Joseph Heller
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
40
Ernest Hemingway
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