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