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Bookslut's 100 Greatest Books of the 20th Century - Page 2

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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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
41
Frank Herbert
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
42
Zora Neale Hurston
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
43
Aldous Huxley
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
44
Shirley Jackson
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
45
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
46
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
47
James Joyce
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
48
Franz Kafka
Tripmaster Monkey (Maxine Hong Kingston)
Tripmaster Monkey
49
Maxine Hong Kingston
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
50
Arthur Koestler
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
51
Milan Kundera
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
52
Tony Kushner
Inherit the Wind (Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee)
Inherit the Wind
53
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
54
Harper Lee
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
55
Doris Lessing
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
56
C.S. Lewis
The Iron Heel (Jack London)
The Iron Heel
57
Jack London
The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
58
Naguib Mahfouz
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
59
Thomas Mann
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
60
W. Somerset Maugham
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
61
Cormac McCarthy
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
62
Henry Miller
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
Spring Snow - Yukio Mishima
63
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
64
Toni Morrison
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
65
Despair (Vladimir Nabokov)
Despair
66
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
67
Vladimir Nabokov
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
68
Flannery O'Connor
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
69
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
70
George Orwell
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
71
Alan Paton
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert M Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
72
Robert M Pirsig
Operation Wandering Soul (Richard Powers)
Operation Wandering Soul
73
Richard Powers
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
74
Marcel Proust
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
75
Erich Maria Remarque
The Charioteer
The Charioteer
76
Jealousy
Jealousy
77
Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye Columbus
78
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
79
Salman Rushdie
Contact (Carl Sagan)
Contact
80
Carl Sagan
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