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Friendswood Library: the Best 150 English Language Novels of the 20th Century

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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
3
Joseph Heller
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
4
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
5
Vladimir Nabokov
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
8
Ralph Ellison
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
9
James Joyce
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
10
William Golding
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
12
Aldous Huxley
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
13
William Faulkner
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
14
James Joyce
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
15
Harper Lee
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
16
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
17
Ernest Hemingway
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
18
Richard Wright
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
19
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
20
Margaret Mitchell
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
21
Virginia Woolf
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
23
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
24
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
25
Alice Walker
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
26
Jack Kerouac
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
27
Edith Wharton
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
28
Pearl S. Buck
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
29
E.B. White
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
30
J.R.R. Tolkien
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
31
Ray Bradbury
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
32
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hand Maidens Tale
The Hand Maidens Tale
33
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
34
Robert A. Heinlein
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
35
Willa Cather
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
36
Ernest Hemingway
A Clockwork Oragne
A Clockwork Oragne
37
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
38
Robert Graves
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
39
Edith Wharton
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
40
Ernest Hemingway
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