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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century"

This is the 2020 version of a very popular Goodreads list, which, as far as I can tell, was last published by Stephanie Winkler more than 5 years ago. Although hardly anything has happened in the real world since then, the relative positions of the books have changed considerably. Moreover this updated version is TWICE as long.
BTW, make sure you only tick the version of "1984" / "Nineteen Eighty-Four" that you have actually read (only joking, but because the two spellings appear separately on the list, Orwell's work might have been higher up the scale).
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2
J.K. Rowling
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
4
George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
5
George Orwell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
6
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
7
Anne Frank
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
8
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
10
Ray Bradbury
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
11
J.D. Salinger
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
12
C.S. Lewis
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
13
John Steinbeck
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
14
Gabriel García Márquez
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
15
Aldous Huxley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
16
Margaret Mitchell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
17
John Steinbeck
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
18
J. K. Rowling
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
19
Lois Lowry
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
20
William Golding
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
22
Vladimir Nabokov
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
23
John Steinbeck
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
24
Ken Kesey
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
25
Margaret Atwood
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
26
Douglas Adams
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
27
J.R.R. Tolkien
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
28
Arthur Golden
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
29
Albert Camus
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
30
E.B. White
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
31
J.K. Rowling
Chronicles of Narnia Series (C.S. Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia Series
32
C.S. Lewis
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
33
Madeleine L'engle
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
34
Ernest Hemingway
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
35
Orson Scott Card
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree
36
Shel Silverstein
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
37
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
38
Sylvia Plath
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers
39
J.R.R. Tolkien
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
40
Elie Wiesel
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