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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century" - Page 2

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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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
41
Betty Smith
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
42
Richard Adams
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
43
Paulo Coelho
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
44
L.M. Montgomery
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
45
Truman Capote
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Green Eggs and Ham
46
Dr. Seuss
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
47
Hermann Hesse
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
48
Ayn Rand
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
49
Alice Walker
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Poisonwood Bible
50
Barbara Kingsolver
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
51
Gabriel García Marquez
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
52
Franz Kafka
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
53
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
54
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
55
John Irving
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
56
Milan Kundera
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
57
Stephen King
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
58
Umberto Eco
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
59
Daphne Du Maurier
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
60
Maurice Sendak
The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
The Lorax
61
Dr. Seuss
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
62
Roald Dahl
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
63
Ken Follett
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
64
Frank Herbert
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
65
Mikhail Bulgakov
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
66
Jack Kerouac
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
67
S.E. Hinton
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
68
Ernest Hemingway
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
69
Douglas Adams
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
70
James Joyce
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
71
Erich Maria Remarque
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
72
Toni Morrison
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
73
Pearl S. Buck
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
74
John Kennedy Toole
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
75
Frank McCourt
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
76
Amy Tan
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
77
Ayn Rand
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
78
William Faulkner
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
79
Ernest Hemingway
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
80
John Irving
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