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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century" - Page 4

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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Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
121
Chinua Achebe
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Dr. Seuss)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
122
Dr. Seuss
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
123
William Faulkner
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
124
Kahlil Gibran
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
125
T. S. Eliot
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
126
Stephen King
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
127
Margaret Wise Brown
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
128
Albert Camus
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
129
Alex Haley
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
The Thorn Birds
130
Colleen McCullough
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
131
J.M. Barrie
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
132
Diana Gabaldon
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
133
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Shōgun (James Clavell)
Shōgun
134
James Clavell
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
135
Roald Dahl
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
136
Rohinton Mistry
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
137
Maya Angelou
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
138
Robert A. Heinlein
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
139
David Foster Wallace
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
140
Salman Rushdie
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
141
Haruki Murakami
His Dark Materials Trilogy (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials Trilogy
142
Philip Pullman
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
143
C.S. Lewis
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
144
Tennessee Williams
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens
145
Terry Pratchett
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
146
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
147
John Irving
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
148
James Joyce
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
149
Philip K. Dick
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
150
Isabel Allende
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor E. Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
151
Viktor E. Frankl
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
152
Arundhati Roy
Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Mists of Avalon
153
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
154
Boris Pasternak
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
155
Kurt Vonnegut
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
156
Edith Wharton
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
157
Ray Bradbury
Angels & Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels & Demons
158
Dan Brown
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
159
Richard Bach
Tuesdays With Morrie (Mitch Albom)
Tuesdays With Morrie
160
Mitch Albom
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