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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century" - Page 5

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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The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
161
T.H. White
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
162
Agatha Christie
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
163
J.R.R. Tolkien
Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel
164
Jared Diamond
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
165
Arthur Miller
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
166
Malcolm X
It (Stephen King)
It
167
Stephen King
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
168
Kenneth Grahame
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
169
Jean Auel
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
170
Upton Sinclair
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
171
Willa Cather
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
172
Carson McCullers
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (John Berendt)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
173
John Berendt
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
174
Jhumpa Lahiri
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
175
Michael Ondaatje
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
176
Marcel Proust
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
177
Laura Esquivel
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
178
Edith Wharton
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
179
John Knowles
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
180
Michael Chabon
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
181
Italo Calvino
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
182
Robert Pirsig
Disgrace (J. M. Coetzee)
Disgrace
183
J. M. Coetzee
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
184
Thomas Pynchon
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
185
Jorge Luis Borges
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
186
John Steinbeck
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
187
Evelyn Waugh
James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl)
James and the Giant Peach
188
Roald Dahl
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale (Art Spiegelman)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
189
Art Spiegelman
I Know This Much Is True (Wally Lamb)
I Know This Much Is True
190
Wally Lamb
A Room With a View (E M Forster)
A Room With a View
191
E M Forster
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
192
Virginia Woolf
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
193
J. K. Rowling
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
194
Norton Juster
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
195
Fannie Flagg
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
196
Howard Zinn
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
197
Dr. Seuss
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea
198
L.M. Montgomery
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
199
Nicholas Sparks
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
200
William Gibson
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