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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century" - Page 6

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 Alienist (Caleb Carr)
The Alienist
201
Caleb Carr
Sophie's World (Jostein Gaarder)
Sophie's World
202
Jostein Gaarder
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
203
Arthur Conan Doyle
House of Leaves (Mark Danielewski)
House of Leaves
204
Mark Danielewski
Demian (Hermann Hesse)
Demian
205
Hermann Hesse
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
206
Richard Wright
Being and Time (Martin Heidegger)
Being and Time
207
Martin Heidegger
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike)
The Man Without Qualities
208
Robert Musil, Tr. Sophie Wilkins & Burton Pike
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
209
Tracy Chevalier
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
210
Michael Ende
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
211
Katherine Paterson
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
212
Leon Uris
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
213
Jorge Luis Borges
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
214
Jorge Luis Borges
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris (Introduction by the Author))
Me Talk Pretty One Day
215
David Sedaris (Introduction by the Author)
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
The Tin Drum
216
Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
217
Hermann Hesse
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
218
Haruki Murakami
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
219
Jon Krakauer
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick)
Nausea
220
Jean-Paul Sartre, Trans. Robert Baldick
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Dr. Seuss)
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
221
Dr. Seuss
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
222
Eric Carle
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
223
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
224
Bret Easton Ellis
The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
The Virgin Suicides
225
Jeffrey Eugenides
The Reader (Bernhard Schlink)
The Reader
226
Bernhard Schlink
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
Foucault's Pendulum
227
Umberto Eco
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
228
William Faulkner
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
229
John Fowles
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
230
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell)
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
231
Joseph Campbell
A Time to Kill (John Grisham)
A Time to Kill
232
John Grisham
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
233
J.D. Salinger
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
234
Robert Penn Warren
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
235
Dee Brown
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
236
Rainer Maria Rilke
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
237
Richard Yates
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
238
Robert Graves
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
239
Charles Frazier
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
240
Michael Cunningham
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