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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century" - Page 9

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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Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
321
Stephen King
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
322
Graham Greene
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
323
John Updike
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
324
Virginia Woolf
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
325
Rainer Maria Rilke
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
326
Graham Greene
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile
327
Stephen King
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
328
John Fowles
Old Yeller (Fred Gipson)
Old Yeller
329
Fred Gipson
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
330
Vladimir Nabokov
The Decline of the West (Oswald Spengler)
The Decline of the West
331
Oswald Spengler
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
332
Nevil Shute
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
333
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
334
Lawrence Durrell
A Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin)
A Clash of Kings
335
George R.R. Martin
The Westing Game (Ellen Raskin)
The Westing Game
336
Ellen Raskin
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
337
Jacqueline Susann
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
338
William S. Burroughs
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
339
Theodore Dreiser
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
340
Philip Roth
The Bone People (Keri Hulme)
The Bone People
341
Keri Hulme
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
342
James Herriot
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
343
Jorge Luis Borges
The Pelican Brief (John Grisham)
The Pelican Brief
344
John Grisham
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956 (Aleksandre I. Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956
345
Aleksandre I. Solzhenitsyn
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
346
Raymond Chandler
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
347
Ursula K. Le Guin
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
348
Neal Stephenson
Prodigal Summer (Barbara Kingsolver)
Prodigal Summer
349
Barbara Kingsolver
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian
350
C.S. Lewis
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
351
Philip Roth
The Prince of Tides (Pat Conroy)
The Prince of Tides
352
Pat Conroy
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
353
Vikram Seth
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
354
Robert A. Heinlein
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
355
C.S. Lewis
The Eye of the World (Robert Jordan)
The Eye of the World
356
Robert Jordan
Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
357
Stephen King
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
358
Italo Calvino
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
359
Agatha Christie
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
360
Albert Camus
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