List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Great Works of the 20th Century

The rules I made for myself when composing this list:
1. No more than two works per author
2. I had to have read it
3. It had to be at least long enough to be called a novella
511 users · 1,890 views
 
made by Unicorntapestry
avg. score: 30 of 100 (30%)
required scores: 1, 15, 23, 31, 45 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 3
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1
Zora Neale Hurston
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
2
Jean Toomer
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
3
J. M. Barrie
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
4
D.H. Lawrence
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
5
Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
6
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
7
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
8
Willa Cather
O Pioneers (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers
9
Willa Cather
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
10
Alice Walker
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
11
Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
12
Virginia Woolf
Mother Courage & Her Children (Bertolt Brech)
Mother Courage & Her Children
13
Bertolt Brech
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
14
Thornton Wilder
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
15
Lorraine Hansberry
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
16
Beatrix Potter
Five Children and It (E. Nesbit)
Five Children and It
17
E. Nesbit
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
18
Kenneth Grahame
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
19
Pearl S. Buck
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
20
Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
21
Isabel Allende
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
22
Graham Greene
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
23
Graham Greene
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
24
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
25
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
26
James Baldwin
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
27
George Orwell
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
28
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
30
Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
31
Ray Bradbury
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
32
Jack Kerouac
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
33
Upton Sinclair
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
34
William Faulkner
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
35
Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
36
Flannery O'Connor
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
37
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
38
J.D. Salinger
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
39
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
40
James Joyce
Page 1 of 3
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'Great Works of the 20th Century'
The 20th Century in Written Works - First Draft
The 20th Century in Written Works - First Draft
240
100
10 Incredible 20th-Century Classical Works That Would Change Music Forever (Classic FM)
10 Incredible 20th-Century Classical Works That Would Change Music Forever (Classic FM)
32
10
Some Great 20th Century Novels: A Personal Selection
Some Great 20th Century Novels: A Personal Selection
6,169
100
Easton Press Great Books of the 20th Century
Easton Press Great Books of the 20th Century
1,225
50
Feminista's 100 Great 20th Century Novels by Female Authors
Feminista's 100 Great 20th Century Novels by Female Authors
685
100
Great Sopranos of the 20th Century
Great Sopranos of the 20th Century
411
104
100 Great Movies From the 20th Century
100 Great Movies From the 20th Century
200
100
Movies From the 21st Century Set in the 20th Century
Movies From the 21st Century Set in the 20th Century
1,183
71
122 Great Works of Fiction by 122 Great Authors
122 Great Works of Fiction by 122 Great Authors
9,382
122
Great Authors and Their Great Works
Great Authors and Their Great Works
329
154
34 Great Works of Nonfiction by 34 Great Authors
34 Great Works of Nonfiction by 34 Great Authors
146
34
100 Best American Novels of the 20th Century
100 Best American Novels of the 20th Century
56,346
100
Goodreads' 200 Best Books of the 20th Century
Goodreads' 200 Best Books of the 20th Century
30,525
200
Filmsite's 300 Greatest Films of the 20th Century
Filmsite's 300 Greatest Films of the 20th Century
10,495
302
The Top 100 Movies of the 20th Century
The Top 100 Movies of the 20th Century
6,925
100
Best Comedy Movies of the 20th Century
Best Comedy Movies of the 20th Century
5,826
200
20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
5,025
107
The 20th Century in 100 Books
The 20th Century in 100 Books
4,988
100
Best Novels of the 20th Century
Best Novels of the 20th Century
4,881
200
The 20th Century in 200 Books
The 20th Century in 200 Books
4,795
200
Solid 20th Century Reading List
Solid 20th Century Reading List
3,976
100
The Comic Journal's Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century
The Comic Journal's Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century
3,843
100
Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century"
Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century"
3,249
400
Best British Novels of the 20th Century
Best British Novels of the 20th Century
3,046
80
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
2,781
100
Top 200 English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
Top 200 English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
2,510
200
Top 50 English-Language Novels of the 20th Century (FEMALE Authors)
Top 50 English-Language Novels of the 20th Century (FEMALE Authors)
2,371
50
Most Important and Influential Bands/Musicians of the 20th Century
Most Important and Influential Bands/Musicians of the 20th Century
2,233
100
A 20th Century Reading List Part 1
A 20th Century Reading List Part 1
2,124
150
100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century
2,105
100
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN