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Great Works of the 20th Century - Page 2

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
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
41
Joseph Conrad
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
42
Chinua Achebe
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
43
E.M. Forster
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
44
E.M. Forster
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
45
Evelyn Waugh
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
46
Ian McEwan
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
47
Richard Wright
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
48
Richard Wright
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
49
Muriel Spark
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
50
Franz Kafka
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
51
Viktor Frankl
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
52
John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
53
John Steinbeck
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
54
Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
55
Vladimir Nabokov
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
56
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
57
Toni Morrison
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
58
William Golding
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
59
Kurt Vonnegut
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
60
Joseph Heller
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
61
Daphne Du Maurier
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
62
Albert Camus
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
63
L. Frank Baum
Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
Day of the Triffids
64
John Wyndham
The Chrysalids (John Wyndham)
The Chrysalids
65
John Wyndham
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
66
Maya Angelou
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
67
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
68
Edith Wharton
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
69
George Bernard Shaw
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
70
Margaret Atwood
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
71
Octavia E. Butler
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
72
Arthur Miller
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
73
Arthur Miller
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
74
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Tevye the Dairyman
Tevye the Dairyman
75
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
76
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
77
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
78
Sylvia Plath
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
79
Hermann Hesse
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
80
Carson McCullers
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