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Hungry Mind Review's 100 Best 20th-Century American Books of Fiction and Nonfiction

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The source list includes distinguished novels, nonfiction and collections of short fiction. "Opening the list to nonfiction makes sense in a literary century that has witnessed the blurring of the line between fiction and nonfiction" (Bart Schneider)
Hungry Mind Bookstore was a well-known bookstore in St. Paul. In 1986 owner David Unowsky launched the Hungry Mind Review (now defunct) as a critical literary journal, with founding editor Bart Schneider. List image David Unowsky.
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The Education of Henry Adams (Henry Adams)
The Education of Henry Adams
1
Henry Adams
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
2
James Agee
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
3
Dorothy Allison
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
4
Rudolpho Anaya
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
5
Sherwood Anderson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6
Maya Angelou
Borderlands/ La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua
Borderlands/ La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua
7
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
8
James Baldwin
The Price of the Ticket (James Baldwin)
The Price of the Ticket
9
James Baldwin
Slaves in the Family (Edward Ball)
Slaves in the Family
10
Edward Ball
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
11
Saul Bellow
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
12
Paul Bowles
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
13
William S. Burroughs
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
14
Truman Capote
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
15
Raymond Carver
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
16
Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
17
Willa Cather
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
18
John Cheever
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
19
Sandra Cisneros
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
20
Don Delillo
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
21
Joan Didion
Custer Died for Your Sins (Vine Deloria, Jr.)
Custer Died for Your Sins
22
Vine Deloria, Jr.
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
23
John Dos Passos
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
24
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
25
W. E. B. Du Bois
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
26
Ralph Ellison
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
27
Louise Erdrich
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
28
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
29
William Faulkner
Go Down, Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down, Moses
30
William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
31
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Art of Eating (Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher)
The Art of Eating
32
Mary Francis Kennedy Fisher
The Ordinary Seaman (Francisco Goldman)
The Ordinary Seaman
33
Francisco Goldman
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
34
Alex Haley
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
36
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
37
Ernest Hemingway
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
38
Michael Herr
My Life of Absurdity (Chester Himes)
My Life of Absurdity
39
Chester Himes
Mean Spirit (Linda Hogan)
Mean Spirit
40
Linda Hogan
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