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Hungry Mind Review's 100 Best 20th-Century American Books of Fiction and Nonfiction - Page 2

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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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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
41
Bell Hooks
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
42
Zora Neale Hurston
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
43
Henry James
Blues People: Negro Music in White America (Leroi Jones)
Blues People: Negro Music in White America
44
Leroi Jones
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
45
Jack Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
46
Ken Kesey
Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
Annie John
47
Jamaica Kincaid
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
48
Maxine Hong Kingston
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird
49
Jerzy Kosinski
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
50
Harper Lee
The Winged Seed (Li-Young Lee)
The Winged Seed
51
Li-Young Lee
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
52
Sinclair Lewis
The Crossing (Cormac McCarthy)
The Crossing
53
Cormac McCarthy
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
54
Carson McCullers
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
55
Norman Mailer
The Magic Barrel (Bernard Malamud)
The Magic Barrel
56
Bernard Malamud
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
57
Malcolm X
Love and Will (Rollo May)
Love and Will
58
Rollo May
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
The Seven Storey Mountain
59
Thomas Merton
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
60
Henry Miller
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
61
N. Scott Momaday
The Field of Vision (Wright Morris)
The Field of Vision
62
Wright Morris
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
63
Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
64
Toni Morrison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
65
Toni Morrison
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
66
Toni Morrison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
67
Vladimir Nabokov
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk)
Black Elk Speaks
68
Black Elk
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
69
Flannery O'Connor
Call Me Ishmael: A Study of Melville (Charles Olson)
Call Me Ishmael: A Study of Melville
70
Charles Olson
Tell Me a Riddle (Tillie Olsen)
Tell Me a Riddle
71
Tillie Olsen
No-No Boy (John Okada)
No-No Boy
72
John Okada
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
The Collected Stories of Grace Paley
73
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
74
Walker Percy
Flowering Judas and Other Stories (Katherine Anne Porter)
Flowering Judas and Other Stories
75
Katherine Anne Porter
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
76
Thomas Pynchon
On Lies, Secrets and Silence
On Lies, Secrets and Silence
77
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
78
Philip Roth
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
79
J.D. Salinger
At Seventy: A Journal (May Sarton)
At Seventy: A Journal
80
May Sarton
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