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Hungry Mind Review's 100 Best 20th-Century American Books of Fiction and Nonfiction - Page 3

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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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Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
81
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
82
Isaac Babel
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
83
Gertrude Stein
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
84
John Steinbeck
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
85
William Styron
The Thurber Carnival (James Thurber)
The Thurber Carnival
86
James Thurber
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
87
Jean Toomer
Letters From the Earth
Letters From the Earth
88
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
89
John Updike
United States: Collected Essays (Gore Vidal)
United States: Collected Essays
90
Gore Vidal
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
91
Kurt Vonnegut
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
92
Alice Walker
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
93
Robert Penn Warren
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
94
Nathanael West
Philadelphia Fire (John Edgar Wideman)
Philadelphia Fire
95
John Edgar Wideman
In the American Grain (William Carlos Williams)
In the American Grain
96
William Carlos Williams
To the Finland Station (Edmund Wilson)
To the Finland Station
97
Edmund Wilson
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again
98
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
99
Richard Wright
Songs My Mother Taught Me (Wakako Yamauchi)
Songs My Mother Taught Me
100
Wakako Yamauchi
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