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Koen Book Distributors' Top 100 Books of the Past Century

To quote thegreatestbooks.org: "this list represents a different viewpoint--that of the booksellers themselves. Compiled from the responses of over 150 Koen Book Distributors customers, the following titles represent the very best in modern literature".
A well-rounded list of books - mostly novels with a few important non-fiction works. The books are listed in descending rank order.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
4
John Steinbeck
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty Four
6
George Orwell
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
7
Margaret Mitchell
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
9
Toni Morrison
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
10
J.R.R. Tolkien
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
11
Zora Neale Hurston
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
13
George Orwell
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
14
Robert a Heinlein
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
15
John Kennedy Toole
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
16
Ralph Ellison
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
17
Margaret Atwood
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
18
James Joyce
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
19
Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
21
Pearl S. Buck
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
23
Jack Kerouac
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
24
Aldous Huxley
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
25
Edith Wharton
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
26
Frank McCourt
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
27
Ray Bradbury
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
28
Daphne Du Maurier
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
29
Doris Lessing
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
30
William Faulkner
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
31
Vladimir Nabokov
Charlotte's Web (E B White)
Charlotte's Web
32
E B White
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina
33
Dorothy Allison
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
34
Willa Cather
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
35
Edith Wharton
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
36
Michael Shaara
The Shipping News (E.Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
37
E.Annie Proulx
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
38
John Irving
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
39
Virginia Woolf
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
40
Ayn Rand
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