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Le Monde's 100 Books of the 20th Century

I wanted to see another country's perspective of the top 100 books of the 20th century, and fortunately found this list from Le Monde, the French paper-of-record and one of the most respected newspapers in the world. Here is a brief description of how the list, which is ranked as below, was compiled: Starting from a preliminary list of 200 titles created by bookshops and journalists, 17,000 French participants responded to the question, "Which books have stuck in your mind?". The list is not meant to encompass the 100 most distinguished French literary works of the 20th century, but rather to reflect the emotional connections of the French populace.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
2
Marcel Proust
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
3
Franz Kafka
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
4
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
5
André Malraux
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
6
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
7
John Steinbeck
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
8
Ernest Hemingway
The Lost Estate (Henri Alain-Fournier)
The Lost Estate
9
Henri Alain-Fournier
Froth on the Daydream (Boris Vian)
Froth on the Daydream
10
Boris Vian
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
11
Simone De Beauvoir
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
12
Samuel Beckett
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
13
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
14
Umberto Eco
The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
15
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Paroles: Selected Poems (Jacques Prévert)
Paroles: Selected Poems
16
Jacques Prévert
Alcools (Guiilaume Apollinaire)
Alcools
17
Guiilaume Apollinaire
The Blue Lotus (Hergé)
The Blue Lotus
18
Hergé
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
19
Anne Frank
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques
20
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
22
George Orwell
Asterix the Gaul (René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo)
Asterix the Gaul
23
René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
The Bald Soprano (Eugène Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
24
Eugène Ionesco
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (Sigmund Freud)
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
25
Sigmund Freud
The Abyss (Marguerite Yourcenar)
The Abyss
26
Marguerite Yourcenar
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
27
Vladimir Nabokov
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
28
James Joyce
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati)
The Tartar Steppe
29
Dino Buzzati
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
30
André Gide
The Horseman on the Roof (Jean Giono)
The Horseman on the Roof
31
Jean Giono
Her Lover (Belle Du Seigneur) (Albert Cohen)
Her Lover (Belle Du Seigneur)
32
Albert Cohen
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
33
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
34
William Faulkner
Therese Desqueyroux
Therese Desqueyroux
35
Zazie in the Metro (Raymond Queneau)
Zazie in the Metro
36
Raymond Queneau
Confusion of Feelings
Confusion of Feelings
37
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
38
Margaret Mitchell
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
39
D.H. Lawrence
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
40
Thomas Mann
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