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List in Translation: The 100 Books of the Century - Page 3

To hopefully increase the number of users (to more than 3), I have translated Marinette1429's list (available at the link). The list, derived from two magazine publishers, including Le Monde, shows only a slight bias toward French works.
For some EXTRA fun, see if you can translate the following works into their English equivalents before referring back to my list (they vary widely in difficulty):
L'Étranger (1)
À la recherche du temps perdu (2)
Les Raisins de la colère (7)
Le Nom de la rose (14)
Le Meilleur des mondes (21)
Les Faux-monnayeurs (30)
Cent ans de solitude (33)
Le Bruit et la Fureur (34)
La Vie mode d'emploi (43)
Gatsby le Magnifique (46)
Six personnages en quête d'auteur (53)
La Guerre des mondes (56)
Sur la route (67)
Le Choix de Sophie (82)
Le Grand Sommeil (96)
Au-dessous du volcan (99)
Les Enfants de minuit (100)
IMHO, the titles sound better in French, even if not originally written in that language.
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The General of the Dead Army (Ismail Kadare)
The General of the Dead Army
81
Ismail Kadare
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
82
William Styron
Gypsy Ballads (Federico García Lorca)
Gypsy Ballads
83
Federico García Lorca
Pietr the Latvian (Georges Simenon)
Pietr the Latvian
84
Georges Simenon
Our Lady of the Flowers (Jean Genet)
Our Lady of the Flowers
85
Jean Genet
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
86
Robert Musil
Furor & Mystery (René Char)
Furor & Mystery
87
René Char
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
88
J.D. Salinger
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (James Hadley Chase)
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
89
James Hadley Chase
Blake and Mortimer (Edgar P. Jacobs)
Blake and Mortimer
90
Edgar P. Jacobs
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
91
Rainer Maria Rilke
A Change of Heart (Michel Butor)
A Change of Heart
92
Michel Butor
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
93
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
94
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy (Henry Miller)
The Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy
95
Henry Miller
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
96
Raymond Chandler
Amers (Saint-John Perse)
Amers
97
Saint-John Perse
Gaston (André Franquin)
Gaston
98
André Franquin
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
99
Malcolm Lowry
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
100
Salman Rushdie
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