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New York Public Library's Books of the Century

List of books from the book "The New York Public Library's Books of the Century" includes chapters around: Landmarks of Literature, Nature's Realm; Protest and Progress; Colonialism and it's Aftermath; Mind and Spirit; Popular Culture and Mass Entertainment; Woman Rise; Economics and Technology; Utopias and Dystopias; War, Holocaust, and Totalitarianism; Optimism, Joy, Gentility; Favorites of Childhood and Youth.
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Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
Three Sisters
1
Anton Chekhov
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
2
Marcel Proust
Tender Buttons (Gertrude Stein)
Tender Buttons
3
Gertrude Stein
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
4
Franz Kafka
Renascence and Other Poems (Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Renascence and Other Poems
5
Edna St. Vincent Millay
The Wild Swans at Coole (W. B. Yeats)
The Wild Swans at Coole
6
W. B. Yeats
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
7
Luigi Pirandello
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
8
T.S. Eliot
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
9
James Joyce
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
10
Thomas Mann
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
12
Virginia Woolf
Gypsy Ballads
Gypsy Ballads
13
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
14
Richard Wright
The Portable Faulkner (William Faulkner)
The Portable Faulkner
15
William Faulkner
Age of Anxiety (W.H.Auden)
Age of Anxiety
16
W.H.Auden
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
17
Samuel Beckett
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
18
Ralph Ellison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
19
Vladimir Nabokov
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions
20
Jorge Luis Borges
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
21
Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
22
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
23
Philip Roth
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
24
Toni Morrison
The Life of the Bee (Maurice Maeterlinck)
The Life of the Bee
25
Maurice Maeterlinck
Treatise on Radioactivity (Marie Curie)
Treatise on Radioactivity
26
Marie Curie
The Meaning of Relativity (Albert Einstein)
The Meaning of Relativity
27
Albert Einstein
A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America (Robbins Bruun Zim Singer)
A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America
28
Robbins Bruun Zim Singer
A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold)
A Sand County Almanac
29
Aldo Leopold
King Solomon's Ring
King Solomon's Ring
30
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
31
Rachel Carson
Smoking and Health (The Surgeon General's Report)
Smoking and Health
32
The Surgeon General's Report
The Battle With the Slum (Jacob Riis)
The Battle With the Slum
33
Jacob Riis
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
34
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Double Helix
The Double Helix
35
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
36
Upton Sinclair
The Diversity of Life (E.O. Wilson)
The Diversity of Life
37
E.O. Wilson
Twenty Years at Hull House (Jane Addams)
Twenty Years at Hull House
38
Jane Addams
The House on Henry Street (Lillian Wald)
The House on Henry Street
39
Lillian Wald
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens (Lincoln Steffens)
The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
40
Lincoln Steffens
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