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New York Public Library's Books of the Century - Page 2

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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John Dos Passos: U.S.A
John Dos Passos: U.S.A
41
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
42
John Steinbeck
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
43
Agee
Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)
Strange Fruit
44
Lillian Smith
Growing Up Absurd (Paul Goodman)
Growing Up Absurd
45
Paul Goodman
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
46
James Baldwin
Autobiography of Malcolm X
Autobiography of Malcolm X
47
And the Band Played on (Shilts)
And the Band Played On
48
Shilts
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in Urban America (Alex Kotlowitz)
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in Urban America
49
Alex Kotlowitz
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
50
Joseph Conrad
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
51
Rudyard Kipling
Non-Violent Resistance: Satyagraha (Mohandas Gandhi)
Non-Violent Resistance: Satyagraha
52
Mohandas Gandhi
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
53
E.M. Forster
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
54
Albert Camus
United Nations Charter (UN)
United Nations Charter
55
UN
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
56
Alan Paton
The Family of Man (Carl Sandburg)
The Family of Man
57
Carl Sandburg
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
58
Chinua Achebe
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
59
Franz Fanon
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
60
Jean Rhys
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih)
Season of Migration to the North
61
Tayeb Salih
Guerillas
Guerillas
62
The Bride Price (Buchi Emecheta)
The Bride Price
63
Buchi Emecheta
The Emperor
The Emperor
64
I, Rigoberta Menchu (Rigoberta Menchu)
I, Rigoberta Menchu
65
Rigoberta Menchu
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
66
Marguerite Duras
Suicide (Emile Durkheim)
Suicide
67
Emile Durkheim
The Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud)
The Interpretation of Dreams
68
Sigmund Freud
Studies in the Psychology of Sex (Havelock Ellis)
Studies in the Psychology of Sex
69
Havelock Ellis
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
70
Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
Prophet
71
Kahlil Gibran
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell
72
Coming of Age in Samoa (Margaret Mead)
Coming of Age in Samoa
73
Margaret Mead
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
74
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
75
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
76
Anonymous
The Courage to Be (Paul Tillich)
The Courage to Be
77
Paul Tillich
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
78
Ken Kesey
Politics of Ecstasy and Info-Psychology (Timothy Leary)
Politics of Ecstasy and Info-Psychology
79
Timothy Leary
On Death and Dying
On Death and Dying
80
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