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New Yorker's List of Literature (Up to Early 2000s) - Page 2

List of notable works as mentioned by New York Library staff/critics. I was mostly focusing on novels when putting together this list from source, so some poetry may have been skipped...
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Arms and the Man (Bernard Shaw)
Arms and the Man
41
Bernard Shaw
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
42
Jules Verne
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
43
Sinclair Lewis
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
44
William Faulkner
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
45
Henry James
The Assistant (Bernard Malamud)
The Assistant
46
Bernard Malamud
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
47
William Shakespeare
Atala (Chateaubriand)
Atala
48
Chateaubriand
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
49
Ayn Rand
Aurora Leigh (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Aurora Leigh
50
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
51
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
52
James Weldon Johnson
Auto-Da-Fe (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fe
53
Elias Canetti
Awake and Sing! (Clifford Odets)
Awake and Sing!
54
Clifford Odets
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
55
Kate Chopin
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
56
Sinclair Lewis
Babette's Feast (Isak Dinesen)
Babette's Feast
57
Isak Dinesen
Bacchae (Euripides)
Bacchae
58
Euripides
The Balcony (Jean Genet)
The Balcony
59
Jean Genet
The Bald Soprano (Eugene Ionesco)
The Bald Soprano
60
Eugene Ionesco
The Balkan Trilogy (Olivia Manning)
The Balkan Trilogy
61
Olivia Manning
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Oscar Wilde)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
62
Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
63
Carson McCullers
Barrabas (Pär Lagerkvist)
Barrabas
64
Pär Lagerkvist
The Barber of Seville (Beaumarchais)
The Barber of Seville
65
Beaumarchais
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
66
Anthony Trollope
The Luck of Barry Lyndon [Barry Lyndon] (William Makepeace Thackeray)
The Luck of Barry Lyndon [Barry Lyndon]
67
William Makepeace Thackeray
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
68
Herman Melville
The Bear (William Faulkner)
The Bear
69
William Faulkner
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
70
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
71
Sylvia Plath
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
72
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
73
V.S. Naipaul
Ben Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben Hur
74
Lew Wallace
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
75
Anonymous
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
76
Christopher Isherwood
The Betrothed (Allesandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
77
Allesandro Manzoni
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
78
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
79
Anonymous
Big Blonde (Dorothy Parker)
Big Blonde
80
Dorothy Parker
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