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Part ONE: Our Readable Century - A Compendium of Memorable Books - Page 2

Part ONE (Part TWO also online at https://www.listchallenges.com/our-readable-century-part2 OR checkout my published lists)
Literary publication January Magazine polled their favourite authors, editors & contributors for their favourite works of 20th century fiction & non-fiction. It was keen 'on taking the emotional pulse of our respondents, trying to determine which volumes had struck personal chords or somehow influenced the behaviour of these ardent readers'. Also check out the website: most participants give reasons for their choices.
This is a much richer version of the list presented on thegreatestbooks.org. In this part, fiction is in Slots 1-67 & non-fiction in Slots 68-79.
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New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001 (Czesław Miłosz)
New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001
41
Czesław Miłosz
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
42
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
43
Vladimir Nabokov
Peanuts Treasury (Charles M. Schulz)
Peanuts Treasury
44
Charles M. Schulz
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
45
Astrid Lindgren
Poems of Paul Celan
Poems of Paul Celan
46
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
47
Graham Greene
The Rebellion of Yale Marrat (Robert H. Rimmer)
The Rebellion of Yale Marrat
48
Robert H. Rimmer
The Roaring Girl (Greg Hollinghead)
The Roaring Girl
49
Greg Hollinghead
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
50
John Brunner
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion
51
Ken Kesey
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
52
John Barth
The Sportswriter (Richard Ford)
The Sportswriter
53
Richard Ford
The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
The Stone Angel
54
Margaret Laurence
The Sunday of Life (Raymond Queneau)
The Sunday of Life
55
Raymond Queneau
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
56
Gunter Grass
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
57
Harper Lee
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
58
Henry Miller
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
59
Jules Verne
U.S.A.: 1919 (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.: 1919
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John Dos Passos
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel
61
John Dos Passos
U.S.A.: The Big Money (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.: The Big Money
62
John Dos Passos
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
63
Don Delillo
The Wanderers
The Wanderers
64
The Warrior Who Carried Life (Geoff Ryman)
The Warrior Who Carried Life
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Geoff Ryman
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories (Raymond Carver)
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
66
Raymond Carver
The Years (Virginia Woolf)
The Years
67
Virginia Woolf
The Age of Jackson (Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)
The Age of Jackson
68
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The Armies of the Night (Norman Mailer)
The Armies of the Night
69
Norman Mailer
The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination (Daniel Boorstin)
The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination
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Daniel Boorstin
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
71
Anne Frank
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
72
Truman Capote
Jungle Peace (William Beebe)
Jungle Peace
73
William Beebe
The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (Allan M. Siegal, William G. Connolly)
The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
74
Allan M. Siegal, William G. Connolly
A Night to Remember (Walter Lord)
A Night to Remember
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Walter Lord
On the Track of Unknown Animals (Bernard Heuvelmans)
On the Track of Unknown Animals
76
Bernard Heuvelmans
Rationale of the Dirty Joke: Analysis of Sexual Humor (G. Legman)
Rationale of the Dirty Joke: Analysis of Sexual Humor
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G. Legman
The White Nile (Alan Moorehead)
The White Nile
78
Alan Moorehead
A World Lit Only by Fire
A World Lit Only by Fire
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