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Some Great 20th Century Novels: A Personal Selection - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at the century he was born in and lived in for the first 50 years of his life, and comes up with 100 novels that in some way illuminate the period. While some attempt at historical significance and verisimilitude has been made, this list is meant to be personal, and by no means should it be taken as exhaustive or authoritative. Many great books are not here, as our compiler limited himself to 100 novels, and allowed only 1 book per author.
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I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man
41
Cornell Woolrich
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
42
James Baldwin
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
43
Italo Calvino
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
44
Ralph Ellison
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels
45
Michael Shaara
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
46
Octavia E. Butler
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss
47
James Crumley
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
48
Salman Rushdie
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
49
Larry McMurtry
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
50
Kinglsey Amis
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
51
Booth Tarkington
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander
52
Patrick O'Brian
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiri Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof
53
Jiri Weil
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
Midcentury
54
John Dos Passos
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
55
Barry Unsworth
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
56
Willa Cather
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
57
Dennis Lehane
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
58
Umberto Eco
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
59
William Gibson
Nova Express (William S. Burroughs)
Nova Express
60
William S. Burroughs
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach
61
Nevil Shute
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
62
Jack Kerouac
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
63
Virginia Woolf
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
64
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
65
E.M. Forster
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280
66
Jim Thompson
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
67
Graham Greene
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
68
John Updike
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
69
E. L. Doctorow
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
70
Kazuo Ishiguro
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
71
Richard Yates
Sacre Bleu (Christopher Moore)
Sacre Bleu
72
Christopher Moore
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
73
Alan Sillitoe
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
74
Rafael Sabatini
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers
75
Alan Lemay
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
76
Joseph Conrad
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
77
Stephen King
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha
78
Hesse
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
79
Kurt Vonnegut
Sorrow Floats (Sandlin)
Sorrow Floats
80
Sandlin
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