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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
41
George Orwell
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec)
Life: A User's Manual
42
Georges Perec
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
43
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
La Saga/Fuga De J.B. (Gonzalo Torrente Ballester)
La Saga/Fuga De J.B.
44
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
45
Günter Grass
No Man Knows the Night (H. C. Branner)
No Man Knows the Night
46
H. C. Branner
The Underground City (H.L. Humes)
The Underground City
47
H.L. Humes
Iceland's Bell (Halldór Laxness)
Iceland's Bell
48
Halldór Laxness
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven
49
Harry Mulisch
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
50
Haruki Murakami
La Guerra De Galio (Héctor Aguilar Camín)
La Guerra De Galio
51
Héctor Aguilar Camín
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight (Henry Williamson)
A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight
52
Henry Williamson
The Sleepwalkers (Hermann Broch)
The Sleepwalkers
53
Hermann Broch
Doctor Glas (Hjalmar Söderberg)
Doctor Glas
54
Hjalmar Söderberg
The Sorrow of Belgium (Hugo Claus)
The Sorrow of Belgium
55
Hugo Claus
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
56
Italo Calvino
The Bridge on the Drina (Ivo Andrić)
The Bridge on the Drina
57
Ivo Andrić
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
58
J.G. Ballard
Waiting for the Barbarians (J.M. Coetzee)
Waiting for the Barbarians
59
J.M. Coetzee
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
60
James Joyce
Cabot Wright Begins (James Purdy)
Cabot Wright Begins
61
James Purdy
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
62
Jaroslav Hašek
A Heart So White (Javier Marías)
A Heart So White
63
Javier Marías
The Roads to Freedom (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Roads to Freedom
64
Jean-Paul Sartre
U.S.A. (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A.
65
John Dos Passos
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
66
John Kennedy Toole
That They May Face the Rising Sun (John McGahern)
That They May Face the Rising Sun
67
John McGahern
The Obscene Bird of Night (Jose Donoso)
The Obscene Bird of Night
68
Jose Donoso
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
69
Joseph Conrad
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
70
Joseph Heller
Them (Joyce Carol Oates)
Them
71
Joyce Carol Oates
The Marx Family Saga (Juan Goytisolo)
The Marx Family Saga
72
Juan Goytisolo
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
73
Kate Chopin
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
74
Ken Kesey
Bernard Foy's Third Castling (Lars Gustafsson)
Bernard Foy's Third Castling
75
Lars Gustafsson
Adán Buenosayres (Leopoldo Marechal)
Adán Buenosayres
76
Leopoldo Marechal
A Scots Quair (Lewis Gibbon)
A Scots Quair
77
Lewis Gibbon
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
78
Malcolm Lowry
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
79
Marcel Proust
Dessen Sprache Du Nicht Verstehst (Marianne Fritz)
Dessen Sprache Du Nicht Verstehst
80
Marianne Fritz
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