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The 20th Century in 100 Books

Each book on this list was published in a different year of the 20th Century. For some years it was really hard to choose who not to put on the list!
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Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
1
Joseph Conrad
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
2
Rudyard Kipling
Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
Hound of the Baskervilles
3
Doyle
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
4
Jack London
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
5
Anton Chekhov
120 Days of Sodom (Marquis De Sade)
120 Days of Sodom
6
Marquis De Sade
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
7
John Galsworthy
The Playboy of the Western World (John Millington Synge)
The Playboy of the Western World
8
John Millington Synge
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
9
E.M. Forster
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea
10
L.M. Montgomery
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
11
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
12
Edith Wharton
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
13
Thomas Mann
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
14
Marcel Proust
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
15
James Joyce
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
16
John Buchan
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
17
Franz Kafka
Piccadilly Jim
Piccadilly Jim
18
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
19
Willa Cather
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
20
Sherwood Anderson
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
21
D.H. Lawrence
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
22
Luigi Pirandello
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
23
Hermann Hesse
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
24
Kahlil Gibran
The Land That Time Forgot (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
The Land That Time Forgot
25
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
26
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne)
Winnie-The-Pooh
27
A. A. Milne
Tarka the Otter (Henry Williamson)
Tarka the Otter
28
Henry Williamson
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
29
Virginia Woolf
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
30
Erich Maria Remarque
Swallows and Amazons (Arthur Ransome)
Swallows and Amazons
31
Arthur Ransome
The Floating Admiral (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931)
32
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
33
Aldous Huxley
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
34
Nathanael West
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
35
Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Gaudy Night
36
Dorothy L. Sayers
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
37
Margaret Mitchell
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
38
J.R.R. Tolkien
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
39
Daphne Du Maurier
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
40
Agatha Christie
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