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The 20th Century in 200 Books

An attempt of mine to measure literary/cultural impact of 20th century works through a combination of average rating and number of ratings, as determined by information provided by my Goodreads' library. One book per author (might've fudged that), roughly ordered by decade, each decade getting twenty works a piece (so, list items 1-20 published 1900-1909, 21-40 published 1910-1919, etc (hopefully)). Some of these works I heartily dislike, others definitely veer more towards the cultural impact than the literary, and the whole endeavor is horrendously biased in many a way, but the idea was to let the numbers do (most of) the talking, and talk they certainly did.
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Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
1
Thomas Mann
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life
2
Helen Keller
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
3
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
4
Baroness Orczy
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
5
Edith Wharton
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
6
Jack London
The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
The Book of Tea
7
Kakuzo Okakura
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
8
E.M. Forster
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera
9
Gaston Leroux
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
10
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
11
Henry James
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist
12
Andre Gide
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary
13
Ambrose Bierce
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
The Confusions of Young Törless
14
Robert Musil
The Last Leaf (O. Henry)
The Last Leaf
15
O. Henry
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
Jakob Von Gunten
16
Robert Walser
Three Lives (Gertrude Stein)
Three Lives
17
Gertrude Stein
Gunnar's Daughter (Sigrid Undset)
Gunnar's Daughter
18
Sigrid Undset
The Duel (Joseph Conrad)
The Duel
19
Joseph Conrad
The Seven Who Were Hanged (Leonid Andreyev)
The Seven Who Were Hanged
20
Leonid Andreyev
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
21
George Bernard Shaw
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
22
Marcel Proust
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
23
Natsume Soseki
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
24
W. Somerset Maugham
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
25
Franz Kafka
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
26
Sherwood Anderson
The Book of Wonder (Lord Dunsany)
The Book of Wonder
27
Lord Dunsany
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
28
James Joyce
Herland (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
Herland
29
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France)
The Revolt of the Angels
30
Anatole France
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
31
D.H. Lawrence
Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
Night and Day
32
Virginia Woolf
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
33
Knut Hamsun
Platero and I (Juan Ramón Jiménez)
Platero and I
34
Juan Ramón Jiménez
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
35
Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
Zuleika Dobson
36
Max Beerbohm
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg
37
Andrei Bely
The War Poems (Siegfried Sassoon)
The War Poems
38
Siegfried Sassoon
The Getting of Wisdom (Henry Handel Richardson)
The Getting of Wisdom
39
Henry Handel Richardson
Locus Solus (Raymond Roussel)
Locus Solus
40
Raymond Roussel
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