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The 20th Century in 200 Books - Page 2

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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The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf)
The Twelve Chairs
41
Ilya Ilf
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy (Mina Loy)
The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems of Mina Loy
42
Mina Loy
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
43
Hermann Hesse
Storm of Steel (Ernst Jünger and Michael Hofmann)
Storm of Steel
44
Ernst Jünger and Michael Hofmann
We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
45
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
46
Ludwig Wittgenstein
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
47
Erich Maria Remarque
The Enchanted April (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
The Enchanted April
48
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
49
Willa Cather
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
50
Nella Larsen
Zeno's Conscience (Italo Svevo)
Zeno's Conscience
51
Italo Svevo
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
52
Ernest Hemingway
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
53
Jean Toomer
A High Wind in Jamaica (Richard Hughes)
A High Wind in Jamaica
54
Richard Hughes
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche
55
Rafael Sabatini
Lolly Willowes (Sylvia Townsend Warner)
Lolly Willowes
56
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
57
Sinclair Lewis
Parade's End (Ford Madox Ford)
Parade's End
58
Ford Madox Ford
Story of the Eye (Georges Bataille)
Story of the Eye
59
Georges Bataille
Precious Bane (Mary Webb)
Precious Bane
60
Mary Webb
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
61
Margaret Mitchell
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
62
Daphne Du Maurier
Swami and Friends (R. K. Narayan)
Swami and Friends
63
R. K. Narayan
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
64
Robert Graves
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
65
Agatha Christie
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
66
Dalton Trumbo
War With the Newts (Karel Čapek)
War With the Newts
67
Karel Čapek
In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
68
Junichiro Tanizaki
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
69
Aldous Huxley
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
70
William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
71
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
72
Zora Neale Hurston
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
73
Jean-Paul Sartre
Invitation to a Beheading (Vladimir Nabokov)
Invitation to a Beheading
74
Vladimir Nabokov
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
75
Flann O'Brien
And Quiet Flows the Don (Mikhail Sholokhov)
And Quiet Flows the Don
76
Mikhail Sholokhov
Independent People (Halldór Laxness)
Independent People
77
Halldór Laxness
Alamut (Vladimir Bartol)
Alamut
78
Vladimir Bartol
Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain)
Testament of Youth
79
Vera Brittain
The Radetzky March (Joseph Roth)
The Radetzky March
80
Joseph Roth
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