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The 20th Century in 200 Books - Page 3

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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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
81
Betty Smith
The Pianist (Władysław Szpilman)
The Pianist
82
Władysław Szpilman
The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
The World of Yesterday
83
Stefan Zweig
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems
84
T. S. Eliot
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
85
George Orwell
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
86
Anne Frank
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian
87
Mika Waltari
Pavilion of Women (Pearl S. Buck)
Pavilion of Women
88
Pearl S. Buck
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
89
Simone De Beauvoir
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night
90
Beryl Markham
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
91
Carson McCullers
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
92
Richard Wright
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
93
Shirley Jackson
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
94
Arthur Koestler
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories
95
Christopher Isherwood
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
96
Evelyn Waugh
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
97
Dodie Smith
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
98
Yukio Mishima
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
99
Sandor Marai
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
100
Tennessee Williams
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
101
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (Pablo Neruda)
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
102
Pablo Neruda
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
103
Flanner O'Connor
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
104
John Steinbeck
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
105
Elie Wiesel
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
106
Frantz Fanon
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
107
Marguerite Yourcenar
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
108
Raymond Chandler
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
109
Iaac Asimov
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
110
C.S. Forester
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings (Octavio Paz)
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
111
Octavio Paz
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
112
Allen Ginsberg
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Twelve Angry Men
113
Reginald Rose
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
114
James Jones
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
115
Eugene O'Neill
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
116
Juan Rulfo
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
117
Mervyn Peake
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
118
Albert Camus
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
119
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
120
Boris Pasternak
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