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The 20th Century in 200 Books - Page 4

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 Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
121
James Baldwin
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
122
Jorge Luis Borges
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
123
Mario Puzo
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
124
Malcolm X
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner
125
John Williams
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
126
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest
127
David Halberstam
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
128
Harper Lee
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
129
Maya Angelou
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
130
Frank Herbert
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
131
Julio Cortázar
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem
132
Hannah Arendt
100 Selected Poems
100 Selected Poems
133
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
134
Kurt Vonnegut
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics
135
Italo Calvino
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
136
Ken Kesey
Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K. Massie)
Nicholas and Alexandra
137
Robert K. Massie
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
138
Lawrence Durrell
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
139
Daniel Keyes
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
140
William L. Shirer
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
141
Alex Haley
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
142
Ursula K Le Guin
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
143
Ntozake Shange
Archipelag Gułag. 1918-1956 (Aleksander Sołżenicyn)
Archipelag Gułag. 1918-1956
144
Aleksander Sołżenicyn
Open Veins of Latin America (Eduardo Galeano)
Open Veins of Latin America
145
Eduardo Galeano
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
146
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
147
Octavia Butler
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
148
William Goldman
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
149
Douglas Adams
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
150
Dee Brown
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
151
William Styron
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
152
William Peter Blatty
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
153
Helene Hanff
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
154
Nawal Saadawi
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
155
Toni Morrison
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
156
Tove Jansson
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
157
Edward W. Said
Too Loud a Solitude (Bohumil Hrabal)
Too Loud a Solitude
158
Bohumil Hrabal
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
159
John Le Carré
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star
160
Clarice Lispector
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