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The 20th Century in Written Works - First Draft - Page 2

A personal selection of 100 noteworthy written works that were published during the course of the 20th century, drawn from everything I've read thus far and continually subject to future amendment. Nonfiction welcome, one book per author, minimal indulgence of non-adult material/genre writing/series, all ordered in terms of first year of publication. I didn't include material published in the year 2000, which is technically the wrong thing to do, but it simplified the choosing process and won't piss off anyone who doesn't know any better. Any biases towards certain periods/decades will hopefully be gradually alleviated during the course of future reading, although I can't promise the same regarding bias towards certain genres and/or lack thereof.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
41
Malcolm X
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
42
Frank Herbert
Omensetter's Luck (William H. Gass)
Omensetter's Luck
43
William H. Gass
Journey Into the Whirlwind (Evgenia Ginzburg)
Journey Into the Whirlwind
44
Evgenia Ginzburg
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
45
Christa Wolf
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
46
Mario Puzo
84, Charing Cross (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross
47
Helene Hanff
Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru
48
Bessie Head
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
49
Thomas Pynchon
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
50
Ursula K. Le Guin
Fatelessness (Imre Kertész)
Fatelessness
51
Imre Kertész
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
52
Samuel R. Delany
Petals of Blood (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
Petals of Blood
53
Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Burger's Daughter
54
Nadine Gordimer
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights
55
Elizabeth Hardwick
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
56
Angela Carter
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978 (Adrienne Rich)
On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978
57
Adrienne Rich
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
58
Italo Calvino
Alice James (Jean Strouse)
Alice James
59
Jean Strouse
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
60
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
61
Bell Hooks
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
62
Joy Kogawa
Aké: The Years of Childhood (Wole Soyinka)
Aké: The Years of Childhood
63
Wole Soyinka
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
64
Alice Walker
Janet Frame: An Autobiography (Janet Frame)
Janet Frame: An Autobiography
65
Janet Frame
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
66
Fernando Pessoa
Pitch Dark (Renata Adler)
Pitch Dark
67
Renata Adler
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
68
Milan Kundera
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
69
Audre Lorde
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
70
Cormac McCarthy
The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi)
The Drowned and the Saved
71
Primo Levi
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography
72
Assata Shakur
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
73
Joseph McElroy
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen
74
Alan Moore
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
75
Toni Morrison
M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
M. Butterfly
76
David Henry Hwang
Memory of Fire (Eduardo Galeano)
Memory of Fire
77
Eduardo Galeano
The Greenlanders (Jane Smiley)
The Greenlanders
78
Jane Smiley
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
79
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Ice-Shirt (William T. Vollmann)
The Ice-Shirt
80
William T. Vollmann
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