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The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction - Page 2

A list by Larry McCaffery, inspired by Modern Library's list of the "100 Greatest English-Language Novels." Trilogies and multi-volume works are represented by the first book in the set.
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
41
Salman Rushdie
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
42
John Barth
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (Paul Metcaf)
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders
43
Paul Metcaf
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
44
Aldous Huxley
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
45
E.M. Forster
Double or Nothing (Raymond Federman)
Double or Nothing
46
Raymond Federman
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
47
Flann O'Brien
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
48
Cormac McCarthy
The Cannibal
The Cannibal
49
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
50
Richard Wright
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
51
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
52
Djuna Barnes
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
53
Marilynne Robinson
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
54
Kurt Vonnegut
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
55
Don Delillo
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
56
Flannery O'Connor
Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Always Coming Home
57
Ursula K. Le Guin
The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel
58
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
59
Doris Lessing
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
60
J.D. Salinger
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
61
Dashiell Hammett
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
62
Raymond Carver
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
63
James Joyce
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
64
Jean Toomer
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
65
Edith Wharton
Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Riddley Walker
66
Russell Hoban
Go in Beauty (William Eastlake)
Go in Beauty
67
William Eastlake
The Franchiser (Stanley Elkin)
The Franchiser
68
Stanley Elkin
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
69
Paul Auster
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All
70
Tom Robbins
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
71
David Foster Wallace
The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String
72
Tlooth (Harry Mathews)
Tlooth
73
Harry Mathews
Pricksongs and Descants
Pricksongs and Descants
74
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
75
Philip K. Dick
American Psycho
American Psycho
76
The French Lieutenant's Woman (John Fowles)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
77
John Fowles
Shadow of the Torturer (Gene Wolfe)
Shadow of the Torturer
78
Gene Wolfe
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
79
Anthony Burgess
Legs (William Kennedy)
Legs
80
William Kennedy
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