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50 Greatest Books Since 1950

This is the list of the top 50 books written since 1950. From the website - the greatest books.org.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
2
Vladimir Nabokov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
3
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
4
Joseph Heller
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
5
Ralph Ellison
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
6
Toni Morrison
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
7
Edgar Allen Poe
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
8
Franz Kafka
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
9
Chinua Achebe
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
10
Harper Lee
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
11
Salman Rushdie
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
12
Ernest Hemingway
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
13
William Golding
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
14
Samuel Beckett
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
15
Günter Grass
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
16
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
17
J.R.R.Tolkien
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson
18
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
19
Ernest Hemingway
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
20
Kurt Vonnegut
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
21
Jack Kerouac
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
22
E.B. White
Flannery O'Conner the Complete Stories (Flannery O'Conner)
Flannery O'Conner the Complete Stories
23
Flannery O'Conner
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
24
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
25
Alice Walker
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
26
Boris Pasternak
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
27
Walker Percy
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
28
Doris Lessing
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
Collected Poems by Robert Frost
29
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
30
Anthony Burgess
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run
31
John Updike
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
32
Margaret Atwood
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
33
Philip Roth
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
34
Ken Kesey
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
35
Haruki Murakami
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
36
Cormac McCarthy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
37
J.K. Rowling
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
38
Saul Bellow
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
39
Milan Kundera
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
40
Thomas Pynchon
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