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The Century Challenge by Library1k - Page 3

For my mother, who has almost finished the last challenge I gave her. Jump in the time machine, and read a book from every year from the last century. I think it's interesting how the thematic trends changed through the decades.
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
81
Albert Camus
Curious George (H. A. Ray)
Curious George
82
H. A. Ray
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
83
Carson McCullers
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
84
Agatha Christie
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
85
Daphne Du Maurier
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
86
J.R.R. Tolkien
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
87
Margaret Mitchell
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
88
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers)
Mary Poppins
89
P.L. Travers
The Story About Ping (Marjorie Flack)
The Story About Ping
90
Marjorie Flack
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
91
Aldous Huxley
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
92
Pearl S. Buck
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
93
Dashiell Hammett
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
94
William Faulkner
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
95
Virginia Woolf
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
96
Hermann Hesse
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
97
Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
98
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
The Boxcar Children
99
Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Prophet
100
Kahlil Gibran
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