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The FOUR Best Books Published Each Year Since 1900 - Page 7

By listing the four best books of each year since 1900, this list shows us how novels have evolved over time. We can see the emergence of new genres such as ecofiction and erotica; the impact of global events such as the world wars and the recent pandemic; how novels can instigate social and political change; and even smaller details such as the evolution of book jacket designs, which I love as a bibliophile and collector, with our current trend focused on colourful covers with bold lettering. That's why I love making lists more than completing them.
Just a few notes about the list: the first book in each row (so the first of the four) is the best book, in my opinion, of that year, and I have a separate list that provides just those books (see the attached link); the other three books are in no particular order; and I've only put two books for 2024 given we're only half-way through it. I hope you enjoy!
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
243
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
244
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
The Country Girls (Edna O'Brien)
245
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
246
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
247
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
248
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
249
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
250
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
251
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
252
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
253
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
254
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
255
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
256
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carre)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carre)
257
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
258
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
259
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey)
260
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness (H.P. Lovecraft)
261
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
262
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
The Painted Bird (Jerzy Kosinski)
263
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
The Millstone (Margaret Drabble)
264
The River Between (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
The River Between (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o)
265
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
266
Cancer Ward (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
267
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus (John Fowles)
268
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
The Fixer (Bernard Malamud)
269
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
270
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
271
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
272
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
273
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
274
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Tom Wolfe)
275
True Grit (Charles Portis)
True Grit (Charles Portis)
276
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
277
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
278
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
279
Ubik (Phillip K. Dick)
Ubik (Phillip K. Dick)
280
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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