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The Greatest American Novels of the 20th Century as Interpreted by Goodreads Voters - Page 3

"Interpreted" because the people who voted on this list which I created decided to expand the definition of all three qualifications -- George Orwell apparently was a closet American, the 20th Century lasted well past the year 2000, and true crime books now qualify as fiction. Most impressive were the voters who violated more than one rule and added memoirs published in 2006. Still, some people voted for unfamiliar but intriguing titles, and that's what it's all about, right?
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The Unpossessed (Tess Slesinger)
The Unpossessed
81
Tess Slesinger
The Street
The Street
82
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
83
Djuna Barnes
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers (Lois-Ann Yamanaka)
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers
84
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
85
Frank Herbert
He, She and It (Marge Piercy)
He, She and It
86
Marge Piercy
Another Country
Another Country
87
Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights
88
Dark River (Louis Owens)
Dark River
89
Louis Owens
Gold by the Inch (Lawrence Chua)
Gold by the Inch
90
Lawrence Chua
The Salt Eaters (Toni Cade Bambara)
The Salt Eaters
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The Lost Language of Cranes
The Lost Language of Cranes
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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Jasmine (Bharati Mukherjee)
Jasmine
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Bharati Mukherjee
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
96
Sandra Cisneros
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