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Top 100 Best Books From the 20th Century

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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
2
Vladimir Nabokov
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
3
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
4
Simone De Beauvoir
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
5
Junichiro Tanizaki
Kristin Lavransdatter (Sigrid Undset)
Kristin Lavransdatter
6
Sigrid Undset
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
7
Virginia Woolf
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
9
Marcel Proust
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
11
George Orwell
A Trilogia De Nova York (Paul Auster)
A Trilogia De Nova York
12
Paul Auster
Duna (Frank Herbert)
Duna
13
Frank Herbert
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo
14
Juan Rulfo
Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
Dona Barbara
15
Romulo Gallegos
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Jorge Amado)
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
16
Jorge Amado
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
17
Thomas Mann
Ulises (James Joyce)
Ulises
18
James Joyce
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
19
Agatha Christie
Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)
Goodbye to Berlin
20
Christopher Isherwood
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
21
Anne Frank
The Well of Loneliness (Radclyffe Hall)
The Well of Loneliness
22
Radclyffe Hall
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
Silent Spring
23
Rachel Carson
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
24
Anthony Burgess
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
25
Betty Friedan
Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
Malcolm X
26
Malcolm X
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
27
Ralph Ellison
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
28
Henry Miller
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
29
Margaret Mitchell
Nausea (John-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
30
John-Paul Sartre
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
32
Primo Levi
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
33
Truman Capote
Voices From Chernobyl (Svetlana Alexievich)
Voices From Chernobyl
34
Svetlana Alexievich
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
35
Günter Grass
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
36
Harper Lee
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
37
William S. Burroughs
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
38
Joseph Heller
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
39
Narnia (The Chornicles of Narnia) (C. S. Lewis)
Narnia (The Chornicles of Narnia)
40
C. S. Lewis
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