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Top 100 English Language Novels of the 20th Century (Madison Public Library)

There are not many surprises in the top half (so build up your points there), but many unexpected choices in the second 50.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
2
J.D. Salinger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
3
George Orwell
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
4
Alice Walker
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
5
F. Scott Fitzgerald
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
6
Jack Kerouac
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
7
Toni Morrison
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
8
John Steinbeck
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
9
Margaret Mitchell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
11
George Orwell
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
12
E.B. White
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
13
Ralph Ellison
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
14
Joseph Heller
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
15
Ken Kesey
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
16
James Joyce
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
17
John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
18
Kurt Vonnegut
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
19
Toni Morrison
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
20
William Golding
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
21
Thomas Pynchon
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkein)
The Hobbit
22
J.R.R. Tolkein
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
23
Willa Cather
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
24
John Irving
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
25
Amy Tan
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
26
Anthony Burgess
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
27
Ernest Hemingway
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises
28
Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
29
Zora Neale Hurston
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
30
Barbara Kingsolver
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn
31
Henry Miller
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
32
Vladimir Nabokov
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
33
Robert Penn Warren
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
34
Virginia Woolf
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
35
Margaret Atwood
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance
36
James Dickey
Howard's End (E.M. Forster)
Howard's End
37
E.M. Forster
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
38
John Galsworthy
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
39
Frank Herbert
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
40
John Irving
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