Best Books of the 20th Century (4715 books)

Best Books of the 20th Century

The best books published during the 20th century (January 1st, 1901 through December 31st 2000)

701	Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 18,070 ratings score: 1,073, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
702	The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 9,418 ratings score: 1,071, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
702	Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 32,157 ratings score: 1,071, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
704	Factotum by Charles Bukowski 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 17,531 ratings score: 1,068, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
705	A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time, #3) by Madeleine L'Engle 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 44,135 ratings score: 1,065, and 19 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
706	Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 31,170 ratings score: 1,063, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
707	Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 13,401 ratings score: 1,057, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
708	The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7,325 ratings score: 1,053, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
709	Nostromo by Joseph Conrad 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 5,323 ratings score: 1,050, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
710	The Hot Zone by Richard Preston 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 33,742 ratings score: 1,048, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
711	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) by Mildred D. Taylor 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 57,626 ratings score: 1,047, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
712	Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 17,790 ratings score: 1,045, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
712	Rabbit Redux by John Updike 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 6,433 ratings score: 1,045, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
714	The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1) by Walter Farley 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 34,232 ratings score: 1,041, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
715	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 12,776 ratings score: 1,035, and 19 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
716	Lincoln by Gore Vidal 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 4,148 ratings score: 1,027, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
716	The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf (Goodreads Author) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7,771 ratings score: 1,027, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
718	Dollanganger Boxed Set: Flowers in the Attic / If There Be Thorns / Petals on the Wind / Seeds of Yesterday / Garden of Shadows(Dollanganger, #1-5) by V.C. Andrews 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,211 ratings score: 1,026, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
719	Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1) by Stephen R. Donaldson 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 17,107 ratings score: 1,019, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
720	Man and His Symbols by C.G. Jung 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7,319 ratings score: 1,018, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
721	Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 6,213 ratings score: 1,015, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
721	Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,975 ratings score: 1,015, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
723	Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 11,597 ratings score: 1,014, and 19 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
724	The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, #2) by Jean M. Auel 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 33,907 ratings score: 1,013, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
725	Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 4,210 ratings score: 1,010, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
726	Katherine by Anya Seton 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 12,631 ratings score: 1,007, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
726	Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 47,533 ratings score: 1,007, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
728	Arcadia by Tom Stoppard 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 8,122 ratings score: 1,006, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
729	Sula by Toni Morrison 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 23,301 ratings score: 992, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
730	Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 17,550 ratings score: 991, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
731	Imajica by Clive Barker 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 9,946 ratings score: 990, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
732	The Beach by Alex Garland 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 29,771 ratings score: 988, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
733	The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 5,124 ratings score: 985, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
733	Junky by William S. Burroughs 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 22,156 ratings score: 985, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
735	These Happy Golden Years (Little House #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 24,178 ratings score: 981, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
736	Alcoholics Anonymous - Big Book by Alcoholics Anonymous 4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 2,672 ratings score: 980, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
736	Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 53,834 ratings score: 980, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
738	The Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 5,444 ratings score: 979, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
739	The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 11,889 ratings score: 977, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
740	Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 3,305 ratings score: 975, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
741	The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve 3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 49,822 ratings score: 965, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
741	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 25,127 ratings score: 965, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
743	The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 2,669 ratings score: 964, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
744	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5) by John le Carré 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 21,026 ratings score: 960, and 19 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
745	The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 5,594 ratings score: 955, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
746	Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 7,662 ratings score: 954, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
746	Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6,162 ratings score: 954, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
748	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 22,653 ratings score: 953, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
749	Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) by Joanne Harris 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 44,228 ratings score: 952, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
750	Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 18,545 ratings score: 950, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
751	Deliverance by James Dickey 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 14,761 ratings score: 948, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
752	The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 10,175 ratings score: 945, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
753	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux by John G. Neihardt 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 6,706 ratings score: 944, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
754	Texas by James A. Michener 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 6,727 ratings score: 942, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
754	Truman by David McCullough 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 19,233 ratings score: 942, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
756	Trout Fishing in America / The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 5,030 ratings score: 936, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
757	By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 30,499 ratings score: 935, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
757	Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) by Martin Cruz Smith 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 20,916 ratings score: 935, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
759	Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler 3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 11,247 ratings score: 933, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
760	Burr by Gore Vidal 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 3,338 ratings score: 930, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
760	A Room with a View / Howards End by E.M. Forster 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,190 ratings score: 930, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
762	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death by Jean-Dominique Bauby 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 21,521 ratings score: 928, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
763	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 73,064 ratings score: 927, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
764	The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 1,190 ratings score: 924, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
765	Follow the River by James Alexander Thom 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 7,623 ratings score: 919, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
765	The Hamlet by William Faulkner 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 2,324 ratings score: 919, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
767	Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 44,956 ratings score: 917, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
768	Beauty by Robin McKinley 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 36,723 ratings score: 915, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
769	Rabbit is Rich by John Updike 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 7,087 ratings score: 912, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
770	The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1) by Robert Ludlum 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 211,698 ratings score: 908, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
771	Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie by Ole E. Rolvaag 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 2,152 ratings score: 907, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
772	Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) by P.L. Travers 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 36,630 ratings score: 906, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
773	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 81,789 ratings score: 901, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
774	Insomnia by Stephen King 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 61,326 ratings score: 895, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
775	Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 10,499 ratings score: 893, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
776	If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 1,072 ratings score: 892, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
777	The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 594 ratings score: 890, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
777	Cat's Cradle/God Bless You Mr. Rosewater/Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 577 ratings score: 890, and 18 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
779	The Complete Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 13,240 ratings score: 889, and 17 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
780	Close Range by E. Annie Proulx 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 7,234 ratings score: 886, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
781	Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) by L.M. Montgomery 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 47,666 ratings score: 884, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
782	Cujo by Stephen King 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 90,572 ratings score: 882, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
783	Three Comrades: A Novel of Germany Between the Wars by Erich Maria Remarque 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 5,369 ratings score: 881, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
783	Confessions of a Shopaholic (Shopaholic, #1) by Sophie Kinsella 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 313,856 ratings score: 881, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
785	Lost Horizon by James Hilton 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 6,298 ratings score: 877, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
786	Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 18,665 ratings score: 873, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
787	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 17,050 ratings score: 872, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
788	The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 9,677 ratings score: 870, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
788	The Collected Poems by W.B. Yeats 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 16,039 ratings score: 870, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
790	Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler 2.88 of 5 stars 2.88 avg rating — 7,771 ratings score: 868, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
791	The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 6,430 ratings score: 862, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
792	London by Edward Rutherfurd 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9,854 ratings score: 860, and 14 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
793	Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 51,856 ratings score: 857, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
794	The Angela's Ashes/'Tis Boxed Set by Frank McCourt 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 969 ratings score: 856, and 15 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
795	The Periodic Table by Primo Levi 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 3,113 ratings score: 854, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
795	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 25,024 ratings score: 854, and 16 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
797	The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 10,501 ratings score: 853, and 13 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
798	Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 54,110 ratings score: 847, and 11 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
798	Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 5,657 ratings score: 847, and 12 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
800	Stoner by John Edward Williams 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 4,023 ratings score: 846, and 10 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Gary (new)

Jun 14, 2008 08:30pm

Jane Austen? Oscar Wilde? Louisa May Alcott? Charles Dickens? William Shakespeare? Alexandre Dumas? Bram Stoker's Dracula?

None of those are 20th century.

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message 2: by Laura (new)

Jun 17, 2008 02:49pm

Uh, yeah, what Gary said. Hello?

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message 3: by Dottie (last edited Jun 20, 2008 08:13pm) (new)

Jun 20, 2008 08:07pm

Picture of Dorian Gray first published 1891 doesn't belong in 20th century books. 19th century

Oops -- you guys already caught these. Another one -- Bronte.

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message 4: by Mark (last edited Feb 25, 2009 03:38am) (new)

Jun 23, 2008 06:32pm

Similarly, Three Cups of Tea was published in 2006... is there an easy way to delete these? Or should this list take a Braudelian view of the "long 20th century"? ;)

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message 5: by Marion (new)

Jun 24, 2008 04:04am

Some of those definitely aren't 20th century

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message 6: by Ashley (new)

Jun 24, 2008 08:31am

There are a lot of those 19th century books, but now there are also many that are 21st century as well i.e. The Host and the most recent Harry Potter books. Is there any way to delete them?

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message 7: by Snorkle (new)

Jun 25, 2008 08:38am

I was getting all annoyed because they had a couple books that were published after 2000, but then I realized that I had just voted for Pride and Prejudice....I wish that there was a way to delete books that didn't fit the critieria...or maybe if the list was programmed to automatically check the publication date and tell you whether or not you could add it to the list...

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message 8: by Wifey (last edited Jun 25, 2008 08:48am) (new)

Jun 25, 2008 08:46am

Why isn't Celine or Saint Exupéry or Borges on this list? I call bullshit. Or i don't know... Vonnegut?

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message 9: by Kelly (new)

Jun 25, 2008 10:49am

Um, people? Jane Austen novels and/or Jane Eyre are in NO WAY 20th century novels, whatever thousandth reprinting that they're on right now that happens to have taken place in that century.

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message 10: by bryan (new)

Jun 25, 2008 11:09am

It's called the "best books" of the 20th century, so why does everyone seem to be restricting themselves to novels?

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message 11: by jessica juniper (new)

Jun 25, 2008 12:39pm

There are several books on here that are not from the 20th Century...Jane Austen, The Brontes, and Joyce plus many more...can someone fix this please!

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message 12: by Bebe (new)

Jun 25, 2008 09:09pm

Um, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are not 20th c reads. Come on guys!

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message 13: by [deleted user] (new)

Jun 26, 2008 04:00am

Dracula was written on 1897, not in 20th century for sure.

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message 14: by Lisa/Bluestem (new)

Jun 26, 2008 08:47am

Could we move Time Traveler's Wife to the 21st Century list?

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message 15: by bup (new)

Jun 27, 2008 11:37am

THE KING JAMES BIBLE!?

THE BOOK OF MORMON!?

And it's amazing how many votes Pride and Prejudice has gotten - 30!

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message 16: by Lexi (last edited Feb 25, 2009 02:51am) (new)

Jun 28, 2008 12:09pm

Several books not written in the 20th century:

Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (I think)

Don't get me wrong, these are all great books but they don't belong on this list! Please check dates (or at least use common sense) before adding books to a date-specific list!

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message 17: by Matthew (new)

Jun 28, 2008 10:52pm

you couldn't be more right, throw in Kafka, as well. then the non-20th century books, along with the pop fiction books on the list?

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message 18: by Megan (new)

Jun 30, 2008 10:22pm

Vonnegut should definetly be on this list.

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message 19: by Laura (new)

Jul 01, 2008 07:37am

If you think so, why not add Vonnegut to the list? Seems simpler than complaining about it.

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message 20: by Stacy (new)

Jul 01, 2008 09:06am

The 20th century seems to have lasted for more than two hundred years. I have to agree with the poster who commented on the lack of nonfiction. What about Backlash by Susan Faludi? Something by John Krakauer or David Sedaris?

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message 21: by Laura (new)

Jul 01, 2008 09:27am

Guys. You are aware that you can, you know, add any book you want to this list, right? If you think something belongs on the list yet is not there, ADD IT YOURSELF.

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message 22: by Todd (new)

Jul 04, 2008 11:17am

This list appears to be restricting books based on the "published" date for some random (default?) edition, rather than the often-available "first published" date. This would explain why Pride & Prejudice (1813) can make the list, but it doesn't want me to add To the Lighthouse (1927).

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message 23: by Sarah (new)

Jul 12, 2008 09:18pm

Gah!! The books on this list that were not written in the 20th century are hurting my OCD. Is there any way to edit? To remove books from the list that others have added?

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message 24: by Mommy (new)

Jul 17, 2008 10:11am

where is THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving?

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message 25: by Ashley (new)

Jul 18, 2008 09:06am

It's there (page 2), but if there's anything you think should be on any list, add it yourself.

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message 26: by Kenneth (new)

Jul 29, 2008 10:45am

oh boy some real chestnuts. C'mon Where's your Henry Miller. He is only the greatest American author of that century. and seriously, what's up with the book of Mormon?

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message 27: by Nathanimal (new)

Jul 29, 2008 10:48am

The Book of Mormon? #4? Really guys?

It's not even very well written! Despite being published in 1830 (and written, allegedly, mosty in the B.C.E)

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message 28: by Sunil (last edited Jul 29, 2008 11:11am) (new)

Jul 29, 2008 11:09am

Hmmm,,,, No Bellow in first hundred. And you have Harry Potter.Shame.

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message 29: by Matt (new)

Jul 29, 2008 11:10am

Ok, this is nuts. There are 19th century books appearing here, and there are 20th century books I can't add because there isn't a 20th century edition in the database.

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message 30: by Alex (last edited Jul 29, 2008 11:55am) (new)

Jul 29, 2008 11:14am

Though it's a disputed point, the Book of Mormon was written sometime between 2,000 B.C. and 1830 A.D. As beloved and influential as it may be, one thing it isn't is a book of the 20th Century. Putting it on this list just makes you look dumb.

Also: Holy Bible.

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message 31: by Matt (new)

Jul 29, 2008 11:16am

And another thing, the Lord of the Ring's score is getting killed by the fact that two different versions of the book (as a single epic, and as a trilogy) are appearing on the list.

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message 32: by Donitello (new)

Jul 29, 2008 04:19pm

I presume we're supposed to vote ONLY for the book that we think should occupy #1 spot?

That'll be easy, of course -- it's The Book of Mormon. (JOKING!!!!)

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message 33: by Emily (new)

Jul 29, 2008 04:36pm

I cannot believe Sometimes A Great Notion, Ken Kesey, is not in the top 100. I didnt even see it in the top 200.

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message 34: by Giovany (last edited Jul 29, 2008 08:44pm) (new)

Jul 29, 2008 08:43pm

apoyen a Proust!!!!!!
lets stand for proust!!!!
aller Marcel, il est fantastique

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message 35: by Layce (new)

Jul 30, 2008 10:17am

An interesting assortment of books. One I could refer to for future reference.

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message 36: by Jane (new)

Jul 30, 2008 01:26pm

Henry James is missing, sorely. Too much JK Rowling and CS Lewis.

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message 37: by Roxanne (new)

Jul 30, 2008 04:00pm

The Tin Drum must be among the top 100...BB

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message 38: by Michael (new)

Jul 30, 2008 05:09pm

It speaks to my heart and soul. It reaffirms that good can win out over evils. I have read it over 120 times since Thanksgiving, 1970.
And people... please remember, it is actually one book, not three, an a trilogy; that aspect was a business/publishing choice not a creative (the author's) choice.

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message 39: by David (last edited Jul 30, 2008 06:17pm) (new)

Jul 30, 2008 05:29pm

Sometimes a Great Notion is a Masterpiece.

The Harry Potter books are entertaining enough, but hardly in the same league.

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message 40: by David (new)

Jul 30, 2008 06:15pm

That's what I get for being a bookworm, I guess. Zero friends! Maybe I should wash more often.

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message 41: by Paula (new)

Jul 30, 2008 08:18pm

I'm not really thrilled that the Harry Potter books made this list....they really don't belong here !

What about : The Red Tent by Diamont ??

: The Celestine Prophies ??

: The Kite Runner ??

: A Thousand Splendid Suns ??

?????????????????????

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message 42: by Rebecca (new)

Jul 31, 2008 11:18am

Seems like the Lord of the Rings series shouldn't be listed as a separate option with each of the 3 books also on the list.

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message 43: by Lisa (new)

Aug 04, 2008 06:14pm

Did I miss something? I didn't see Le Miserables on the list???

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message 44: by Ashley (new)

Aug 05, 2008 06:25pm

If something isn't on the list anywhere that you think should be, add it. That's the point.

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message 45: by Gary (new)

Aug 11, 2008 09:36am

_Les misérables_ was published in the 19th Century.

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message 46: by Laura (new)

Aug 11, 2008 12:17pm

Les Miserables was on the list, and was removed for the reason Gary states. If it's put back on, it will be removed again.

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message 47: by Elizabeth (new)

Aug 17, 2008 02:22am

I saw so many of my all time favorites! Mists of Avelon, Rebecca, Diary of Anne Frank, James and the Giant Peach even The Witching Hour! WOW! I guess as much as I read I consider something really great if after a couple of years and thousands of books later I still remember it then its pretty good.

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message 48: by Marcus (new)

Aug 20, 2008 12:19pm

Did I miss Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture?

Pretty big book of the 90's...it, ya know, coined the name ofr an entire generation...

There's a lot of books on this list, I could have missed it.

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message 49: by Cindy (new)

Sep 01, 2008 11:44am

The Harry Potter books enticed countless numbers of kids, who would never normally pick up a book when they could be playing a video game, to read. In my opinion, any book or series of books, that can do this deserves to be this list.

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message 50: by [deleted user] (last edited Sep 06, 2008 12:57pm) (new)

Sep 06, 2008 12:56pm

Paula, it's the 21st century. The Kite Runner and it's sequel were released in THIS century, not eight years ago. I AM annoyed by The Pillars of the Earth, though.

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