Best Books of the 20th Century (4656 books)

Best Books of the 20th Century

The best books published during the 20th century (January 1st, 1900 through December 31st 1999)

801	A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) by Haruki Murakami 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 27,865 ratings score: 840, 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
801	The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 10,449 ratings score: 840, 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
803	The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 18,698 ratings score: 839, 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
804	Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 26,253 ratings score: 835, 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
805	Three Plays: Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 2,722 ratings score: 832, 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
806	The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro 4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 2,768 ratings score: 829, and 9 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
807	The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,932 ratings score: 826, 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
808	The White Dragon (Pern, #5) by Anne McCaffrey 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 20,588 ratings score: 817, 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
809	Being and Time by Martin Heidegger 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 7,105 ratings score: 816, 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
810	The Captive & The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6) by Marcel Proust 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 886 ratings score: 815, 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
810	The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 5,512 ratings score: 815, 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
810	The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) by Jean M. Auel 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 29,338 ratings score: 815, 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
813	Little, Big by John Crowley 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 4,168 ratings score: 812, 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
814	This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 11,237 ratings score: 809, 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
815	The Guermantes Way (In Search of Lost Time, #3) by Marcel Proust 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 1,942 ratings score: 806, 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
816	The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 15,751 ratings score: 805, 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
817	Children of God (The Sparrow, #2) by Mary Doria Russell (Goodreads Author) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 7,640 ratings score: 804, 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
818	Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 3,957 ratings score: 800, 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
819	The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 11,632 ratings score: 796, 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
820	Chesapeake by James A. Michener 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 7,738 ratings score: 794, 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
821	The Dollmaker by Harriette Simpson Arnow 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,344 ratings score: 792, and 9 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
822	I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,116 ratings score: 788, 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
823	Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,589 ratings score: 783, 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
824	Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 2,962 ratings score: 778, 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
825	Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 3,384 ratings score: 777, 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
826	The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 17,240 ratings score: 775, 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
827	Stoner by John Edward Williams 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 3,739 ratings score: 768, and 9 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
827	What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 14,381 ratings score: 768, 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
829	Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1) by Juliet Marillier (Goodreads Author) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 20,474 ratings score: 766, 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
830	That Was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author) 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 12,715 ratings score: 764, 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
830	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 34,920 ratings score: 764, 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
832	The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, #1) by Carolyn Keene 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 24,150 ratings score: 761, 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
832	Animal Farm & 1984 by George Orwell 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 28,086 ratings score: 761, 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
834	Solaris by Stanisław Lem 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 18,559 ratings score: 760, 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
835	Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 5,936 ratings score: 754, 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
836	Elfstones Of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy, #2) by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 29,435 ratings score: 753, 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
837	No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs by Naomi Klein 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 10,854 ratings score: 751, 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
838	The River Why by David James Duncan 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 4,753 ratings score: 749, and 9 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
838	The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 5,592 ratings score: 749, 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
840	One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 68,336 ratings score: 743, 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
841	Emily of New Moon (Emily of New Moon, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 17,792 ratings score: 742, 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
842	Momo by Michael Ende 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12,017 ratings score: 740, and 9 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
843	Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,061 ratings score: 738, 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
844	Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 3,131 ratings score: 737, 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
844	Christine by Stephen King 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 81,408 ratings score: 737, 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
846	Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 4,803 ratings score: 736, 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
847	Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Helen Prejean 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 3,157 ratings score: 733, 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
848	The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone 4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 55,861 ratings score: 731, 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
848	The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 11,432 ratings score: 731, 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
850	Farmer Boy (Little House, #3) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 21,875 ratings score: 725, 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
851	A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9,225 ratings score: 723, 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
852	Man's Fate by André Malraux 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 1,315 ratings score: 722, 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
853	Future Shock by Alvin Toffler 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,853 ratings score: 721, 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
854	Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 7,636 ratings score: 720, 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
854	Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 24,931 ratings score: 720, 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
856	A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 219,140 ratings score: 718, 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
857	Orientalism by Edward W. Said 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 5,516 ratings score: 717, 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
858	Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (Hercule Poirot #39) by Agatha Christie 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 10,681 ratings score: 716, 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
859	Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 2,803 ratings score: 715, 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
860	The Promise by Danielle Steel 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 5,883 ratings score: 714, and 9 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
861	The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, #1-3) by Stephen R. Donaldson 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,487 ratings score: 712, 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
862	The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 2,630 ratings score: 709, 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
863	Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7,672 ratings score: 706, and 8 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
863	Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,531 ratings score: 706, 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
863	The Drifters by James A. Michener 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 3,269 ratings score: 706, 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
863	Straight Man by Richard Russo 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 11,707 ratings score: 706, 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
867	Life And Fate by Vasily Grossman 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 1,847 ratings score: 705, and 8 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
868	London Fields by Martin Amis 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 4,872 ratings score: 702, 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
869	The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 36,401 ratings score: 701, 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
870	Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #10) by Dorothy L. Sayers 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 7,762 ratings score: 699, 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
870	On the Genealogy of Morals/Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 6,863 ratings score: 699, and 9 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
872	That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3) by C.S. Lewis 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 13,071 ratings score: 695, 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
873	A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 155,422 ratings score: 694, 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
874	The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2) by Mary Stewart 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 10,530 ratings score: 692, 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
875	To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 12,286 ratings score: 691, 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
876	The White Album by Joan Didion 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 4,307 ratings score: 690, 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
876	Noble House by James Clavell 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 14,001 ratings score: 690, 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
878	The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,813 ratings score: 689, and 9 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
879	Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 16,294 ratings score: 682, 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
879	Bastard Out of Carolina / Two or Three Things I Know For Sure by Dorothy Allison 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 358 ratings score: 682, 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
881	A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family, #5) by Madeleine L'Engle 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 11,382 ratings score: 680, and 9 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
882	Homo Faber by Max Frisch 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 4,517 ratings score: 679, 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
883	A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 13,067 ratings score: 678, and 8 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
883	Embers by Sándor Márai 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 4,360 ratings score: 678, and 8 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
883	A Girl of the Limberlost (Limberlost, #2) by Gene Stratton-Porter 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 7,592 ratings score: 678, 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
886	Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) by Dorothy L. Sayers 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 7,643 ratings score: 674, 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
887	A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 6,870 ratings score: 673, 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
888	Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19) by Terry Pratchett 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 26,016 ratings score: 669, and 9 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
889	A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,813 ratings score: 666, and 9 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
890	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 3,980 ratings score: 663, 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
890	The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 1,643 ratings score: 663, and 8 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
892	Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor 4.49 of 5 stars 4.49 avg rating — 3,098 ratings score: 662, and 7 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
892	My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) by Jean Craighead George 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 23,973 ratings score: 662, and 9 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
894	Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2) by Anne McCaffrey 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 20,776 ratings score: 660, 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
895	Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 2,459 ratings score: 659, and 8 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
895	Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4) by L.M. Montgomery 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 24,294 ratings score: 659, 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
897	The Golden Bowl by Henry James 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,866 ratings score: 658, and 9 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
897	Perelandra (Space Trilogy, #2) by C.S. Lewis 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 17,283 ratings score: 658, 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
897	Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 16,462 ratings score: 658, 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
900	Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 13,392 ratings score: 656, and 9 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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