Deirdre's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century

Listopia > Deirdre's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (53 Books)

1	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 140,523 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
2	Endgame by Samuel Beckett 3.79 avg rating — 24,987 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
3	Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.84 avg rating — 226,827 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
4	The Tin Drum by Günter Grass 3.95 avg rating — 47,340 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
5	Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht 3.63 avg rating — 23,293 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
6	The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.21 avg rating — 74,873 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
8	A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 4.22 avg rating — 273,810 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
9	Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot 4.37 avg rating — 20,270 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
10	Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes 3.89 avg rating — 10,487 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
11	The Child in Time by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 15,274 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
12	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.14 avg rating — 402,990 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
13	At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien 3.84 avg rating — 14,547 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
14	The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 3.96 avg rating — 23,703 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
15	Collected Poems, 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott 4.17 avg rating — 895 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
16	Selected Poems, 1923-1958 by E.E. Cummings 4.19 avg rating — 1,170 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
17	Galileo by Bertolt Brecht 3.66 avg rating — 19,350 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
18	Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England by Keith Thomas 4.17 avg rating — 1,605 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
19	Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier 3.72 avg rating — 16,325 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
20	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.77 avg rating — 368,577 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
21	Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow by Ted Hughes 4.05 avg rating — 4,962 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
22	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 421,810 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
23	Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.16 avg rating — 132,644 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
24	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,511,868 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
25	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,480,503 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
26	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.99 avg rating — 505,866 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
27	The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton 3.82 avg rating — 47,920 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
28	The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell 4.04 avg rating — 10,617 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
29	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.65 avg rating — 167,022 ratings Deirdre rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
30	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.83 avg rating — 182,593 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
31	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,658,292 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
32	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,275,881 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
33	Rites of Passage (To the Ends of the Earth, #1) by William Golding 3.57 avg rating — 4,562 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
34	Z by Vassilis Vassilikos 4.02 avg rating — 1,642 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
35	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 110,507 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
36	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.93 avg rating — 80,618 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
37	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 790,733 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
38	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.34 avg rating — 2,558,341 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
39	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.92 avg rating — 482,654 ratings Deirdre rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
40	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 785,256 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
41	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 7,040,753 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
42	Faith in Fakes: Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco 3.89 avg rating — 2,921 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
43	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 104,928 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
44	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,352,436 ratings Deirdre rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
45	Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard 3.98 avg rating — 23,089 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
46	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 3.98 avg rating — 339,349 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
47	The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5) by T.H. White 4.06 avg rating — 120,285 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
48	Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco 3.91 avg rating — 75,957 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
49	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard 4.04 avg rating — 93,984 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
50	Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre 3.93 avg rating — 144,415 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
52	The Neverending Story by Michael Ende 4.18 avg rating — 225,369 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
53	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.18 avg rating — 48,682 ratings Deirdre rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
54	I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) by Robert Graves 4.24 avg rating — 74,630 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
55	Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 4.06 avg rating — 43,578 ratings Deirdre rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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