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

Listopia > Donal's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (45 Books)

1	The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh 3.45 avg rating — 1,497 ratings Donal 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
2	Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl 4.16 avg rating — 11,112 ratings Donal 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
3	The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh 3.75 avg rating — 13,772 ratings Donal 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
4	The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter 3.73 avg rating — 4,100 ratings Donal 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
5	Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer 4.10 avg rating — 26,765 ratings Donal 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
6	The Cantos by Ezra Pound 3.92 avg rating — 5,408 ratings Donal 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
7	The Comedians by Graham Greene 3.99 avg rating — 10,182 ratings Donal 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	The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata 3.81 avg rating — 5,742 ratings Donal 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
9	The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle 4.43 avg rating — 35,941 ratings Donal 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	Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) by A.A. Milne 4.38 avg rating — 396,948 ratings Donal 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 Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski 4.21 avg rating — 6,348 ratings Donal 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
12	Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon 4.26 avg rating — 19,507 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	The Greek Myths: Complete Edition by Robert Graves 4.15 avg rating — 7,719 ratings Donal 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
14	The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments / The Snapper / The Van (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1-3) by Roddy Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 3,332 ratings Donal 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	The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions by Scott Adams 3.87 avg rating — 10,006 ratings Donal 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
16	The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace by Tim Pat Coogan (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 656 ratings	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	Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel C. Dennett 4.07 avg rating — 17,043 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vol 1 by Reinhold Niebuhr 4.17 avg rating — 127 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	The Quincunx by Charles Palliser 4.02 avg rating — 8,177 ratings Donal 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
20	The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2) by Mary Renault 4.09 avg rating — 4,287 ratings Donal 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
21	Mission of Gravity (Mesklin #1) by Hal Clement 3.90 avg rating — 7,673 ratings Donal 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	The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman 4.61 avg rating — 8,114 ratings Donal 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
25	The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald Ervin Knuth 4.49 avg rating — 771 ratings Donal 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	No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre 4.09 avg rating — 30,127 ratings Donal 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
27	A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle, #1) by Joan Slonczewski (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 2,425 ratings Donal 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
28	Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne 4.23 avg rating — 13,618 ratings	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	The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan 4.44 avg rating — 11,360 ratings Donal 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
30	Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.27 avg rating — 124,859 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	L'année dernière à Marienbad by Alain Robbe-Grillet 4.14 avg rating — 341 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	Collected Poems by Dylan Thomas 4.19 avg rating — 18,384 ratings Donal 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	Polar Star (Arkady Renko, #2) by Martin Cruz Smith 3.99 avg rating — 11,463 ratings Donal 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
34	A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar 4.13 avg rating — 135,240 ratings Donal 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
35	The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico 4.15 avg rating — 5,733 ratings Donal 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
36	Murphy by Samuel Beckett 3.80 avg rating — 6,517 ratings Donal 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
38	Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 3.73 avg rating — 40,802 ratings Donal 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
39	The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter 3.79 avg rating — 13,835 ratings Donal 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	Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood 3.93 avg rating — 22,562 ratings Donal 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
41	Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) by Iain M. Banks 4.16 avg rating — 53,023 ratings Donal 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
42	The Dream Songs by John Berryman 4.20 avg rating — 6,831 ratings Donal 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	What Is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze 4.16 avg rating — 2,371 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane 3.75 avg rating — 4,984 ratings Donal added it to to-read 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	The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham 3.90 avg rating — 29,564 ratings Donal 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	Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.44 avg rating — 2,880 ratings Donal 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	Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,337 ratings Donal 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	Endgame & Act Without Words by Samuel Beckett 3.92 avg rating — 11,211 ratings Donal 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