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Greaterbooks.com: 1900 to Present

This challenge is the first of a series of four which highlight critically acclaimed books both historical and modern. It is derived from the latest version of "The Short List" at the "GreaterBooks.com" website. "The Short List" only features books that appear on at least 5 out of 47 source lists.
The books in each challenge are in descending order based on the number of source lists in which they appear. For example, books 72-107 are each on 5 source lists, while the top book ("Ulysses") is on 20 source lists.
The challenges will be published in reverse chronological order:
* 1900 to Present
* 1650 to 1900
* 700 to 1650
* Prehistory to 700 A.D.
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
5
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
6
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
7
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
8
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
9
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
10
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
11
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
12
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
13
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann, Trans. John E. Woods
14
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
15
The Education of Henry Adams (Henry Adams)
The Education of Henry Adams
Henry Adams
16
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
T. S. Eliot
17
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
18
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
19
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
20
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot
21
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
22
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
23
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
24
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
25
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
26
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
D. H. Lawrence
27
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
Albert Camus
28
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson/USA)
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson/USA
29
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
30
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
31
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
32
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
33
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Eugene O'Neill
34
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
35
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir
36
Ash Wednesday (T.S. Eliot)
Ash Wednesday
T.S. Eliot
37
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
38
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
39
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
40
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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