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20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction

"Lists are many things: memory aids, containers of information, a means of organizing materials, efforts to prioritize and overcome chaos and entropy. The following list of the 20th Century's Greatest Literary Hits is all of the above, as well as being a means of sharing with my readers my own views about what books are going to be read 100 or 1000 years from now. It's also an opportunity to argue, share enthusiasms, exchange information, and a challenge to anyone who cares passionately about fiction to comprise their own lists and share them with the steadily-shrinking audience of other people who love books."
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
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The Public Burning
The Public Burning
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The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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Three Novels
Three Novels
Samuel Beckett
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The Making of Americans (Gertrude Stein)
The Making of Americans
Gertrude Stein
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The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs)
The Soft Machine
William S. Burroughs
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Nova Express
Nova Express
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The Ticket That Exploded (William S. Burroughs)
The Ticket That Exploded
William S. Burroughs
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
James Joyce
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Take It or Leave It (Raymond Federman)
Take It or Leave It
Raymond Federman
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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Going Native
Going Native
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Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country
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JR
JR
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
Don Delillo
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
Henry James
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Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
D.H. Lawrence
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60 Stories (Donald Barthelme)
60 Stories
Donald Barthelme
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The Rifles (William T. Vollmann)
The Rifles
William T. Vollmann
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The Recognitions (William Gaddis)
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
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Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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The Stain (Rikki Durcornet)
The Stain
Rikki Durcornet
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Entering Fire (Rikki Durcornet)
Entering Fire
Rikki Durcornet
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The Fountains of Neptune (Rikki Durcornet)
The Fountains of Neptune
Rikki Durcornet
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The Jade Cabinet (Rikki Ducornet)
The Jade Cabinet
Rikki Ducornet
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