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20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction - Page 2

"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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Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
William Gibson
42
Count Zero
Count Zero
43
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
William Gibson
44
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
45
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
46
Lookout Cartridge (Joseph McElroy)
Lookout Cartridge
Joseph McElroy
47
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
J.G. Ballard
48
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
49
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
John Barth
50
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
51
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
52
Double or Nothing
Double or Nothing
53
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
54
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
55
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (Paul Metcaf)
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders
Paul Metcaf
56
The Cannibal
The Cannibal
57
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
58
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
Nathanael West
59
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
60
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
61
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
62
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
Don Delillo
63
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
Flannery O'Connor
64
Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Always Coming Home
Ursula K. Le Guin
65
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
John Dos Passos
66
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
67
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
68
Red Harvest
Red Harvest
69
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
70
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
71
Cane
Cane
72
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
73
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker
74
Go in Beauty (William Eastlake)
Go in Beauty
William Eastlake
75
The Franchiser (Stanley Elkin)
The Franchiser
Stanley Elkin
76
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster)
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster
77
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All
Tom Robbins
78
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
79
The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String
80
Tlooth (Harry Mathews)
Tlooth
Harry Mathews
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