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50 Greatest Books Since 1900

Here is a list of the greatest books written since 1900 that was taken from the website the greatest books.com.
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
5
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
8
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
9
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
10
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
Albert Camus
11
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
12
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
13
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
14
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
15
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
16
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
17
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
18
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
19
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner
20
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
21
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
22
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
23
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
24
The Collected Fiction of Jose Luis Borges (Jose Luis Borges)
The Collected Fiction of Jose Luis Borges
Jose Luis Borges
25
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
26
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
27
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
28
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
29
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
30
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
31
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
Franz Kafka
32
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
33
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
34
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
35
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
36
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
37
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
Günter Grass
38
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
39
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
40
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
Malcolm Lowry
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