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A 20th Century Reading List Part 1

Books to read from the first half of the 20th century which was originally a very long list that I have split in two.
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
1
L.M. Montgomery
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon
2
L.M. Montgomery
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
3
Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
4
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
5
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
6
Ernest Hemingway
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
7
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
8
S. E. Hinton
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
9
Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
10
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
11
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
12
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
13
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers
14
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
15
J.R.R. Tolkien
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
16
George Orwell
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
17
George Orwell
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
18
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
19
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
20
Virginia Woolf
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
21
Virginia Woolf
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
22
Roald Dahl
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
23
Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Roald Dahl)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
24
Roald Dahl
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG
25
Roald Dahl
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
The Witches
26
Roald Dahl
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
27
Anne Frank
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
28
J.D. Salinger
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
29
Aldous Huxley
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
30
Albert Camus
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
31
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
32
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
33
John Steinbeck
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
34
Ralph Ellison
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
35
Anton Chekhov
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
36
Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
37
Vladimir Nabokov
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
38
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
39
James Joyce
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
40
James Joyce
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