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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 – LM Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
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Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
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A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
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The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
12
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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The Return of the King
The Return of the King
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
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To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
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The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
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Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
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The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
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The Witches
The Witches
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
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Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
40
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners (James Joyce)
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