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Solid 20th Century Reading List

An original list of 20th century reads. Hoping to bring plenty of variety so that one can be well read from multiple viewpoints.
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
2
James Joyce
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
4
Franz Kafka
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
5
Virginia Woolf
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
6
Joseph Heller
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
8
Aldous Huxley
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
10
Ralph Ellison
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
11
Richard Wright
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
12
Harper Lee
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
13
Albert Camus
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
15
James Joyce
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
16
Ernest Hemingway
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
17
Vladimir Nabokov
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
18
Salman Rushdie
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
19
E.M. Forster
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
20
Vikram Seth
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
21
Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
22
Chinua Achebe
The Master and the Margarita
The Master and the Margarita
23
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
24
Franz Kafka
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
25
Ernest Hemingway
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
26
Jack Kerouac
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
27
William Golding
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
28
Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
30
William Faulkner
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
31
Franz Kafka
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
32
Vladimir Nabokov
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
33
Virginia Woolf
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
34
William Faulkner
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
35
Cormac McCarthy
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
36
Philip Roth
Lord of the Ring Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
37
J.R.R. Tolkien
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
38
Iaac Asimov
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
39
William Gibson
Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
Snow Crash
40
Neal Stephenson
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