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Friendswood Library: the Best 150 English Language Novels of the 20th Century

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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
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The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
10
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
12
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
13
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
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To Kill a Mocking Bird
To Kill a Mocking Bird
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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
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Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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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 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
Pearl S. Buck
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Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier
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The Hand Maidens Tale
The Hand Maidens Tale
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Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
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My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
Willa Cather
36
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway
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A Clockwork Oragne
A Clockwork Oragne
38
I, Claudius
I, Claudius
39
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
40
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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