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Goodreads "Best Books of the 20th Century"

This is the 2020 version of a very popular Goodreads list, which, as far as I can tell, was last published by Stephanie Winkler more than 5 years ago. Although hardly anything has happened in the real world since then, the relative positions of the books have changed considerably. Moreover this updated version is TWICE as long.
BTW, make sure you only tick the version of "1984" / "Nineteen Eighty-Four" that you have actually read (only joking, but because the two spellings appear separately on the list, Orwell's work might have been higher up the scale).
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
5
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
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The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
7
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
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The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
9
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
10
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
12
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
13
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
14
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
15
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
16
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
17
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
18
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
21
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
22
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
23
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
24
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
25
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
26
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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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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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
30
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
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Chronicles of Narnia Series (C.S. Lewis)
Chronicles of Narnia Series (C.S. Lewis)
33
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
34
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
35
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
36
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
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The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
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The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
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