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Image Journal's Top 100 Books of the 20th Century

Published January 2, 2000 by Image Journal
""We hope that the following list offers but a glimpse of that wealth of talent this past century has seen — talent exhibited both by those who laid the groundwork for the great works now being written and by those whose compelling narratives and lyrics are helping to bring us into the twenty-first century with a renewed hope in the marriage of religion and art." ~ Image
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Collected Poems (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems
1
W.H. Auden
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
Diary of a Country Priest
2
Georges Bernanos
Sabbaths (Wendell Berry)
Sabbaths
3
Wendell Berry
77 Dream Songs (John Berryman)
77 Dream Songs
4
John Berryman
Souls Raised From the Dead (Doris Betts)
Souls Raised From the Dead
5
Doris Betts
The Woman Who Was Poor (Leon Bloy)
The Woman Who Was Poor
6
Leon Bloy
The Stories of Heinrich Boll (Heinrich Boll)
The Stories of Heinrich Boll
7
Heinrich Boll
A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)
A Man for All Seasons
8
Robert Bolt
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
9
Ray Bradbury
The Collected Poems of George MacKay Brown (George MacKay Brown)
The Collected Poems of George MacKay Brown
10
George MacKay Brown
Godric
Godric
11
Recovered Body (Scott Cairns)
Recovered Body
12
Scott Cairns
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
13
Willa Cather
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
14
G.K. Chesterton
The Satin Slipper; Or, the Worst Is Not the Surest (Paul Claudel)
The Satin Slipper; Or, the Worst Is Not the Surest
15
Paul Claudel
Many Things Have Happened Since He Died (Elizabeth Vaughn)
Many Things Have Happened Since He Died
16
Elizabeth Vaughn
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
17
Annie Dillard
The Stories of Andre Dubus (Andre Dubus)
The Stories of Andre Dubus
18
Andre Dubus
Four Quartets
Four Quartets
19
The Sin Eater (Alice Thomas Ellis)
The Sin Eater
20
Alice Thomas Ellis
Shusaku Endo Silence
Shusaku Endo Silence
21
Collected Poems (William Everson)
Collected Poems
22
William Everson
The Trip to Bountiful (Horton Foote)
The Trip to Bountiful
23
Horton Foote
The Lady's Not for Burning (Christopher Fry)
The Lady's Not for Burning
24
Christopher Fry
Saints and Villains (Denise Giardina)
Saints and Villains
25
Denise Giardina
The Cypresses Believe in God (Jose Maria Gironella)
The Cypresses Believe in God
26
Jose Maria Gironella
Diary (Julien Green)
Diary
27
Julien Green
Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
Power and the Glory
28
Graham Greene
Virgin Time (Patricia Hampl)
Virgin Time
29
Patricia Hampl
Mariette in Ecstasy (Ron Hansen)
Mariette in Ecstasy
30
Ron Hansen
A Soldier of the Great War (Mark Helprin)
A Soldier of the Great War
31
Mark Helprin
Mr. Ives' Christmas (Oscar Hijuelos)
Mr. Ives' Christmas
32
Oscar Hijuelos
The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy (Geoffrey Hill)
The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy
33
Geoffrey Hill
Earthly Measures
Earthly Measures
34
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History (Paul Horgan)
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History
35
Paul Horgan
The Never-Ending (Andrew Hudgins)
The Never-Ending
36
Andrew Hudgins
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
37
John Irving
In the Crevice of Time (Josephine Jacobsen)
In the Crevice of Time
38
Josephine Jacobsen
Questions for Ecclesiastes (Mark Jarman)
Questions for Ecclesiastes
39
Mark Jarman
Selected Poems (Elizabeth Jennings)
Selected Poems
40
Elizabeth Jennings
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