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Koen Book Distributors' Top 100 Books of the Past Century - Page 2

To quote thegreatestbooks.org: "this list represents a different viewpoint--that of the booksellers themselves. Compiled from the responses of over 150 Koen Book Distributors customers, the following titles represent the very best in modern literature".
A well-rounded list of books - mostly novels with a few important non-fiction works. The books are listed in descending rank order.
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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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The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars (David Guterson)
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Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
50
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (James McBride)
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (James McBride)
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The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
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The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
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Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
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A Room With a View (E. M. Forster)
A Room With a View (E. M. Forster)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
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White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise (Don Delillo)
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A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
A Thousand Acres (Jane Smiley)
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The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
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Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
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Ellen Foster (Kaye Gibbons)
Ellen Foster (Kaye Gibbons)
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Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Burns)
Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Burns)
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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War and Remembrance (Herman Wouk)
War and Remembrance (Herman Wouk)
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Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
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Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial (James A. Michener)
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Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
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The Road From Coorain (Jill Ker Conway)
The Road From Coorain (Jill Ker Conway)
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Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula (Toni Morrison)
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The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand (Stephen King)
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Time and Again (Jack Finney)
Time and Again (Jack Finney)
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