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Larry McCaffery's 20th Century's Greatest Literary Hits - Page 2

The following list was inspired by the list of the "100 Greatest English Language Novels" that was compiled and released in 1998 by the editors of the Modern Library. I say "inspired," although I deplored the specific contents of the Modern Library list, which struck me as being way, way out of touch with the nature and significance of 20th century fiction. Just to cite the most obvious way to determine just how far apart my own evaluations are from those of the Modern Library editors, I'll note here that my own list includes five "Top 10" works that were not included in the Modern Library list at all–i.e., GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, THE PUBLIC BURNING, Beckett's TRILOGY, Stein's THE MAKING OF AMERICANS, and Burrough's NOVA TRILOGY. But let's dispense with any further remarks about the ludicrousness of the Modern Library List, or self-congratulatory remarks my own list is, and cut to the chase:
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer
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Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero (William Gibson)
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Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
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Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
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Lookout Cartridge (Joseph McElroy)
Lookout Cartridge (Joseph McElroy)
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Crash
Crash
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor
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Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (Paul Metcaf)
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (Paul Metcaf)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
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Double or Nothing (Raymond Federman)
Double or Nothing (Raymond Federman)
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At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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The Cannibal
The Cannibal
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
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Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
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Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra (Don Delillo)
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Wise Blood
Wise Blood
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Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
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U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
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The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
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The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
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Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
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Dubliners
Dubliners
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Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane (Jean Toomer)
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The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
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Ridley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Ridley Walker (Russell Hoban)
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Go in Beauty (William Eastlake)
Go in Beauty (William Eastlake)
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The Bronc People (William Eastlake)
The Bronc People (William Eastlake)
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Portrait of the Artist With 26 Horses (William Eastlake)
Portrait of the Artist With 26 Horses (William Eastlake)
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The Franchiser (Stanley Elkin)
The Franchiser (Stanley Elkin)
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New York Trilogy
New York Trilogy
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Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
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Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
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