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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 (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
William Gibson
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Count Zero (William Gibson)
Count Zero
William Gibson
43
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
Mona Lisa Overdrive
William Gibson
44
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
45
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
46
Lookout Cartridge (Joseph McElroy)
Lookout Cartridge
Joseph McElroy
47
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
J.G. Ballard
48
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
49
The Sot-Weed Factor (John Barth)
The Sot-Weed Factor
John Barth
50
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders (Paul Metcaf)
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders
Paul Metcaf
51
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
52
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
53
Double or Nothing (Raymond Federman)
Double or Nothing
Raymond Federman
54
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
55
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
56
The Cannibal
The Cannibal
57
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
58
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West
59
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
60
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
61
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
62
Libra (Don Delillo)
Libra
Don Delillo
63
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
Flannery O'Connor
64
Always Coming Home (Ursula K. Le Guin)
Always Coming Home
Ursula K. Le Guin
65
U.S.A. Trilogy (John Dos Passos)
U.S.A. Trilogy
John Dos Passos
66
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing
67
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
68
Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett
69
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
70
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
71
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
Jean Toomer
72
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
73
Ridley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Ridley Walker
Russell Hoban
74
Go in Beauty (William Eastlake)
Go in Beauty
William Eastlake
75
The Bronc People (William Eastlake)
The Bronc People
William Eastlake
76
Portrait of the Artist With 26 Horses (William Eastlake)
Portrait of the Artist With 26 Horses
William Eastlake
77
The Franchiser (Stanley Elkin)
The Franchiser
Stanley Elkin
78
New York Trilogy
New York Trilogy
79
Skinny Legs and All (Tom Robbins)
Skinny Legs and All
Tom Robbins
80
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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