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Lesser-Known Classics of the Twentieth Century

These are all books that were well-written and well-received in their time, but are gradually being forgotten today. Some won awards, some had movies based on them. If you haven't already read them, they are well worth searching for.
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A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
1
Nevil Shute
Five Smooth Stones
Five Smooth Stones
2
The Good Earth
The Good Earth
3
A Many-Splendored Thing
A Many-Splendored Thing
4
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
5
Ayn Rand
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
6
Lawrence Durrell
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
7
Dragon Seed
Dragon Seed
8
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
9
Ayn Rand
The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose
10
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Joan Lindsay)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
11
Joan Lindsay
The Nine Tailors (Dorothy L. Sayers)
The Nine Tailors
12
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time
13
Josephine Tey
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
14
That Man Cartwright
That Man Cartwright
15
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
16
Leon Uris
Shoes of the Fisherman
Shoes of the Fisherman
17
The Robe
The Robe
18
QB VII
QB VII
19
The Far Pavilions (M. M. Kaye)
The Far Pavilions
20
M. M. Kaye
Tiger in the Smoke
Tiger in the Smoke
21
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
22
John Wyndham
To Serve Them All My Days
To Serve Them All My Days
23
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
24
James Hilton
Brat Farrar
Brat Farrar
25
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