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List in Translation: The 100 Books of the Century - Page 2

To hopefully increase the number of users (to more than 3), I have translated Marinette1429's list (available at the link). The list, derived from two magazine publishers, including Le Monde, shows only a slight bias toward French works.
For some EXTRA fun, see if you can translate the following works into their English equivalents before referring back to my list (they vary widely in difficulty):
L'Étranger (1)
À la recherche du temps perdu (2)
Les Raisins de la colère (7)
Le Nom de la rose (14)
Le Meilleur des mondes (21)
Les Faux-monnayeurs (30)
Cent ans de solitude (33)
Le Bruit et la Fureur (34)
La Vie mode d'emploi (43)
Gatsby le Magnifique (46)
Six personnages en quête d'auteur (53)
La Guerre des mondes (56)
Sur la route (67)
Le Choix de Sophie (82)
Le Grand Sommeil (96)
Au-dessous du volcan (99)
Les Enfants de minuit (100)
IMHO, the titles sound better in French, even if not originally written in that language.
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Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
42
The Silence of the Sea (Vercors)
The Silence of the Sea (Vercors)
43
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
44
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
45
Under Satan's Sun (Georges Bernanos)
Under Satan's Sun (Georges Bernanos)
46
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
47
The Joke (Milan Kundera)
The Joke (Milan Kundera)
48
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
Contempt (Alberto Moravia)
49
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
50
Nadja (André Breton)
Nadja (André Breton)
51
Aurelien (Louis Aragon)
Aurelien (Louis Aragon)
52
The Satin Slipper; Or, the Worst Is Not the Surest (Paul Claudel)
The Satin Slipper; Or, the Worst Is Not the Surest (Paul Claudel)
53
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
54
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Bertolt Brecht)
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Bertolt Brecht)
55
Friday, Or, the Other Island (Michel Tournier)
Friday, Or, the Other Island (Michel Tournier)
56
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
57
If This Is a Man
If This Is a Man
58
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
59
The Tender Shoot (Colette)
The Tender Shoot (Colette)
60
Capital of Pain (Paul Éluard)
Capital of Pain (Paul Éluard)
61
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden (Jack London)
62
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (Hugo Pratt)
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (Hugo Pratt)
63
Writing Degree Zero (Roland Barthes)
Writing Degree Zero (Roland Barthes)
64
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
65
The Opposing Shore (Julien Gracq)
The Opposing Shore (Julien Gracq)
66
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (Michel Foucault)
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (Michel Foucault)
67
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
68
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Selma Lagerlöf)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Selma Lagerlöf)
69
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
70
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
71
The Ravishing of Lol Stein (Marguerite Duras)
The Ravishing of Lol Stein (Marguerite Duras)
72
The Interrogation (J.M.G. Le Clézio)
The Interrogation (J.M.G. Le Clézio)
73
Tropisms (Nathalie Sarraute)
Tropisms (Nathalie Sarraute)
74
The Journal of Jules Renard (Jules Renard)
The Journal of Jules Renard (Jules Renard)
75
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
76
Écrits (Jacques Lacan)
Écrits (Jacques Lacan)
77
The Theatre and Its Double (Antonin Artaud)
The Theatre and Its Double (Antonin Artaud)
78
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
79
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
80
Moravagine (Blaise Cendrars)
Moravagine (Blaise Cendrars)
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