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Osservatori Esterni's Best Books of the 1900s

"If you are short of ideas and you wander around the bookstores with a sleepwalker air, we offer you this ranking with the best books published in every decade of the 1900s. A list with the titles to read and with the most important authors of the last century, with many of the most beautiful masterpieces of all time"
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84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
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Absolute Beginners (Colin Macinnes)
Absolute Beginners
Colin Macinnes
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Age of Iron (J.M. Coetzee)
Age of Iron
J.M. Coetzee
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Alberta and Jacob (Cora Sandel)
Alberta and Jacob
Cora Sandel
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All About H. Hatterr (G.V. Desani)
All About H. Hatterr
G.V. Desani
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All the Names (Jose Saramago)
All the Names
Jose Saramago
9
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy
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All Souls (Javier Marías)
All Souls
Javier Marías
11
Almost Transparent (Ryu Murakami)
Almost Transparent
Ryu Murakami
12
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
Henry James
13
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
Philip Roth
14
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
15
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro)
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro
16
An Instant in the Wind (Andre Brink)
An Instant in the Wind
Andre Brink
17
And the Ass Saw the Angel (Nick Cave)
And the Ass Saw the Angel
Nick Cave
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl (Uwe Johnson)
Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl
Uwe Johnson
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The Annotated Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien)
The Annotated Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
21
The Apes of God (Wyndham Lewis)
The Apes of God
Wyndham Lewis
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Arturo's Island (Elsa Morante)
Arturo's Island
Elsa Morante
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At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
H.P. Lovecraft
24
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein
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Auto-Da-Fé (Elias Canetti)
Auto-Da-Fé
Elias Canetti
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Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Autumn of the Patriarch
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
27
Back (Henry Green)
Back
Henry Green
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Baltasar and Blimunda (Jose Saramago)
Baltasar and Blimunda
Jose Saramago
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Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler
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Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Bestiary (Julio Cortázar)
Bestiary
Julio Cortázar
32
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
33
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy
34
Black Dogs (Ian McEwan)
Black Dogs
Ian McEwan
35
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
José Saramago
36
Blindness (Henry Green)
Blindness
Henry Green
37
The Blue Angel (Heinrich Mann)
The Blue Angel
Heinrich Mann
38
The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
39
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan
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The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
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