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Part ONE: Our Readable Century - A Compendium of Memorable Books

Part ONE (Part TWO also online at https://www.listchallenges.com/our-readable-century-part2 OR checkout my published lists)
Literary publication January Magazine polled their favourite authors, editors & contributors for their favourite works of 20th century fiction & non-fiction. It was keen 'on taking the emotional pulse of our respondents, trying to determine which volumes had struck personal chords or somehow influenced the behaviour of these ardent readers'. Also check out the website: most participants give reasons for their choices.
This is a much richer version of the list presented on thegreatestbooks.org. In this part, fiction is in Slots 1-67 & non-fiction in Slots 68-79.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet
2
Lawrence Durrell
All of Us: The Collected Poems (Raymond Carver)
All of Us: The Collected Poems
3
Raymond Carver
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
4
Erich Maria Remarque
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
American Appetites
5
Joyce Carol Oates
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
6
Theodore Dreiser
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
Autobiographies by W. B. Yeats
7
The Bat-Poet (Randall Jarrell)
The Bat-Poet
8
Randall Jarrell
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
9
Toni Morrison
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
10
Lorrie Moore
Captains and the Kings (Taylor Caldwell)
Captains and the Kings
11
Taylor Caldwell
Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial
12
James A. Michener
Charlotte's Web (E B White)
Charlotte's Web
13
E B White
The Collected Plays of W. B. Yeats
The Collected Plays of W. B. Yeats
14
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
15
W.B. Yeats
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova)
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
16
Anna Akhmatova
Crash (J.G. Ballard)
Crash
17
J.G. Ballard
A Dark-Adapted Eye (Barbara Vine)
A Dark-Adapted Eye
18
Barbara Vine
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon
19
Death in Silver (Kenneth Robeson)
Death in Silver
20
Kenneth Robeson
Dinner Along the Amazon (Timothy Findley)
Dinner Along the Amazon
21
Timothy Findley
The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
The Diviners
22
Margaret Laurence
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
23
George Orwell
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
24
The German Lesson (Siegfried Lenz)
The German Lesson
25
Siegfried Lenz
The Good Soldier Švejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Švejk
26
Jaroslav Hašek
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
28
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Crockett Johnson)
Harold and the Purple Crayon
29
Crockett Johnson
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Independence Day
30
Richard Ford
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
31
Denis Johnson
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
32
Hubert Selby Jr.
Lilith (J.R. Salamanca)
Lilith
33
J.R. Salamanca
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
34
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Lonely Crusade (Chester Himes)
Lonely Crusade
35
Chester Himes
Macunaíma (Mário De Andrade)
Macunaíma
36
Mário De Andrade
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
37
Dashiell Hammett
A Man in Full (Tom Wolfe)
A Man in Full
38
Tom Wolfe
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
39
Ernest Hemingway
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
40
Richard Wright
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