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Part TWO: Our Readable Century - A Compendium of Memorable Books - Page 3

Part TWO (Part ONE also online at "https://www.listchallenges.com/our-readable-century-a-compendium-of-memorable" 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'. I recommend checking out the website as most participants give reasons for their choices.
Give yourself an extra point if you have read all of the 'Berlin Noir' trilogy (March Violets, German Requiem & The Pale Criminal) or Snopes (The Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion).
This is a much richer version of the list presented on thegreatestbooks.org. In this part, fiction is in Slots 1-95 & non-fiction in Slots 96-120.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
81
Milan Kundera
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
82
Malcolm Lowry
The Underground Man (Ross MacDonald)
The Underground Man
83
Ross MacDonald
Valis (Philip K. Dick)
Valis
84
Philip K. Dick
The Valley of Fear (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Valley of Fear
85
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
White Noise (Don Delillo)
White Noise
86
Don Delillo
Zen in the Art of Archery (Eugen Herrigel)
Zen in the Art of Archery
87
Eugen Herrigel
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
88
William Faulkner
The Town (William Faulkner)
The Town
89
William Faulkner
The Mansion (William Faulkner)
The Mansion
90
William Faulkner
The Snopes Trilogy (William Faulkner)
The Snopes Trilogy
91
William Faulkner
March Violets
March Violets
92
The Pale Criminal
The Pale Criminal
93
A German Requiem
A German Requiem
94
Berlin Noir
Berlin Noir
95
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
96
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
American Musicians II (Whitney Balliett)
American Musicians II
97
Whitney Balliett
The Barbary Coast (Herbert Asbury)
The Barbary Coast
98
Herbert Asbury
The Civil War: A Narrative
The Civil War: A Narrative
99
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
100
Sigmund Freud
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
101
Michael Herr
The Crack-Up (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Crack-Up
102
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Earthly Paradise (Colette)
Earthly Paradise
103
Colette
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
104
Hunter S. Thompson
The Great Bridge
The Great Bridge
105
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu (Loren Eiseley)
The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Natu
106
Loren Eiseley
An Interrupted Life (Etty Hillesum)
An Interrupted Life
107
Etty Hillesum
Language, Thought, and Reality (Benjamin Lee Whorf)
Language, Thought, and Reality
108
Benjamin Lee Whorf
Lyrical and Critical Essays (Albert Camus)
Lyrical and Critical Essays
109
Albert Camus
Man Against Himself (Karl A. Menninger)
Man Against Himself
110
Karl A. Menninger
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (C. G. Jung)
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
111
C. G. Jung
Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback
112
My Life and Hard Times (James Thurber)
My Life and Hard Times
113
James Thurber
Photographs (Eudora Welty)
Photographs
114
Eudora Welty
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (Sigmund Freud)
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
115
Sigmund Freud
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
116
Virginia Woolf
Shot in the Heart (Mikal Gilmore)
Shot in the Heart
117
Mikal Gilmore
Truman (David McCullough)
Truman
118
David McCullough
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography (Sam Tanenhaus)
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography
119
Sam Tanenhaus
The Lives of a Cell (Lewis Thomas)
The Lives of a Cell
120
Lewis Thomas
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