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Some Great 20th Century Novels: A Personal Selection - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at the century he was born in and lived in for the first 50 years of his life, and comes up with 100 novels that in some way illuminate the period. While some attempt at historical significance and verisimilitude has been made, this list is meant to be personal, and by no means should it be taken as exhaustive or authoritative. Many great books are not here, as our compiler limited himself to 100 novels, and allowed only 1 book per author.
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I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
I Married a Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)
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If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
The Killer Angels (Michael Shaara)
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Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
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The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
50
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
51
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
52
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
Master and Commander (Patrick O'Brian)
53
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiri Weil)
Mendelssohn Is on the Roof (Jiri Weil)
54
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
Midcentury (John Dos Passos)
55
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
56
My Antonia
My Antonia
57
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
58
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
59
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
60
Nova Express (William S. Burroughs)
Nova Express (William S. Burroughs)
61
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
62
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
63
Orlando
Orlando
64
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
65
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
66
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
POP.1280 (Jim Thompson)
67
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
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Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
69
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
Ragtime (E. L. Doctorow)
70
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
71
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road
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Sacre Bleu
Sacre Bleu
73
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
74
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
Scaramouche (Rafael Sabatini)
75
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
76
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
77
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining (Stephen King)
78
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha (Hesse)
79
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Sorrow Floats (Sandlin)
Sorrow Floats (Sandlin)
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