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Ten Books to Read for Each Decade of the 20th Century

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Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
1
Joseph Conrad
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
2
Thomas Mann
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
3
Jack London
The Sea Wolf (Jack London)
The Sea Wolf
4
Jack London
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
5
Edith Wharton
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
6
Jack London
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
7
Upton Sinclair
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
8
Joseph Conrad
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
9
E.M. Forster
The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)
The Man Who Was Thursday
10
G.K. Chesterton
Howard's End (E.M. Forster)
Howard's End
11
E.M. Forster
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
12
Edith Wharton
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
13
Thomas Mann
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
14
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
15
Marcel Proust
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
16
James Joyce
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
17
Franz Kafka
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
18
W. Somerset Maugham
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
19
James Joyce
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
20
Sherwood Anderson
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
21
Edith Wharton
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
22
Sinclair Lewis
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
23
James Joyce
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
24
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
25
Franz Kafka
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
26
Ernest Hemingway
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
27
Hermann Hesse
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
28
Erich Maria Remarque
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
29
William Faulkner
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
30
Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
31
William Faulkner
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
32
Pearl S. Buck
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
33
Aldous Huxley
I, Claudius (Robert Graves)
I, Claudius
34
Robert Graves
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
35
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
36
Margaret Mitchell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
37
John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
38
John Steinbeck
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
39
Agatha Christie
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
40
Raymond Chandler
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