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The 20th Century in 200 Books

An attempt of mine to measure literary/cultural impact of 20th century works through a combination of average rating and number of ratings, as determined by information provided by my Goodreads' library. One book per author (might've fudged that), roughly ordered by decade, each decade getting twenty works a piece (so, list items 1-20 published 1900-1909, 21-40 published 1910-1919, etc (hopefully)). Some of these works I heartily dislike, others definitely veer more towards the cultural impact than the literary, and the whole endeavor is horrendously biased in many a way, but the idea was to let the numbers do (most of) the talking, and talk they certainly did.
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Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
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The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
The Story of My Life (Helen Keller)
3
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk (W. E. B. Du Bois)
4
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
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The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
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White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang (Jack London)
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The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
The Book of Tea (Kakuzo Okakura)
8
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
9
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux)
10
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
12
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
The Immoralist (Andre Gide)
13
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
14
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
15
The Last Leaf (O. Henry)
The Last Leaf (O. Henry)
16
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
Jakob Von Gunten (Robert Walser)
17
Three Lives (Gertrude Stein)
Three Lives (Gertrude Stein)
18
Gunnar's Daughter (Sigrid Undset)
Gunnar's Daughter (Sigrid Undset)
19
The Duel (Joseph Conrad)
The Duel (Joseph Conrad)
20
The Seven Who Were Hanged (Leonid Andreyev)
The Seven Who Were Hanged (Leonid Andreyev)
21
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
22
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
23
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
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Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
25
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
26
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
27
The Book of Wonder (Lord Dunsany)
The Book of Wonder (Lord Dunsany)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
29
Herland (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
Herland (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
30
The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France)
The Revolt of the Angels (Anatole France)
31
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
32
Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
Night and Day (Virginia Woolf)
33
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
34
Platero and I (Juan Ramón Jiménez)
Platero and I (Juan Ramón Jiménez)
35
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse)
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke, Trans. Michel Hulse)
36
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm)
37
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
Petersburg (Andrei Bely)
38
The War Poems (Siegfried Sassoon)
The War Poems (Siegfried Sassoon)
39
The Getting of Wisdom (Henry Handel Richardson)
The Getting of Wisdom (Henry Handel Richardson)
40
Locus Solus (Raymond Roussel)
Locus Solus (Raymond Roussel)
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