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The 20th Century in 200 Books - Page 3

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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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
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The Pianist (Władysław Szpilman)
The Pianist (Władysław Szpilman)
83
The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
The World of Yesterday (Stefan Zweig)
84
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T. S. Eliot)
85
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
86
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
87
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
The Egyptian (Mika Waltari)
88
Pavilion of Women (Pearl S. Buck)
Pavilion of Women (Pearl S. Buck)
89
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
90
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
West With the Night (Beryl Markham)
91
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
92
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
93
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
94
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
95
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
The Berlin Stories (Christopher Isherwood)
96
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
97
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
98
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
99
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers (Sandor Marai)
100
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
101
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
102
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (Pablo Neruda)
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (Pablo Neruda)
103
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
104
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
105
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night (Elie Wiesel)
106
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
107
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
108
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
109
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
110
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
111
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings (Octavio Paz)
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings (Octavio Paz)
112
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
113
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
Twelve Angry Men (Reginald Rose)
114
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
115
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
116
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Páramo (Juan Rulfo)
117
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
118
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall (Albert Camus)
119
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard (Giuseppe Di Lampedusa)
120
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
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