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The 20th Century in 200 Books - Page 4

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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The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
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Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
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The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
125
Stoner (John Williams)
Stoner (John Williams)
126
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
127
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
The Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
128
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
129
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
130
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
131
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
132
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann in Jerusalem (Hannah Arendt)
133
100 Selected Poems
100 Selected Poems
134
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
135
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino)
136
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
137
Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K. Massie)
Nicholas and Alexandra (Robert K. Massie)
138
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
The Alexandria Quartet (Lawrence Durrell)
139
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
140
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
141
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots (Alex Haley)
142
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
143
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
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Archipelag Gułag. 1918-1956 (Aleksander Sołżenicyn)
Archipelag Gułag. 1918-1956 (Aleksander Sołżenicyn)
145
Open Veins of Latin America (Eduardo Galeano)
Open Veins of Latin America (Eduardo Galeano)
146
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
147
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
148
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
149
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
150
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
151
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
152
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
153
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
154
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal Saadawi)
155
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
156
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
157
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
158
Too Loud a Solitude (Bohumil Hrabal)
Too Loud a Solitude (Bohumil Hrabal)
159
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré)
160
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
The Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
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