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The 20th Century in 200 Books - Page 5

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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If This Is a Man • the Truce (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man • the Truce (Primo Levi)
162
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
163
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
164
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
The Complete Maus (Art Speigelman)
165
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War (Svetlana Alexievich)
166
Women, Race & Class (Angela Y. Davis)
Women, Race & Class (Angela Y. Davis)
167
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
168
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
169
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie: Three Novels (Ágota Kristóf)
170
This Earth of Mankind (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
This Earth of Mankind (Pramoedya Ananta Toer)
171
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
Watchmen (Alan Moore)
172
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
173
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's List (Thomas Keneally)
174
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
175
Samarkand (Amin Maalouf)
Samarkand (Amin Maalouf)
176
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
177
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
178
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
179
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking)
180
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
181
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
Stone Butch Blues (Leslie Feinberg)
182
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
183
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
The Green Mile (Stephen King)
184
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
185
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
Autobiography of Red (Anne Carson)
186
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
187
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
188
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
Wild Swans (Jung Chang)
189
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)
190
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett)
191
Preludes & Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman)
Preludes & Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman)
192
Wit (Margaret Edson)
Wit (Margaret Edson)
193
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
The Discovery of Heaven (Harry Mulisch)
194
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
195
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
196
Pereira Declares: A Testimony (Antonio Tabucchi)
Pereira Declares: A Testimony (Antonio Tabucchi)
197
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
198
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness (José Saramago)
199
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
In the Time of the Butterflies (Julia Alvarez)
200
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolaño)
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