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Top 100 English Language Novels of the 20th Century (Madison Public Library)

There are not many surprises in the top half (so build up your points there), but many unexpected choices in the second 50.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
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The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
3
1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
4
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
5
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
7
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
8
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
9
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
10
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
11
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
12
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
13
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
14
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
15
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
16
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
17
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
18
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
19
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
20
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
21
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
22
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkein)
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkein)
23
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
24
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
25
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
26
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
27
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
28
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
29
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
30
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
31
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Capricorn (Henry Miller)
32
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
33
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
34
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
35
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
36
Deliverance (James Dickey)
Deliverance (James Dickey)
37
Howard's End (E.M. Forster)
Howard's End (E.M. Forster)
38
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
39
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
40
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
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