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Best Books of the 20th Century
The best books published during the 20th century (January 1st, 1901 through December 31st 2000)
See also
Most Rated Book By Year
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
Best Fantasy of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Fantasy of the 20th Century
Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Books By Millennium:
1000-1999
Best Books by Century:
21st, 20th,
19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, 15th,14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th,
9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th
Best Books by Decade:
2020–2029, 2010–2019, 2000–2009,
1990–1999, 1980–1989, 1970–1979, 1960–1969, 1950–1959,
1940–1949, 1930–1939, 1920–1929, 1910–1919, 1900–1909,
1890–1899, 1880–1889, 1870–1879, 1860–1869, 1850–1859,
1840–1849, 1830–1839, 1820–1829, 1810–1819, 1800–1809
Lists for all books by Number of Ratings:
10,000 to 15,000, 15,000 to 20,000, 20,000 to 25,000, 25,000 to 30,000,
30,000 to 40,000, 40,000 to 50,000, 50,000 to 60,000, 60,000 to 70,000,
70,000 to 80,000, 80,000 to 89,999, 90,000 to 99,999, 100,000 to 149,999,
150,000 to 199,999, 200,000 to 499,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 1,000,000 and more
See also
Most Rated Book By Year
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
Best Fantasy of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Fantasy of the 20th Century
Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Books By Millennium:
1000-1999
Best Books by Century:
21st, 20th,
19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, 15th,14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th,
9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th
Best Books by Decade:
2020–2029, 2010–2019, 2000–2009,
1990–1999, 1980–1989, 1970–1979, 1960–1969, 1950–1959,
1940–1949, 1930–1939, 1920–1929, 1910–1919, 1900–1909,
1890–1899, 1880–1889, 1870–1879, 1860–1869, 1850–1859,
1840–1849, 1830–1839, 1820–1829, 1810–1819, 1800–1809
Lists for all books by Number of Ratings:
10,000 to 15,000, 15,000 to 20,000, 20,000 to 25,000, 25,000 to 30,000,
30,000 to 40,000, 40,000 to 50,000, 50,000 to 60,000, 60,000 to 70,000,
70,000 to 80,000, 80,000 to 89,999, 90,000 to 99,999, 100,000 to 149,999,
150,000 to 199,999, 200,000 to 499,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 1,000,000 and more
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She’s Come Undone
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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Fight Club
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Catch-22
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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Watchmen
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Mrs. Dalloway
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The Crucible
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1)
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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Steppenwolf
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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The Prophet
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As I Lay Dying
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The Plague
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Goodnight Moon
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Peter Pan
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The Waste Land
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The Thorn Birds
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Matilda
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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A Fine Balance
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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Midnight’s Children
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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Man's Search for Meaning
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Infinite Jest
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The Screwtape Letters
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Dubliners
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His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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The House of the Spirits
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The Cider House Rules
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Tender Is the Night
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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Doctor Zhivago
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The God of Small Things
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Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author)
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The Martian Chronicles
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The Silmarillion
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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It
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Breakfast of Champions
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
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The House of Mirth
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Death of a Salesman
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
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The Jungle
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3.78 avg rating — 152,930 ratings
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The Wind in the Willows
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Interpreter of Maladies
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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My Ántonia
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,100,319 ratings
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The Age of Innocence
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3.97 avg rating — 191,578 ratings
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The English Patient
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3.86 avg rating — 137,944 ratings
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Like Water for Chocolate
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3.95 avg rating — 389,288 ratings
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A Separate Peace
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3.60 avg rating — 230,213 ratings
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A Room of One’s Own
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4.22 avg rating — 250,221 ratings
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
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Ficciones
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A Room with a View
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
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Disgrace
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Brideshead Revisited
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
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James and the Giant Peach
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Gravity’s Rainbow
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I Know This Much Is True
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
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The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
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Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
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Picture of Dorian Gray first published 1891 doesn't belong in 20th century books. 19th centuryOops -- you guys already caught these. Another one -- Bronte.
Similarly, Three Cups of Tea was published in 2006... is there an easy way to delete these? Or should this list take a Braudelian view of the "long 20th century"? ;)
Some of those definitely aren't 20th century
There are a lot of those 19th century books, but now there are also many that are 21st century as well i.e. The Host and the most recent Harry Potter books. Is there any way to delete them?
I was getting all annoyed because they had a couple books that were published after 2000, but then I realized that I had just voted for Pride and Prejudice....I wish that there was a way to delete books that didn't fit the critieria...or maybe if the list was programmed to automatically check the publication date and tell you whether or not you could add it to the list...
Why isn't Celine or Saint Exupéry or Borges on this list? I call bullshit. Or i don't know... Vonnegut?
Um, people? Jane Austen novels and/or Jane Eyre are in NO WAY 20th century novels, whatever thousandth reprinting that they're on right now that happens to have taken place in that century.
It's called the "best books" of the 20th century, so why does everyone seem to be restricting themselves to novels?
There are several books on here that are not from the 20th Century...Jane Austen, The Brontes, and Joyce plus many more...can someone fix this please!
Um, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are not 20th c reads. Come on guys!
Dracula was written on 1897, not in 20th century for sure.
THE KING JAMES BIBLE!?THE BOOK OF MORMON!?
And it's amazing how many votes Pride and Prejudice has gotten - 30!
Several books not written in the 20th century:Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (I think)
Don't get me wrong, these are all great books but they don't belong on this list! Please check dates (or at least use common sense) before adding books to a date-specific list!
you couldn't be more right, throw in Kafka, as well. then the non-20th century books, along with the pop fiction books on the list?
Vonnegut should definetly be on this list.
If you think so, why not add Vonnegut to the list? Seems simpler than complaining about it.
The 20th century seems to have lasted for more than two hundred years. I have to agree with the poster who commented on the lack of nonfiction. What about Backlash by Susan Faludi? Something by John Krakauer or David Sedaris?
Guys. You are aware that you can, you know, add any book you want to this list, right? If you think something belongs on the list yet is not there, ADD IT YOURSELF.
This list appears to be restricting books based on the "published" date for some random (default?) edition, rather than the often-available "first published" date. This would explain why Pride & Prejudice (1813) can make the list, but it doesn't want me to add To the Lighthouse (1927).
Gah!! The books on this list that were not written in the 20th century are hurting my OCD. Is there any way to edit? To remove books from the list that others have added?
where is THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving?
It's there (page 2), but if there's anything you think should be on any list, add it yourself.
oh boy some real chestnuts. C'mon Where's your Henry Miller. He is only the greatest American author of that century. and seriously, what's up with the book of Mormon?
The Book of Mormon? #4? Really guys?It's not even very well written! Despite being published in 1830 (and written, allegedly, mosty in the B.C.E)
Hmmm,,,, No Bellow in first hundred. And you have Harry Potter.Shame.
Ok, this is nuts. There are 19th century books appearing here, and there are 20th century books I can't add because there isn't a 20th century edition in the database.
Though it's a disputed point, the Book of Mormon was written sometime between 2,000 B.C. and 1830 A.D. As beloved and influential as it may be, one thing it isn't is a book of the 20th Century. Putting it on this list just makes you look dumb.Also: Holy Bible.
And another thing, the Lord of the Ring's score is getting killed by the fact that two different versions of the book (as a single epic, and as a trilogy) are appearing on the list.
I presume we're supposed to vote ONLY for the book that we think should occupy #1 spot?That'll be easy, of course -- it's The Book of Mormon. (JOKING!!!!)
I cannot believe Sometimes A Great Notion, Ken Kesey, is not in the top 100. I didnt even see it in the top 200.
apoyen a Proust!!!!!!lets stand for proust!!!!
aller Marcel, il est fantastique
An interesting assortment of books. One I could refer to for future reference.
Henry James is missing, sorely. Too much JK Rowling and CS Lewis.
The Tin Drum must be among the top 100...BB
It speaks to my heart and soul. It reaffirms that good can win out over evils. I have read it over 120 times since Thanksgiving, 1970.And people... please remember, it is actually one book, not three, an a trilogy; that aspect was a business/publishing choice not a creative (the author's) choice.
Sometimes a Great Notion is a Masterpiece.The Harry Potter books are entertaining enough, but hardly in the same league.
That's what I get for being a bookworm, I guess. Zero friends! Maybe I should wash more often.
I'm not really thrilled that the Harry Potter books made this list....they really don't belong here !What about : The Red Tent by Diamont ??
: The Celestine Prophies ??
: The Kite Runner ??
: A Thousand Splendid Suns ??
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Seems like the Lord of the Rings series shouldn't be listed as a separate option with each of the 3 books also on the list.
Did I miss something? I didn't see Le Miserables on the list???
If something isn't on the list anywhere that you think should be, add it. That's the point.
_Les misérables_ was published in the 19th Century.
Les Miserables was on the list, and was removed for the reason Gary states. If it's put back on, it will be removed again.
I saw so many of my all time favorites! Mists of Avelon, Rebecca, Diary of Anne Frank, James and the Giant Peach even The Witching Hour! WOW! I guess as much as I read I consider something really great if after a couple of years and thousands of books later I still remember it then its pretty good.
Did I miss Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture?Pretty big book of the 90's...it, ya know, coined the name ofr an entire generation...
There's a lot of books on this list, I could have missed it.
The Harry Potter books enticed countless numbers of kids, who would never normally pick up a book when they could be playing a video game, to read. In my opinion, any book or series of books, that can do this deserves to be this list.
Paula, it's the 21st century. The Kite Runner and it's sequel were released in THIS century, not eight years ago. I AM annoyed by The Pillars of the Earth, though.
I would like to vote for The Kite Runner
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None of those are 20th century.