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Modern Libary's Top 100 Books (this century)
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Book
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Author
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Year
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1
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Ulysses
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James Joyce
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1922
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2
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The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1925
| X
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3
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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James Joyce
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1916
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4
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Lolita
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Vladimir Nabokov
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1958
| X
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5
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Brave New World
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Aldous Huxley
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1932
| X
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6
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The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner
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1924
| X
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7
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Catch-22
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Joseph Heller
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1961
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8
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Darkness at Noon
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Arthur Koestler
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1940
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9
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Sons and Lovers
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D.H. Lawrence
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1913
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10
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The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck
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1939
| X
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11
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Under the Volcano
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Malcolm Lowry
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1947
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12
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The Way of All Flesh
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Samuel Butler
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1903
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13
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1984
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George Orwell
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1949
| X
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14
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I Claudius
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Robert Graves
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1934
| X
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15
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To the Lighthouse
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Virginia Woolf
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1927
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16
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An American Tragedy
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Theodore Dreiser
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1925
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17
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
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1940
| X
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18
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
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1969
| X
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19
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Invisible Man
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Ralph Ellison
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1952
| X
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20
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Native Son
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Richard Wright
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1940
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21
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Henderson the Rain King
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Saul Bellow
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1959
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22
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Appointment in Samarra
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John O'Hara
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1934
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23
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USA (trilogy)
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John Dos Passos
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1930
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24
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Winesburg Ohio
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Sherwood Anderson
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1919
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25
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A Passage to India
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E.M. Forster
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1924
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26
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The Wings of the Dove
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Henry James
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1902
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27
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The Ambassadors
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Henry James
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1903
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28
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Tender is the Night
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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1934
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29
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Studs Lonigan Trilogy
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James T. Farrell
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1932
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30
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The Good Soldier
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Ford Madox Ford
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1915
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31
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Animal Farm
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George Orwell
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1945
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32
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The Golden Bowl
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Henry James
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1904
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33
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Sister Carrie
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Theodore Dreiser
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1960
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34
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A Handful of Dust
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Evelyn Waugh
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1934
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35
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As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
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1930
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36
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All the King's Men
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Robert Penn Warren
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1946
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37
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Thornton Wilder
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1927
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38
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Howards End
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E.M. Forster
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1910
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39
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
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James Baldwin
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1953
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40
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The Heart of the Matter
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Graham Greene
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1948
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41
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Lord of the Flies
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William Golding
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1954
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42
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Deliverance
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James Dickey
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1970
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43
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A Dance to the Music of Time
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Anthony Powell
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1951
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44
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Point Counter Point
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Aldous Huxley
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1928
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45
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The Sun Also Rises
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Ernest Hemingway
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1926
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46
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The Secret Agent
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Joseph Conrad
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1907
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47
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Nostromo
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Joseph Conrad
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1904
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48
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The Rainbow
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D.H. Lawrence
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1915
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49
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Women in Love
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D.H. Lawrence
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1921
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50
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Tropic of Cancer
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Henry Miller
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1934
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51
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The Naked and the Dead
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Norman Mailer
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1948
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52
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Portnoy's Complaint
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Philip Roth
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1969
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53
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Pale Fire
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Vladimir Nabokov
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1962
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54
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Light in August
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William Faulkner
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1932
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55
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On the Road
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Jack Kerouac
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1957
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56
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The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett
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1930
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57
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Parade's End
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Ford Madox Ford
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1924
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58
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The Age of Innocence
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Edith Wharton
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1920
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59
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Zuleika Dobson
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Max Beerbohm
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1911
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60
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The Moviegoer
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Walker Percy
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1961
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61
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
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Willa Cather
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1927
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62
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From Here to Eternity
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James Jones
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1951
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63
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The Wapshot Chronicle
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John Cheever
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1957
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64
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The Catcher in the Rye
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J.D. Salinger
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1951
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65
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A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess
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1962
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66
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Of Human Bondage
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W. Somerset Maugham
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1915
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67
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Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
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1902
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68
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Main Street
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Sinclair Lewis
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1920
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69
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The House of Mirth
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Edith Wharton
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1905
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70
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The Alexandria Quartet
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Lawrence Durrell
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1957
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71
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A High Wind in Jamaica
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Richard Hughes
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1929
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72
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A House for Mr. Biswas
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V.S. Naipaul
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1961
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73
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The Day of the Locust
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Nathanael West
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1939
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74
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A Farewell to Arms
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Ernest Hemingway
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1929
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75
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Scoop
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Evelyn Waugh
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1938
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76
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Muriel Spark
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1961
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77
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Finnegans Wake
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James Joyce
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1939
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78
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Kim
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Rudyard Kipling
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1901
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79
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A Room with a View
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E.M. Forster
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1908
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80
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Brideshead Revisited
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Evelyn Waugh
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1945
| X
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81
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The Adventures of Augie March
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Saul Bellow
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1953
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82
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Angle of Repose
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Wallace Stegner
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1971
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83
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A Bend in the River
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V.S. Naipaul
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1979
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84
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The Death of the Heart
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Elizabeth Bowen
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1938
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85
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Lord Jim
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Joseph Conrad
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1900
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86
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Ragtime
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E.L. Doctorow
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1975
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87
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The Old Wives' Tale
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Arnold Bennett
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1908
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88
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The Call of the Wild
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Jack London
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1903
| X
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89
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Loving
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Henry Green
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1945
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90
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Midnight's Children
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Salman Rushdie
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1981
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91
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Tobacco Road
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Erskine Caldwell
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1932
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92
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Ironweed
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William Kennedy
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1987
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93
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The Magus
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John Fowles
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1966
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94
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The Wide Sargasso Sea
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Jean Rhys
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1966
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95
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Under the Net
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Iris Murdoch
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1954
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96
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Sophie's Choice
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William Styron
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1979
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97
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The Sheltering Sky
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Paul Bowles
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1948
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98
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
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James M. Cain
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1934
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99
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The Ginger Man
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J.P. Donleavy
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1955
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100
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The Magnificent Ambersons
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Booth Tarkington
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1918
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