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Added by Xanadon't on 1 Oct 2010 09:44
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My favorite 20th century books

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The Sun Also Rises
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The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
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High Fidelity
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High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
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Franny and Zooey
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Franny and Zooey - J. D. Salinger
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Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics)
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Another Country (Penguin Modern Classics) - James Baldwin
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams
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In the Lake of the Woods
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In the Lake of the Woods - Tim O'Brien
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The Stranger
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The Stranger - Albert Camus
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Catch-22
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Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories - Raymond Carver
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Chilly Scenes of Winter (Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback))
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Chilly Scenes of Winter (Vintage Contemporaries (Paperback))... - Ann Beattie
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction... - J.D. Salinger
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The Power of One: A Novel
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The Power of One: A Novel - Bryce Courtenay
1984
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1984 - George Orwell
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Song of Solomon (Oprah's Book Club)
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Song of Solomon (Oprah's Book Club) - Toni Morrison
The Night of the Iguana
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The Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams
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Giovanni's Room
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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
The Great Gatsby (Scribner Classic)
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The Great Gatsby (Scribner Classic) - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Things They Carried
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The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
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The Painted Bird
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The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski
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M. Butterfly: With an Afterword by the Playwright
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M. Butterfly: With an Afterword by the Playwright... - David Henry Hwang
Jailbird
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Jailbird - Kurt Vonnegut
A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup)
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A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup) - Roddy Doyle
Tomcat in Love
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Tomcat in Love - Tim O'Brien
The Importance of Being Earnest (Penguin Popular Classics)
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Penguin Popular Classics)... - Oscar Wilde
How to Be Good
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How to Be Good - Nick Hornby
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The Chosen
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The Chosen - Chaim Potok
As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text
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As I Lay Dying: The Corrected Text - William Faulkner
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subUrbia
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subUrbia - Eric Bogosian
Despair
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Despair - Vladimir Nabokov
Things Fall Apart
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Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
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These are the ones that really matter to me in one way or another. I've read most of these twice or more. No particular order, really, except in the case of the same author appearing twice, with my favorite work listed first.

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