The Big Books of Fall
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Twentieth Century


Twentieth Century Books

The Great Gatsby
1984
Animal Farm
To Kill a Mockingbird
Rebecca
Mrs. Dalloway
Of Mice and Men
The Catcher in the Rye
Brave New World
The Bell Jar
The Handmaid's Tale
Lolita
Fahrenheit 451
The Haunting of Hill House
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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Mrs Tim of the Regiment by D.E. StevensonHenrietta's War by Joyce DennysThe Brontës Went to Woolworths by Rachel FergusonMiss Hargreaves by Frank BakerMrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York by Paul Gallico
The Bloomsbury Group Collection
10 books — 7 voters
Atomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors by Michelle Gringeri-BrownEames by Gloria Koenig20th Century Fashion by Alison A. Nieder101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew FrederickMid-Century Ads by Jim Heimann
Mid Century Modern (nonfiction)
36 books — 3 voters

The Elementals by Michael McDowellThey Return At Evening by H.R. WakefieldSweetheart, Sweetheart by Bernard TaylorThe Amulet by Michael McDowellBurnt Offerings by Robert Marasco
New Editions of Vintage Horror
42 books — 26 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfOrlando by Virginia WoolfA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia Woolf
Best Creative Work by Virginia Woolf
20 books — 40 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Giver by Lois LowryEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienEnchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
20th Century YA and Middle Grade Science Fiction
613 books — 43 voters
Stainer by Iolanthe WoulffRuby by Rosa GuyTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeCittà in fiamme by Garth Risk HallbergPunk Avenue by Phil Marcade
New York City in the Seventies
14 books — 9 voters

Quotes Tagged “Twentieth Century”

Donna Tartt
“ We’d gotten off on the subject of writers―from T.H. White and Tolkien to Edgar Allan Poe, another favorite. “My dad says Poe’s a second-rate writer,” I said. “That he’s the Vincent Price of American Letters. But I don’t think that’s fair.” “No, it isn’t,” said Hobie, seriously pouring himself a cup of tea. “Even if you don’t like Poe―he invented the detective story. And science fiction. In essence, he invented a huge part of the twentieth century. I mean―honestly, I don’t care as much for him as ...more ”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
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A.D. Aliwat
“ Last century we looked out, this one just in. We went to the moon, for Christ’s sake. ”
― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo
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Videos Tagged “Twentieth Century”

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Groups Tagged "Twentieth Century"

Vintage YA: For fans of the classic realistic young adult novels of yesteryear For readers and collectors of YA novels from the 60s, 70s, and 80s (and 90s? Vintage? Ack.) Does…more
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The Patrick Hamilton Appreciation Society A place where readers can come to discuss the life and work of the English writer Patrick Hamilt…more
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