Wordsmith's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century

Listopia > Wordsmith's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (37 Books)

1	The Loser by Thomas Bernhard 4.02 avg rating — 13,601 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,982,479 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,942,695 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.94 avg rating — 552,836 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,645,216 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4.23 avg rating — 332,967 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Cider House Rules by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 197,495 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 121,040 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 4.09 avg rating — 67,131 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Exodus by Leon Uris 4.34 avg rating — 101,619 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Chosen (Reuven Malter, #1) by Chaim Potok 4.08 avg rating — 99,168 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	White Noise by Don DeLillo 3.86 avg rating — 129,039 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 3.88 avg rating — 153,587 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth 3.70 avg rating — 74,660 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow 3.90 avg rating — 47,157 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 3.93 avg rating — 88,137 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) by Astrid Lindgren 4.15 avg rating — 210,644 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 4.23 avg rating — 150,125 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 69,436 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor 3.82 avg rating — 38,459 ratings Wordsmith added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe 3.91 avg rating — 15,912 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Underworld by Don DeLillo 3.95 avg rating — 34,262 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 3.95 avg rating — 26,633 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Mila 18 by Leon Uris 4.32 avg rating — 26,668 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1) by James Ellroy 3.79 avg rating — 99,290 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty 3.52 avg rating — 15,784 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth 4.27 avg rating — 147,392 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein 4.26 avg rating — 15,920 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Weave World by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 34,425 ratings Wordsmith added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers 3.81 avg rating — 20,543 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Them (Wonderland Quartet, #3) by Joyce Carol Oates 3.71 avg rating — 3,756 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Animal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell 4.30 avg rating — 218,894 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Time Machine / The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 4.10 avg rating — 56,619 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu 4.29 avg rating — 185,004 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works by Flannery O'Connor 4.49 avg rating — 3,502 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins 4.02 avg rating — 2,667 ratings Wordsmith rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 22,404 ratings Wordsmith rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars