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Listopia > Ana's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (16 Books)
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The Catcher in the Rye
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"One of the jewels of my youth"
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rated it 5 stars
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The Little Prince
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"Probably the most exquisite story ever told"
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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"García Márquez did not need to write any more books after this one"
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Brave New World
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"The most accurate forecast of the future... i.e. today"
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rated it 5 stars
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Lolita
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"Subtle, revolting, lovable"
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The Stranger
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"A masterpiece or how a book should be written"
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In Cold Blood
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"The greatest example of journalistic literature"
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A Confederacy of Dunces
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"My favourite one. It has all a book needs to have in order to win your heart"
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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"This is my favourite Morrison's novel. I couldn't say why, though"
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rated it 5 stars
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The Sound and the Fury
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"Sorry that there is only this Faulkner's book. His whole work should have been included"
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rated it 5 stars
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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"Whenever I read a Holmes story I am able to foget the world I'm living in"
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rated it 5 stars
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Franny and Zooey
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"The excellent complement for "The Catcher...""
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rated it 4 stars
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Blindness
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"Saramago's description of a world of blind people is impressive"
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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"Touching and quite real"
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The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
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"It was muy first contact with Saramago, quite some years ago. I found it is indispensable."
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Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
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"My whole childhood is summarised in this book."
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