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Listopia > Pecker's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (26 Books)
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Angle of Repose
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"Expansive epic of the American West, mystery and deceptions revealed slowly. Filled with glittering gems of prose."
Pecker
rated it 5 stars
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Sometimes a Great Notion
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"Sweeping characters in a world that Earth First later invaded. and it's Kesey's best."
Pecker
rated it 5 stars
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Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
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"seminal. and banned."
Pecker
rated it 5 stars
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Cry, the Beloved Country
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"Influenced the core of the civil rights movement in this country in the early 60s."
Pecker
rated it 5 stars
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
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"glimpse inside the brain of a narcissistic psychopath...2000 years ago! Brilliant."
Pecker
rated it 5 stars
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The Tin Drum
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"Fetid, earthy and gripping, Germany before Hitler told by chewable prose and parable. Not for vegans, for sure!
Pecker
rated it 5 stars
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The Trial
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The House of Mirth
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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My Ántonia
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Gravity’s Rainbow
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Portnoy’s Complaint
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The Dharma Bums
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V.
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A Lesson Before Dying
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Main Street
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The Naked and the Dead
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Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
by See Review |
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Deliverance
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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The Grapes of Wrath
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The Bell Jar
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The Poisonwood Bible
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Cat’s Cradle
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