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

Listopia > Heather's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (53 Books)

1	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.04 avg rating — 1,029,599 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 980,463 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 141,898 ratings Heather 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	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 201,986 ratings Heather 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	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.77 avg rating — 375,882 ratings Heather 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	Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1) by Bill Watterson 4.61 avg rating — 149,933 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
7	The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot 4.11 avg rating — 61,107 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
8	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 106,148 ratings Heather 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
9	Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 4.02 avg rating — 50,323 ratings Heather 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
10	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 3.86 avg rating — 142,670 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,759 ratings Heather 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	Light in August by William Faulkner 3.95 avg rating — 68,757 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad 3.52 avg rating — 18,508 ratings Heather rated it 4 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 — 155,667 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	The Witches by Roald Dahl 4.18 avg rating — 438,452 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
16	The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 3.71 avg rating — 73,676 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 261,056 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
18	Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 4.24 avg rating — 63,345 ratings Heather 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	All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) by Cormac McCarthy 4.07 avg rating — 156,791 ratings Heather rated it 4 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 Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse 4.10 avg rating — 43,963 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence 3.50 avg rating — 142,469 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) by Vikram Seth 4.11 avg rating — 51,031 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
23	The Waves by Virginia Woolf 4.14 avg rating — 57,087 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.01 avg rating — 377,710 ratings Heather 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	Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke 4.12 avg rating — 178,991 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 3.68 avg rating — 13,923 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
27	Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) by Ursula Hegi 4.10 avg rating — 96,853 ratings Heather 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	Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1) by Crockett Johnson 4.29 avg rating — 149,205 ratings Heather 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	Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson 3.81 avg rating — 60,735 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
31	Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot 4.37 avg rating — 20,497 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
32	Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 3.98 avg rating — 45,673 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
33	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 265,814 ratings Heather 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	Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) by Patricia MacLachlan 3.85 avg rating — 92,475 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks 4.04 avg rating — 254,869 ratings Heather 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
36	Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss 4.22 avg rating — 115,301 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	The Golden Bowl by Henry James 3.77 avg rating — 12,005 ratings Heather 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	Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) by Art Spiegelman 4.43 avg rating — 160,948 ratings Heather 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
39	Cane by Jean Toomer 3.82 avg rating — 11,825 ratings Heather rated it 4 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	Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata 3.55 avg rating — 44,690 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
41	The Ambassadors by Henry James 3.63 avg rating — 13,197 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
42	The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson 4.65 avg rating — 124,239 ratings Heather 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
43	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 387,326 ratings Heather 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
44	A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul 3.77 avg rating — 19,223 ratings Heather 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
45	Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3) by Cormac McCarthy 4.14 avg rating — 34,083 ratings Heather 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
46	The Wings of the Dove by Henry James 3.78 avg rating — 17,778 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
47	Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild 4.07 avg rating — 39,293 ratings Heather 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
48	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 86,727 ratings Heather 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
49	Shame by Salman Rushdie 3.87 avg rating — 13,358 ratings Heather 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
50	Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1) by Arnold Lobel 4.26 avg rating — 98,471 ratings Heather 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
51	Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 3.64 avg rating — 69,632 ratings Heather 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
52	Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki 4.20 avg rating — 51,389 ratings Heather rated it 4 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
53	M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang 3.94 avg rating — 15,407 ratings Heather 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
54	Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt 3.84 avg rating — 2,898 ratings Heather rated it 4 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