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Listopia > K L's votes on the list Best Books of the 20th Century (93 Books)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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Gone with the Wind
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
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The Handmaid's Tale
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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The Poisonwood Bible
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
by See Review |
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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The Stand
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Green Eggs and Ham
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The Joy Luck Club
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The Red Tent
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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The Crucible
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
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Dubliners
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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"I didn't like this book - it's depressing - but I think it's an important book.
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rated it 1 star
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
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The Thorn Birds
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Doctor Zhivago
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"I didn't like this book - I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book. I like the movie, but this is a book site, not a movie site."
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rated it 2 stars
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
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The Jungle
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"I didn't like this book - I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book."
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The Martian Chronicles
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
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The Chosen (Reuven Malter, #1)
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It
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Silent Spring
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rated it 1 star
I didn't like this book - it's depressing and I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book." See Review |
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Go Ask Alice
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The Glass Menagerie
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A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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The Wind in the Willows
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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added it to to-read
I haven't even read this book - but I think it's an important book. It's on my bucket list." See Review |
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
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My Name Is Asher Lev
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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The Second Sex
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"Although I'm trying to stay away from religion and politics on this site - you have to admit, the women's movement made a HUGE impact on society. Since I'm female, it affects me. I think this is an important book, whatever your political opinions are."
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’Salem’s Lot
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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
by See Review |
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Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
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Stuart Little
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
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Civilization and Its Discontents
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"I plan to read it...I really do!"
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Old Yeller
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
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"I didn't like this book - it's depressing - but I think it's an important book."
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rated it 2 stars
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Mythology
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The Illustrated Man
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Childhood’s End
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The Feminine Mystique
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rated it 4 stars
Although I'm trying to stay away from religion and politics on this site - you have to admit, the women's movement made a HUGE impact on society. Since I'm female, it affects me. I think this is an important book, whatever your political opinions are." See Review |
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A Brief History of Time
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I haven't even read this book - but I think it's an important book. I need a "For Dummmies" version, though." |
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Babbitt
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I didn't like this book - I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book." |
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The Long Walk
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Johnny Got His Gun
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rated it 1 star
I didn't like this book - it's depressing and I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book." See Review |
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Pygmalion
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"I love this! It's the play that the movie "My Fair Lady" was based on. Do read the play - it's even better than the movie."
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rated it 5 stars
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Different Seasons
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All the President’s Men
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added it to to-read
I haven't even read this book (yet) - but I think it's an important book. Again, no matter what your political stance was - this was a major event in history, and we're still feeling the impact today." See Review |
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The Power of Myth
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Harriet the Spy
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Carrie
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The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
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"One of my all-time favorites!"
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rated it 5 stars
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The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
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The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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Circle of Friends
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The Dead Zone
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Howl and Other Poems
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Main Street
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"I didn't like this book - I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book."
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rated it 2 stars
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Chesapeake
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"I love this region of the country. I'm a Mid-Atlantic girl: not too far north, not too far south, not too far inland."
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rated it 4 stars
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Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
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It Can't Happen Here
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"I didn't like this book - I hate the author's writing style - but I think it's an important book."
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rated it 1 star
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The Women's Room
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"Although I'm trying to stay away from religion and politics on this site - you have to admit, the women's movement made a HUGE impact on society. Since I'm female, it affects me. I think this is an important book, whatever your political opinions are. It's fiction, but it really packs a punch."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death
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QB VII
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