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20th Century Books
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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 1033 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,897,110 ratings — published 1925
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 865 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,437,403 ratings — published 1949
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 813 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.02 — 4,531,427 ratings — published 1945
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 804 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,864,680 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 749 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,884,331 ratings — published 1951
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 652 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,392,858 ratings — published 1942
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 603 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,827,114 ratings — published 1937
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 595 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,071,190 ratings — published 1932
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 594 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.87 — 943,149 ratings — published 1955
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 583 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,417,767 ratings — published 1915
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 570 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,825,002 ratings — published 1953
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 527 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,214,664 ratings — published 1963
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 521 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.78 — 355,577 ratings — published 1925
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 519 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,480,170 ratings — published 1969
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 513 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,191,890 ratings — published 1954
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 508 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,412,347 ratings — published 1985
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 496 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,308,282 ratings — published 1952
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 478 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,444,425 ratings — published 1937
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 457 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,467,284 ratings — published 1943
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 445 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.25 — 717,856 ratings — published 1938
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 443 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,377,493 ratings — published 1997
The Master and Margarita (Paperback)
by (shelved 439 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.28 — 418,680 ratings — published 1967
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 431 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.81 — 214,159 ratings — published 1927
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 429 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,101,492 ratings — published 1967
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 400 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,180,310 ratings — published 1947
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 399 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 992,171 ratings — published 1939
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 376 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.94 — 393,562 ratings — published 1925
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 366 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,477,234 ratings — published 1998
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 355 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,140,430 ratings — published 1954
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 347 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.00 — 768,107 ratings — published 1962
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 346 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.99 — 885,470 ratings — published 1961
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 344 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.64 — 163,859 ratings — published 1916
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 343 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.22 — 259,303 ratings — published 1929
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 342 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.79 — 492,876 ratings — published 1926
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 335 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,608,261 ratings — published 1939
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 330 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.84 — 221,868 ratings — published 1951
Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 326 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.76 — 137,647 ratings — published 1922
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.44 — 634,755 ratings — published 1952
Dubliners (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.83 — 175,679 ratings — published 1914
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 323 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,824,091 ratings — published 1999
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 322 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.14 — 358,556 ratings — published 1989
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.11 — 518,872 ratings — published 1928
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 313 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,011,424 ratings — published 1979
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.02 — 313,611 ratings — published 1947
The Secret History (Paperback)
by (shelved 306 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,021,336 ratings — published 1992
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.28 — 750,863 ratings — published 1982
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 296 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.98 — 489,332 ratings — published 1987
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 3.61 — 447,388 ratings — published 1957
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 293 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.11 — 542,360 ratings — published 1984
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 292 times as 20th-century)
avg rating 4.20 — 778,865 ratings — published 1962
“The two came to differ on many, if not most, issues. But the man who would single-handedly defy Hitler in 1940 against all odds bears a striking resemblance to the man who organized the first satyagraha campaign in South Africa.”
― Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
― Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.”
― Night
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.”
― Night
