Larry McCaffery: The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (English Language)

1.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,224 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,302 ratings
3.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,334 ratings
4.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,917 ratings
5.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,742 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,404 ratings
7.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,287 ratings
8.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,954 ratings
9.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,682 ratings
10.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,481 ratings
11.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,895 ratings
12.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,341 ratings
13.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,889 ratings
14.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,180 ratings
15.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,712 ratings
16.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 160,996 ratings
17.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,659 ratings
18.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,503 ratings
19.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
20.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,361 ratings
21.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,128 ratings
22.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,271 ratings
23.
Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable
Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable 4.28 avg rating — 9,327 ratings
24.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,461 ratings
25.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,146 ratings
26.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,589 ratings
27.
The Recognitions
The Recognitions 4.20 avg rating — 6,162 ratings
28.
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) 3.86 avg rating — 84,262 ratings
29.
Crash
Crash 3.59 avg rating — 28,421 ratings
30.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
31.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
32.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,383 ratings
33.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,015 ratings
34.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 4.02 avg rating — 74,793 ratings
35.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,789 ratings
36.
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds 3.85 avg rating — 14,061 ratings
37.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,597 ratings
38.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,867 ratings
39.
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
40.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel 4.05 avg rating — 1,926 ratings
41.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,180 ratings
42.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,730 ratings
43.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
44.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,857 ratings
45.
Nightwood
Nightwood 3.60 avg rating — 14,251 ratings
46.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,561 ratings
47.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,537 ratings
48.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
49.
The Fountains of Neptune
The Fountains of Neptune 4.15 avg rating — 219 ratings
50.
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories 4.18 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
51.
Omensetter's Luck
Omensetter's Luck really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,492 ratings
52.
Libra
Libra 4.05 avg rating — 19,593 ratings
53.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,079 ratings
54.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,326 ratings
55.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,031 ratings
56.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,324 ratings
57.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating — 34,741 ratings
58.
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money 4.12 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
59.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,243 ratings
60.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead 3.94 avg rating — 26,163 ratings
61.
The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1) 3.44 avg rating — 6,964 ratings
62.
Mulligan Stew
Mulligan Stew 3.82 avg rating — 551 ratings
63.
Lookout Cartridge
Lookout Cartridge 4.15 avg rating — 193 ratings
64.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
65.
The Public Burning
The Public Burning 4.01 avg rating — 1,465 ratings
66.
Pricksongs and Descants
Pricksongs and Descants 3.76 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
66.
The Book of the New Sun
The Book of the New Sun 4.23 avg rating — 4,542 ratings
68.
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down 3.78 avg rating — 745 ratings
69.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating — 8,553 ratings
70.
Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings
71.
The Jade Cabinet
The Jade Cabinet 4.07 avg rating — 291 ratings
72.
Double or Nothing
Double or Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 197 ratings
73.
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans 3.55 avg rating — 583 ratings
74.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,062 ratings
75.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,142 ratings
76.
More Than Human
More Than Human 3.94 avg rating — 19,215 ratings
77.
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. 3.83 avg rating — 2,461 ratings
78.
The Rifles (Seven Dreams, #6)
The Rifles (Seven Dreams, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 583 ratings
79.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,266 ratings
80.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,077 ratings
81.
Skinny Legs and All
Skinny Legs and All 4.07 avg rating — 43,537 ratings
82.
The Cannibal
The Cannibal 3.80 avg rating — 605 ratings
83.
Neuromancer/Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive
Neuromancer/Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive 4.07 avg rating — 986 ratings
83.
Tours of the Black Clock
Tours of the Black Clock really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 946 ratings
85.
Always Coming Home
Always Coming Home 4.07 avg rating — 4,429 ratings
86.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,347 ratings
87.
The Franchiser
The Franchiser 3.95 avg rating — 287 ratings
88.
Entering Fire
Entering Fire 4.11 avg rating — 135 ratings
89.
In Memoriam to Identity
In Memoriam to Identity 3.84 avg rating — 461 ratings
90.
Darconville's Cat
Darconville's Cat 4.28 avg rating — 599 ratings
91.
Nova Express (The Nova Trilogy, #2)
Nova Express (The Nova Trilogy, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 3,307 ratings
92.
You Bright and Risen Angels
You Bright and Risen Angels 4.05 avg rating — 1,066 ratings
93.
The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #3)
The Ticket That Exploded (The Nova Trilogy, #3) 3.61 avg rating — 2,699 ratings
94.
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders
Genoa: A Telling of Wonders 4.12 avg rating — 145 ratings
95.
Hogg
Hogg 2.91 avg rating — 1,597 ratings
96.
The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String 3.70 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
97.
Easy Travel to Other Planets
Easy Travel to Other Planets 3.66 avg rating — 195 ratings
98.
Up
Up 3.81 avg rating — 68 ratings
99.
Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, the Wild Boys
Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, the Wild Boys 3.89 avg rating — 105 ratings
100.
Going Native
Going Native 3.62 avg rating — 845 ratings
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