Friendswood Library Greatest English Language Books of the 20th Century

1.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,498 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,483 ratings
3.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,508 ratings
4.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,721 ratings
4.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,358 ratings
6.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,068 ratings
7.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 477,052 ratings
8.
Animal Farm / 1984
Animal Farm / 1984 4.30 avg rating — 211,293 ratings
9.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,409 ratings
10.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,752 ratings
11.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,363 ratings
12.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,118,002 ratings
13.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,016,031 ratings
14.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,297 ratings
15.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 161,015 ratings
16.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,137 ratings
17.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,114 ratings
18.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,108 ratings