Best Books of the 20th Century

501.
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1)
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 63,442 ratings
502.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating β€” 24,778 ratings
503.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating β€” 41,766 ratings
504.
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 138,380 ratings
505.
Trout Fishing in America
Trout Fishing in America 3.76 avg rating β€” 16,323 ratings
506.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 4.08 avg rating β€” 29,045 ratings
506.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating β€” 58,044 ratings
508.
House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog 3.86 avg rating β€” 135,355 ratings
509.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating β€” 68,154 ratings
510.
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine 4.09 avg rating β€” 76,304 ratings
511.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 135,096 ratings
512.
The Long Walk
The Long Walk 4.06 avg rating β€” 224,360 ratings
513.
Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle 3.98 avg rating β€” 245,801 ratings
514.
Still Life with Woodpecker
Still Life with Woodpecker 4.04 avg rating β€” 82,592 ratings
515.
Ubik
Ubik 4.11 avg rating β€” 118,738 ratings
516.
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
by: Tom Wolfe
4.23 avg rating β€” 54,857 ratings
517.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim 3.61 avg rating β€” 32,456 ratings
518.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating β€” 71,373 ratings
519.
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker 4.01 avg rating β€” 204,105 ratings
520.
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War 4.30 avg rating β€” 67,945 ratings
521.
Civilization and Its Discontents
Civilization and Its Discontents 3.79 avg rating β€” 43,512 ratings
522.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,262 ratings
523.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating β€” 365,314 ratings
524.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating β€” 50,328 ratings
524.
Love Story (Love Story, #1)
Love Story (Love Story, #1) 3.65 avg rating β€” 63,443 ratings
526.
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating β€” 142,184 ratings
527.
The Celestine Prophecy (Celestine Prophecy, #1)
The Celestine Prophecy (Celestine Prophecy, #1) 3.73 avg rating β€” 120,569 ratings
528.
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise 3.64 avg rating β€” 78,637 ratings
529.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating β€” 39,386 ratings
530.
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 75,070 ratings
531.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,535 ratings
532.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating β€” 56,594 ratings
533.
The Tao of Pooh
The Tao of Pooh 4.01 avg rating β€” 128,081 ratings
534.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians 3.93 avg rating β€” 34,741 ratings
535.
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating β€” 46,741 ratings
536.
The Executioner's Song
The Executioner's Song 4.05 avg rating β€” 22,787 ratings
537.
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 285,936 ratings
538.
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 139,022 ratings
539.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating β€” 84,209 ratings
540.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold 3.97 avg rating β€” 224,429 ratings
541.
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone 3.97 avg rating β€” 239,729 ratings
542.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating β€” 11,889 ratings
543.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating β€” 18,451 ratings
543.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating β€” 15,524 ratings
545.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating β€” 157,962 ratings
546.
Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon 4.23 avg rating β€” 115,698 ratings
547.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 57,465 ratings
548.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 61,495 ratings
549.
Post Office
Post Office 3.93 avg rating β€” 135,718 ratings
550.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating β€” 63,055 ratings
551.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 232,268 ratings
552.
The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating β€” 37,391 ratings
553.
Needful Things
Needful Things 3.98 avg rating β€” 270,589 ratings
554.
Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating β€” 41,620 ratings
555.
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4) 4.22 avg rating β€” 105,773 ratings
556.
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke 4.36 avg rating β€” 16,994 ratings
557.
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent 4.01 avg rating β€” 52,146 ratings
558.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 3.97 avg rating β€” 71,208 ratings
559.
Patriot Games (Jack Ryan, #1)
Patriot Games (Jack Ryan, #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 212,079 ratings
560.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating β€” 273,807 ratings
561.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,323 ratings
562.
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ 4.31 avg rating β€” 36,791 ratings
563.
The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating β€” 131,556 ratings
564.
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is 4.04 avg rating β€” 251,786 ratings
565.
Trinity
Trinity
by: Leon Uris
4.29 avg rating β€” 25,079 ratings
566.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 4.05 avg rating β€” 239,806 ratings
567.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,599 ratings
568.
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress
by: Dan Brown
3.70 avg rating β€” 657,594 ratings
569.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating β€” 13,883 ratings
570.
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ 4.18 avg rating β€” 15,287 ratings
571.
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1-3)
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, #1-3) 3.81 avg rating β€” 15,465 ratings
572.
Beach Music
Beach Music 4.18 avg rating β€” 53,730 ratings
573.
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers 4.20 avg rating β€” 118,245 ratings
574.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating β€” 30,375 ratings
575.
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune 3.94 avg rating β€” 138,055 ratings
576.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating β€” 13,694 ratings
577.
A Light in the Attic
A Light in the Attic 4.36 avg rating β€” 470,719 ratings
578.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating β€” 9,667 ratings
579.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,931 ratings
580.
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees 3.97 avg rating β€” 67,611 ratings
581.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 559,228 ratings
582.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating β€” 86,759 ratings
583.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by: Dr. Seuss
4.18 avg rating β€” 212,511 ratings
584.
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1)
The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) 3.99 avg rating β€” 15,711 ratings
585.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating β€” 124,296 ratings
586.
Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy 3.95 avg rating β€” 100,374 ratings
587.
Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat 3.83 avg rating β€” 61,121 ratings
588.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating β€” 78,159 ratings
589.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 224,934 ratings
590.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 28,024 ratings
591.
Babbitt
Babbitt 3.69 avg rating β€” 24,525 ratings
592.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating β€” 44,218 ratings
593.
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Tales of Ordinary Madness 3.85 avg rating β€” 30,139 ratings
594.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating β€” 22,522 ratings
595.
The Man Without Qualities: Volume I
The Man Without Qualities: Volume I 4.28 avg rating β€” 3,334 ratings
596.
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 89,430 ratings
597.
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1)
Stargirl (Stargirl, #1) 3.77 avg rating β€” 334,139 ratings
598.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera 3.88 avg rating β€” 14,165 ratings
599.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 78,100 ratings
600.
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror 4.25 avg rating β€” 24,672 ratings
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