25 Books that Defined the 20th Century

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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)
2.  The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
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The Catcher in the Rye
3.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics)
4.  The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Oxford World's Classics) by Ford Madox Ford
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Carrie (King Classics)
5.  Carrie (King Classics) by Stephen King
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Poirot - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: 80th Anniversary Edition
6.  Poirot - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: 80th Anniversary Edition by Agatha Christie
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Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel
7.  Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel by Helen Fielding
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Ariel
8.  Ariel by Sylvia Plath
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Brave New World
9.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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The Grapes of Wrath
10.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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Midnight's Children
11.  Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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The Diary of a Young Girl
12.  The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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The Buddha of Suburbia
13.  The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
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A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes
14.  A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
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Heart of Darkness and Other Tales
15.  Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - The Female Eunuch
16.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics - The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books)
17.  The Bonfire of the Vanities (Picador Books) by Tom Wolfe
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Catch-22
18.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - The Naked and the Dead
19.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics - The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
20.  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
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Lady Chatterley's Lover: AND A Propos of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Penguin Classics)
21.  Lady Chatterley's Lover: AND A Propos of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Penguin Classics) by D. H. Lawrence
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Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic)
22.  Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises (Arrow Classic) by Ernest Hemingway
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Birthday Letters
23.  Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
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Valley of the Dolls (Virago Modern Classics)
24.  Valley of the Dolls (Virago Modern Classics) by Jacqueline Susann
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Silence Of The Lambs
25.  Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris
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